"If you can walk you can dance. If you can talk you can sing." Zimbabwe Proverb
The Boise Intergenerational Choir just finished its 7th season. The choir meets once a week for 11 week (January - March). All ages are welcome! Both individuals and multi-generational families are encouraged to participate. We focus on making each rehearsal a joyful creative experience for everyone. We will present our work in a public concert each spring.
This choir provides an opportunity for families and multiple generations to interact in a creative setting. It provides space for anyone, regardless of ability level, to have a creative experience. The average American family knows approximately 5 songs they can sing together. After participating in the choir, families have an entire road trip repertoire. Many families have reported on the fun they have had with the music they learned in choir several years after their participation ended.
It is hard to describe the spirit of this group. Pure joy is one way! Participants and audience members always leave moved by the experience. We hope you will join us either as a choir member or an audience member so you can see what it is all about. You will experience over one hundred voices joined together, a marimba ensemble, other surprise ensembles filled with the smallest children accompanying the entire choir. Audience beware…no one leaves one of our concerts without doing at least a bit of singing!
This choir provides an opportunity for families and multiple generations to interact in a creative setting. It provides space for anyone, regardless of ability level, to have a creative experience. The average American family knows approximately 5 songs they can sing together. After participating in the choir, families have an entire road trip repertoire. Many families have reported on the fun they have had with the music they learned in choir several years after their participation ended.
It is hard to describe the spirit of this group. Pure joy is one way! Participants and audience members always leave moved by the experience. We hope you will join us either as a choir member or an audience member so you can see what it is all about. You will experience over one hundred voices joined together, a marimba ensemble, other surprise ensembles filled with the smallest children accompanying the entire choir. Audience beware…no one leaves one of our concerts without doing at least a bit of singing!
Testimonials
Being in the intergenerational choir under the direction of Vashti and Will is like running barefoot through the grass on a warm summers day. It feels that good. The vision, positive energy and creativity that Vashti brings to this project is incredible. My 10-year-old daughter and I have loved the experience of singing in the choir together and with our neighbors and friends.
~ Jennie Weltner
My family has so enjoyed the Intergenerational Choir! It is so wonderful to have a musical experience that we can enjoy together instead of shuttling kids to separate “classes.” I’ve been amazed at how much even our 4 year old picks up. The best part is that we all know the same music now and spend part of our driving time singing songs instead of hooked up to electronic entertainment. I hope Vashti and Will keep this up because we’d love to keep the music going in our house!
~ Kari Filson, Spanish teacher
~ Jennie Weltner
My family has so enjoyed the Intergenerational Choir! It is so wonderful to have a musical experience that we can enjoy together instead of shuttling kids to separate “classes.” I’ve been amazed at how much even our 4 year old picks up. The best part is that we all know the same music now and spend part of our driving time singing songs instead of hooked up to electronic entertainment. I hope Vashti and Will keep this up because we’d love to keep the music going in our house!
~ Kari Filson, Spanish teacher