Friendship Youth ChoirContact: Jayson Martinez, Office of Visual and Performing Arts
Email: jmartinez@nps.k12.nj.us The Friendship Youth Choir (FYC), in its first year, is open to thirty 5th grade and middle school students. The choir will give children opportunities to be applauded and affirmed, model teamwork and discipline, and experience personal and interpersonal joy. FYC aims to center the music, the direction, and the ethos of the choir on building bonds among students of varying backgrounds and experiences and celebrating the connections that bind students as members of one community. FYC choir will draw on the power of the arts to engender a creative, collaborative, and educational experience. They envision this initiative as one which will provide a meaningful way for students to communicate their feelings and experiences related to unity, diversity, justice and friendship. FYC also recognizes that choral singing has many emotional, social, and behavioral benefits. In time, we hope that participating students will be able to assume positions of leadership within the choir: assisting with outreach, music selection, planning, and other musical and administrative roles. Since the focus is on fostering community rather than technical skills, there will be no auditions. The door will be open for all interested students. The Choir will rehearse at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 67 Church Street, Montclair, NJ, from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm on Sundays. Friendship-Youth-Choir-Description_02_27_2025_LJE-3.docx |
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