Jubilate Choral Festival On March 31, 2007, selected chorus students from Brighton High School, Cottonwood High School, Hunter High School, Judge Memorial Catholic High School, and Whittier Elementary School, West Valley City, will be performing at the Jubilate Invitational Choral Festival at Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City. Jubilate (pronounced you-bee-la-tay) is a professional chamber choir based in Salt Lake City. Jubilate’s charter states as one of its goals “to support choral music in local schools”. In the past eight years, Jubilate has accomplished this goal in many ways but this festival is the most ambitious. The three goals of this festival are to stress the importance of continuing to fund the music programs in our schools, to raise money for the participating school choral programs, and to provide these students with an amazing venue in which to sing. The proceeds of this concert will be divided evenly among the participating schools, after costs have been met. Former Utah Governor Olene Walker will be the keynote speaker for this event. She is known as Utah’s “education governor” and we are thrilled that she was able to clear her busy schedule and be with us for this wonderful evening. Gene Pack, film and stage actor and former “voice” of KUER and NPR, will be our emcee. Mr. Pack has been a supporter of Jubilate for many years and has performed with the choir numerous times. The choirs will be performing separately and will combine for the finale. At this time, the music of a new American composer will be premiered. The title of the piece is “A New Song for America” and the composer is Elva Avara. Mrs. Avara is a resident of Mississippi and her town was inundated by Hurricane Katrina. She is flying into Salt Lake for this event and will be our guest of honor. Tickets to the event are $20 each, general admission. Tickets are on sale February 1, 2007. (*See below). No children under the age of eight years will be admitted since we will be recording the event. This includes babes in arms. *Tickets available at Abravanel Hall, Capitol Theatre, and the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center Ticket Offices and at ArtTix Outlets or call 355-ARTS (2787) / Toll-free 1-888-451-ARTS (2787) / TTY 328-8202 or online at www.ArtTix.org.