Past Performances
SCYC aims to perform one formal concert and at least one community performance each quarter. Our community performances can be lots of things: a thank-you visit to our rehearsal venue; entertainment at a local spring tea; special music as part of a charity event; and more! (Interested in having SCYC perform at your local event? Let’s talk! SCYC asks for several months’ advance notice to see if we’d be a good fit; our repertoire plans are made far in advance of each quarter. Please contact Artistic Director Karin Larsen at snocoyouthchorus@gmail.com to start a conversation!)
What kind of music does Snohomish County Youth Chorus perform? Many different styles! Read about some of our recent concerts below – and you can find us on Youtube to hear more.
Homecoming - celebrating all the things that make us feel at home! Concert highlights included "North" by Safe at Last, featuring our Cantare & Bella Coro ensembles, and "Furusato" by Teiichi Okano and Tatsuyuki Takano, arr. Douglas E. Wagner, sung in Japanese.
Home in the Highlands -- full of music from Ireland and Scotland! SCYC opened the show alongside the Everett Chorale with an arrangement of "Siúil a Rún," and enthralled audiences with a rendition of "Wild Mountain Thyme," both arranged by SCYC Artistic Director Karin Larsen.
Holiday Hope -- an exploration of several celebrations in the month of December. Audiences joined SCYC in singing the traditional Hanukkah song "Ner Li / I Have a Candle"; a song about Kwanzaa; and a set of traditional Christmas carols.
Up and Away -- flight, skies, and hope! As guests of the Everett Chorale, SCYC shared the song "Bird with One Wing" by Amy F. Bernon, telling the story of two outcasts whose shared joy changes the world around them.
World-Building -- one of SCYC's coolest explorations of pop culture, with songs from movies, TV shows, and video games! A "name that tune" quiz with the audience featured SCYC students playing many different instruments.
Bards of the Realm -- storytelling and poetry shape our world! In addition to traditional story-songs like "Bill Grogan's Goat" and "Froggie Went a-Courtin'," SCYC sang settings of poems by Christina Rosetti, Emily Dickenson, Victor Hugo, and Robert Frost.
Common Song: Music for Friends and Family -- a celebration of the things that bring us together featuring songs from "Look to the Rainbow" to "Make New Friends and Keep the Old." Members of the Everett Chorale joined us as guests for the iconic canon "Dona Nobis Pacem."
Songs of Sea and Stone -- sea shanties and folk songs! In addition to SCYC's performances of folk songs from around the world, our audience joined us in singing "Leave Her, Johnny" and "Green Grow the Rashes-O."

