Grace Concert Series
2026 Season
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 3:30 pm
The Wide Country: Songs Going West
with City Singers Youth Choirs
Enjoy a family and sensory-friendly concert filled with the voices of City Singers Youth Choirs and friends exploring music of the 19th century worldwide westward migration to and through North America. From the eager 49ers to the heartbreaking Trail of Tears to the hopeful at Ellis Island, the songs of these journeys west span the breadth of human emotion and experience. Seat reservations strongly recommended: www.citysingerschoir.org/concert.
This performance is free, and all are welcome. Offerings will be collected to support ReEstablish Richmond in their work to connect refugees and new immigrants to the resources needed to establish roots, build community, and become self-sufficient.
About City Singers Youth Choirs:
Since 1996, City Singers Youth Choirs of Richmond, VA have been performing the highest caliber of distinguished youth choral music from the body of classical, traditional, and modern compositions from around the world. Our mission is to inspire the highest level of artistic choral performance while bringing together youth of the greater Richmond area in a joyful appreciation of their ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity. We are committed to making our choral education experience available to qualified singers regardless of their economic situations.
City Singers Youth Choirs is for kids who love to sing from all over Richmond, Virginia and surrounding counties. We believe in the power of song to give a voice to every child, build bridges in our communities and inspire music and life skills mastery.
Upcoming Grace Concert Dates!
Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 3:30 pm
Wide Country: Songs Going West
City Singers Youth Choirs
Since 1996, City Singers Youth Choirs of Richmond, VA have been performing the highest caliber of distinguished youth choral music from the body of classical, traditional, and modern compositions from around the world. This program presents songs representing the diversity of the North American West during US expansion, including the cowboy songs, folk music of immigrants coming west through Ellis Island and beyond,
and the music of the many indigenous peoples.
Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 3:30 pm
The Anderson Brothers
“Virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone” (New York Times), identical twins Peter and Will Anderson are two of the most extraordinary jazz woodwind players today. They’ve performed with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Wycliffe Gordon, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Paquito D’Rivera, Wynton Marsalis, and can be heard on the 2014 Grammy-winning soundtrack of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire with Vince Giordano’s Nighthawks. They’ve headlined at Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, New Orleans Jazz Festival, Feinstein’s 54 Below, Blues Alley, Birdland, and live on Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion Radio Program. You won’t want to miss this fantastic performance of American songbook and classic jazz favorites!
About the
Grace Concert Series
The Grace Concert Series offers performances free to the public as a way of making the arts more accessible to all.
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