Founded less than three years ago by Artistic Director Jonathan Raney, Queen City Voices promotes, through vocal and choral music, “equality and positive enrichment for the lives of (their) members, the Springfield queen city area and our community at large.” The group’s annual Christmas concert, called “A Brassy, Classy Christmas,” will be performed in a FREE concert Sunday December 10 at 2:00pm in the auditorium of the Springfield Art Museum, 1111 E. Brookside Drive. Chorus Manager Amy Hoogstraet Safley visited KSMU to talk about the ensemble and the concert. “I may be biased, but it’s a wonderful, wonderful community choir here in Springfield. This will be our sixth concert—we do two concerts a year. The thing that we pride ourselves on is that the choir is all-inclusive. We just really are open and welcoming of everyone in the community. The only requirements to be in the choir are that you have to be at least 18, you have to love to sing, and you have to be available for just one
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