Vivace! is an auditioned treble choir of sixty seventh through tenth grade students from the Valley View School District.
Since 2004, the choir has attended the Music in the Parks and Music Showcase Festivals and has consistently achieved excellent and superior ratings. Vivace! supports the community by sharing their talents at the Lackawanna County Health Care Center, The Laurels Assisted Living Facility, the Gino Merli Veteran’s Center, PNC Stadium and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport.
In recent years, the choir performed for A Celebration for Human Rights, a concert to benefit the Interparliamentary Conference on Freedom and Human Rights, the Catholic Choral Society’s Generations Sing VI, and they shared the stage with the Burlington Welsh Male Choir for Music of the Heart, sponsored by St. David’s Society. In 2008, Vivace! was one of four choirs featured in Songs of the Season sponsored by FOX 56 /WOLF TV and WVIA and were invited to return for the 2009 broadcast.
In addition to performing with the Robert Dale Chorale this season, the choir is scheduled perform for the First Friday in December Celebration at St. Luke’s, First Night 2010 and the St. Peter’s Cathedral concert series in January.
In April, Vivace! will travel to Pittsburgh to perform at the Pennsylvania Music Educator’s (PMEA) annual conference. PMEA’s mission is to advance music education by encouraging excellence in the study, teaching and making of music. Vivace! was one of 140 ensembles throughout the Commonwealth who applied to perform and are one of only thirty selected to perform at the three-day convention.
Choir members include:
Martina Barna, Jillian Bochnovich, Emily Bridges, Mariah Browning, Eric Burke, Morgan Caselli, Gianna Cerra, Tressa Cicci, Gina Coccetti, Megan Coggins, AnnMarie Crimi, Adam Crimi, Brigid Edmunds, LeahBeth Evans, Alexandra Evans, Kendra Farrell, Kelly Farrell, Amanda Ferraro, Laura Ferraro, Hannah Fornes, Holly Gasper, Erica Gerichten, Julia Gillow, Beth Gillow, Vicki Gillow, Molly Granza, Tiffany Gregori, Sarah Kandel, Rachael Kandel, Joelle Kaszuba, Emily Kempa, Emily Kotcho, Katrina Kotcho, Jessica Lochie, Joseph Mayurnick, Melanie McAndrew, Emily McElroy, Jonathan Mengoni, Sara Miraglia, Leah Natushko, Kalie Onukiavage, Aaron Panfini, Breanna Pegula, Tyra Pepper-Kosakevitch, Elizabeth Pryal, Vicky Roberts, Evan Sutton, Zack Swartout, Mackenzie Swift, Corrie Tarby, Emma Thomson, Gariella Tolerico, Desiree Ubaldini, Joei Velten, Mary Walker, Amanda Walter, Lauren Zavada and Julie Zaverl