CAPITOL CIVIC CENTRE ANNOUNCES KIDS CHOIR
Your Capitol Civic Centre is looking for kids who love to sing! Building on the success of the first semester Capitol Kids Choir under the Direction of Susie Miller, the Choir is looking for new members for the second semester.
“We want kids who love to sing says Susie Miller Capitol Kids Choir Director. “ They will get to know and sing with kids from other schools throughout Manitowoc County who also love to sing and have lots of fun.”
Susie Miller has taught music to students from kindergarten through senior adults. She is currently teaching piano and voice in her home and at UW Manitowoc. Susie and her husband, Jim Miller are members of Appleton’s White Heron Chorale, a semi-professional choir. Both of them have been singing in choirs all of their lives, beginning in elementary school. Her goal for the singers in this choir is to start a tradition of singing that will bring a lifetime of enrichment for them.
“I am delighted to have someone the caliber of Susie Miller direct the program,” said Jim Kreutzberg the Executive Director of the Capitol Civic Centre. “Mrs. Miller fits our goal of providing high quality instruction to young people in programs designed to enhance their skill and enjoyment of the performing arts.”
The Capitol Kids Choir will consist of both boys and girls who are currently in fourth, fifth or sixth grade. The tuition Choir program is $50. Student will get a Kids Choir T-Shirt. Tuition assistance is available.
Miller says she likes to offer young singers an opportunity to experience the potential of their voices through singing many different styles of music, from standards to inspirational, from classical to music from the wealth of new and exciting choral music currently being written for children.
“Parents will be offering their young singers an opportunity to get to know other kids who share their love of singing and to introduce them to different cultures through music of many lands. The choir program will be designed to enhance the already fine music program in our local and regional public and parochial schools,” said Miller.
Miller will be meeting with boys and girls interested in becoming a member of the Capitol Kids Choir on the evenings of January 4,5,11 from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Miller says she expects the individual interviews to take no more than ten minutes each. Parents and their interested singers should call the Capitol Box Office at (920) 683-2184 to reserve an interview time.