With two choirs, three orchestras, 20 music theatre students and six soloists, it promises to be a musical evening to remember.
The Delta Community Music School along with the Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra will be part of the Parade of Music, a fundraising concert for the Vancouver Centennial Rotary Club on Saturday, Nov. 17.
The concert starts at 6:30 p.m. at Richmond’s Fraserview Church (11295 Mellis Dr.). Tickets are $25, available from RDYO members or at the door.
Also performing will be the Morning Star Singers, Vancouver Formosan Singersas well as soloists Tony Barton, Steffanie Davis, Cameron Dunster, Jordon Field, Thomas Lamont and Tracy Neff.
Stephen Robb, who is music director with both the RDYO and Delta Community Music School, said they have been working on the show since September.
“Lots of rehearsal time, for sure,” he said. “We have a strong vocal class here at the music school and several Delta students in the Richmond-Delta Youth Choir. It’s going to be an exciting show. Really looking forward to it.”
The show is a salute to Broadway featuring music from West Side Story, Wicked, Sweeney Todd and others.
Another big aspect of the show is a celebration of Leonard Bernstein at 100.
“This is a big anniversary for Bernstein and this is the first time we are celebrating his work at this concert,” said Robb. “This is also our big annual fundraiser for the Richmond Delta Youth Orchestra.”
Funds raised at the concert will go to support local Rotary projects as well as the RDYO and international projects in Paraguay, which will include water purification and new children's ward at a local hospital.
