Future Events

2010 Youth Choir Festival

The 28th annual South Carolina United Methodist Youth Choir Festival will be held April 23 - 25, 2010 at Springmaid Beach in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Kenney Potter, a native of Kings Mountain, North Carolina and Director of Choral Activities and Music Education at Wingate University, will be the guest clinician. He holds degrees in choral music education from Florida State University, Portland State University in Oregon, and a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Dr. Potter is choir director at First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, NC and a past associate conductor of the Charlotte Children's Choir. In addition to his work with choirs, he is the artistic conductor of the Union Symphony Orchestra. He currently serves as the Repertorie and Standards chair for Male Choirs in the Southern Division of the American Choral Directors Association.

Dr. Potter is an active clinician and adjudicator in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. He has conducted numerous festival and honor choirs, including the North Carolina Middle School All-State, SC-ACDA Male Honor Choir, and Festival-By-The-Sea church music conference. His compositions are published by Hinshaw Music and the Chorister's Guild.

Tim Belk, Music Director/Organist and Communications Director at First Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, North Carolina and President of Case Brothers Piano and Organ Company in Charlotte, NC, will be the accompanist.

For more information, click here to go to the 2010 South Carolina Youth Choir Festival newsletter sponsored by the South Carolina Chapter of The Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts.

Sanctus No. III - J.S. Bach/arr. David Stocker   Hinshaw Publishing     HMC-1154     SATB

Rejoice the Lord is King - Malcolm Archer   Mayhew/Brodt     KM137     SATB

Gracious Spirit Dwell With Me - K. Lee Scott   Augsburg     11-2198     2-part

A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - arr. Mark Patterson   Choristers' Guild     CGA914     SATB

I Will Sing Unto the Lord - Kenney Potter   Choristers' Guild     CGA1178     SATB

Jesus, What a Wonderful Child - Rollo Dilworth   Daybreak Music     08745948     SATB

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2011/2012 Youth Choir Festivals

The 2011 S.C. United Methodist Youth Choir Festival will be April 29-May 1, 2011 and the 2012 S.C. United Methodist Youth Choir Festival will be April 27 - 29, 2012.