‘Kitchens’ important to Columbus Girlchoir

This first was the choir’s recent Saturday clinic, a kind of “test kitchen” that helped them prepare their menus for five upcoming concerts and the 2012-2013 season. The second kind comes April 21, when three actual, top-of-the-line Columbus kitchens will make up the choir’s fourth annual Kitchen Tour benefit. 

“Rehearsal by vocal section and polishing our music were two big values of the clinic,” said the choir’s director, Cherry Dunn. Assisting at the First United Methodist Church choir room were accompanist Rachel Delk and MUW music education major Alisa Toy. 

“Rachel is an excellent singer and dedicated accompanist. Alisa is a gifted choral director,” Dunn said. “Having a fresh set of ears was a great help to both the senior and junior choirs.” The junior choir, which starts with 9-year-old singers, had 24 at the clinic. The senior choir, for girls up to 18, had 32 members. Dunn has directed the choir since its founding in 2004.