Del Ray Choir Kids To Perform At Kennedy Center

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The Del Ray Kinderchoir will perform at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage Wednesday, May 3 at 6 p.m. The event is free to attend, and no tickets are required.

The choir, made up of kids from first to fourth grade, are opening for the main act Dearborn Community Chorus's “Liberty - A Musical Celebration of Freedom." They will also join the Dearborn, Mich. chorus for its opening and closing number.

Of the choir's 26 children, 21 are performing, according to Kay Sidahmed, the group's artistic director. The mission of the group is to have kids learn musical skills in a noncompetitive environment. Children learn to read and write music, hear and sing intervals, and develop melodic and rhythmic improvisation skills.

Sidahmed said the group got the opportunity because Marcus LaPratt, the artistic director of Dearborn Community Chorus, is the uncle of one of the kids.

"We are excited and immensely grateful for this unique opportunity and experience for the children," she said.

Founded two years ago, Del Ray Kinderchoir has performed at Del Ray events like Art on the Avenue, Lantern Walk and La Bella Strada and its holiday and spring neighborhood concerts at Del Ray United Methodist Church).

The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage, which offers free daily performances, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. For more information on the performance, visit the Kennedy Center website.

Image courtesy of Del Ray Kinderchoir