The Escuela Coral de Tenerife is celebrating the end of the year on Saturday, 30 June with the concert ¿Por qué cantamos? [Why do we sing?] to be held at Sala de Cámara in Auditorio de Tenerife at 8:30 pm. Apart from the choirs made up of students from the school and members of Auditorio de Tenerife Young Choir, the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Choir will be the guest performer. They are conducted by Nuria Hernández Herranz, who is also offering a solo concert on Sunday 1 June at 12:30 pm.

The ninety-six members of the Escuela Coral de Tenerife are arranged by age. So we will see the Coro Pre-Infantil (aged 6 to 8), the Coro Infantil (aged 9 to 12), the Coro Pre-Juvenil (aged 13 to 15), and the Coro Juvenil de Auditorio de Tenerife (aged 16 to 26). The repertoire includes different music styles and will show the different techniques learnt in the first year thanks to the School teaching team: director Roxana Schmunk, Agustín Francisco Curbelo -as assistant director- and teachers Carlos Castañeda, Mirela Fregolent, José Herrero, and Beatriz Ramos.

They are performing songs like “Jugando al escondite”, “Only in sleep”, “My favourite things”, “Whistle when you work”, “Pure imagination”, “Shape of you”, “Cuando te beso”, “And so it goes”, “Nocturnos de la Ventana”, “Azul”, “The seal lullaby”, “Singing in the rain”, “Lullaby”, “Someone like you” and “Make a joyful noise”. Esther Ropón will be the accompanying pianist at the concert.

This concert closes nine months of classes during which participants have learnt about choir music through a programme that includes training in music language, voice technique, body movement, conducting and repertoire in different music styles like popular, traditional, jazz, gospel, baroque, opera, liturgic, and contemporary. The school, which is starting their second year in September, is a Cabildo de Tenerife initiative and is part of the Plan Insular para las Artes Escénicas y la Música [Island Plan for the Performing Arts and Music], included in the Tenerife 2030 strategy.