Sunday 10th August 2025
The Grand River Valley Choir and Orchestra will present its annual Summer Concert, “Sunlit Silence!” at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 15, in the Trenton R-IX Performing Arts Center. A variety of music will be performed. The doors will open at 6:30 following the dress rehearsal.
Our GRVCO musicians represent the 15 Missouri communities of Altamont, Cameron, Chillicothe, Gallatin, Jameson, Jamesport, Laredo, Ludlow, Newtown, Pattonsburg, Princeton, Trenton, Weatherby, and Winston.
The GRV Orchestra will open the program with Radetsky March, followed by English Folk Song Suite, Out of Africa, American Folk Rhapsody, and The Magnificent Seven.
The GRV Choir will then perform
The GRVCO Choir and Orchestra will combine for He Never Failed Me Yet. Next we will perform a piece commissioned for our 15th Season Celebration. It was composed and will be conducted by Jonathan T Krinke. Sunlit Silence will be dedicated to the late Buddy Hannaford, one of ours founders and the original orchestra conductor.
Tyler Busick is conductor of the GRV Choir. Chris Thomas is the GRV Orchestral conductor. Sonja Wimer accompanies the choir. Barb Cox will serve as our Master of Ceremonies.
GRVCO is a 501(c)(3) organization. We have no sponsors, but rely on donations. All performances are free due to our Donor’s Club and the anonymous donors who contribute at our concerts. Your financial support helps provide the funds necessary to continue our organization’s mission. Information on our Donor’s Club will be available at the door.
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Plan to join us June 17 for an evening of enjoyment and the opportunity to Meet Your Musicians following the concert in the THS Commons.