Madison Youth Choirs

Madison Youth Choirs' spring program, "Music on the Mind," considers how music affects our thought processes and overall feelings. More than 430 local young singers in nine choirs will perform a range of pieces, from "Laudamus Te" by Vivaldi to "Still I Rise" by Rosephayne Powell (inspired by Maya Angelou) to "Helplessly Hoping" by Stephen Stills. Performances are at 2, 4 and 7 p.m., and a livestream will be available for those unable to attend in person.

media release: Madison Youth Choirs' upcoming spring concert series, Music on the Mind, will feature over 430 local young singers exploring the intersection of music and neuroscience, discovering the way melodic patterns, harmonies, rhythms, and formal structures work to stimulate and satisfy our minds.

Selections you'll hear at the concerts include:

"Laudamus Te" by Antonio Vivaldi

"Ave Maria" by Franz Biebl

"Feed the Birds" (from Mary Poppins) by Robert and Richard Sherman, choral arrangement by Cristi Cary Miller

"Helplessly Hoping" by Crosby, Stills, and Nash

"Bright is the Ring of Words" by Ralph Vaughan Williams

"Still I Rise," Rosephanye Powell's choral work inspired by Maya Angelou's poetry

and many more!

Madison Youth Choirs' Spring Concert Series, Music on the Mind

Verona Area High School Performing Arts Center

234 Wildcat Way, Verona WI 53593

Sunday, May 18, 2025

2:00pm - Choraliers, Con Gioia, and Capriccio

4:00pm - Purcell, Britten, Holst and Ragazzi

7:00pm - Cantilena, Cantabile, and Ragazzi

Tickets: $10/adults, $5/students under 19,

FREE for MYC/Madison Childrens' Choir/Madison Boychoir alumni

All seating is general admission

Purchase tickets online in advance at https://www.madisonyouthchoirs.org/tickets to skip the ticket line on concert day. Tickets will also be available for purchase by cash or check only at the door 30 minutes before each concert.

Streaming Access: For those not able to make it to Verona on concert day, all performances will also be streamed live on MYC's YouTube channel. MYC provides this professionally recorded livestream free to our audience members, thanks to support from our livestream sponsor Madison Top Company and the generosity of MYC’s donors.

MYC’s spring concerts are generously supported by the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, the Cap Times Kids Fund, the Courtier Foundation, Inc., Dane Arts (with additional funds from the Frautschi and Rowland Foundations, Diane Ballweg, and the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation), the Green Bay Packers Foundation, the Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation, Madison Arts Commission, Wisconsin Arts Board, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Our concert livestream is supported by Madison Top Company.

About Madison Youth Choirs (MYC):

Recognized as an innovator in youth choral music education, Madison Youth Choirs (MYC) welcomes singers of all ability levels, annually serving more than 1000 young people, ages 7-18, through a wide variety of choral programs in our community. Cultivating a comprehensive music education philosophy that inspires students’ curiosity and wonder, MYC creates joyful, accessible opportunities for youth to thrive in the arts and beyond.