This episode is a conversation with Elena Sharkova and Jace Wittig, leaders of the Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley. We’ll chat about how COVID has impacted their youth choirs, what life was like before COVID, and their hopes for a post-pandemic future.

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Phil Hawkins Media Production

Music Excerpts

• Menina Me Da Sua Mão trad. Brazilian, arr. Brad & Lucy Green, directed by Lori Bammesberger, with Amanda Ku on Piano and Phil Hawkins on percussion
• Pakkanen (Frost), Traditional Finnish, arr. Soila Sariola performed by Cantabile’s Vocalise from 2016 ACDA Conference
• Storm Comin’ by Ruth Moody, arr. The Wailin' Jennys
• I Hear America Singing by André J. Thomas

Theme Song: Mr. Puffy by Avi Bortnik, arr. by Paul Kim