El Sistema Greece Youth Choir is welcoming new members
Do you want to participate in the most exciting concerts as members of El Sistema Greece Youth Choir?
ESGYC, which performs in the biggest stages of the country and participates in the most important choral festivals, welcomes new members to participate in the summer season program.
El Sistema Greece Youth Choir is the main choral ensemble of El Sistema Greece and aims to achieve a high level of choral education and dedication to choral art. Through the maximum social inclusion of all its members, essential and safe communication is achieved between young people from various social backgrounds and an environment of mutual support and understanding is created. El Sistema Greece Youth Choir performs at two concerts at least and at a big choral festival on an annual basis, presenting a rich repertoire, as diverse as its members, and often collaborates with El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra at some of the country’s most important music stages. More specifically, ESGYC performs every year at the Lullaby Project concerts at the Alternative Stage of the SNFCC (2018-2022) and collaborates with several Greek and foreign contemporary music composers. ESGYC has also participated in the World A Music concert at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival (2021), in the anniversary event for the celebration of 75 years of UNICEF at Zappeion Megaron (2021), while in November 2021 it participated in a partnership with the adults choir of the Moraitis School at the Artiva Choir Festival in Nafplio, receiving excellent reviews. In December 2022, ESGYC held 2 concerts at the Amphitheater of the Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, presenting Scrooge, a cantata for young voices based on Charles Dickens’ Christmas Carols, but also at the Foyer Alexandra Trianti of Athens Megaron Concert Hall with Christmas Carols from around the world. The concerts are a source of inspiration and motivation for the choir members, while at the same time they also work as a means of promotion/communication for the organizations from which they may come.
The El Sistema Greece Youth Choir is directed by Vaia Papagiannopoulou, who is also responsible for the coordination of the entire choral education program of El Sistema Greece. The repertoire performed by the choir is wide and consists of pieces by Greek and foreign composers of modern and classical music (Tallis, Monteverdi, Bach, Mozart, Bruckner, Pogson, Jenkins, Antoniou, Koukos, etc.). Rehearsals take place at ESG’s headquarters in Kypseli (Kypselis 62) every Saturday 13.00-15.00, while regular rehearsals are held with the El Sistema Greece Youth Orchestra at the G. Malliaras School in Alimos, with free transportation of the musicians from three different regions of Attica.
If you are up to 35 years old with musical knowledge and relevant experience as well as students from conservatories and music schools in Athens, don’t miss this opportunity.
Apply by sending an email to lydia@elsistema.gr by Monday, March 27. Candidates will audition with a piece of their choice.
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