The music department at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is forming the UTEP Children’s Choir for boys and girls ages 8 to 11, in collaboration with the El Paso Symphony Orchestra’s Tocando Music Project. The choir, first launched in 1999, is returning this September for the first time since being discontinued in 2004. Dr. Elisa Fraser Wilson, UTEP director of choral activities, will lead the program. The cost per singer is $20 per semester. Tocando will host a satellite ensemble of the UTEP Children’s Choir at Guillen Middle School. The Tocando Music Project, a division of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra, in partnership with Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute, is an after-school program that provides music learning and performing opportunities to elementary school students. The choral program is “designed not only to provide quality vocal training and foster a global appreciation of music; but also develop poise, confidence, discipline, and pride,” according to a press release.
Posted September 7, 2017
