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Shelton SingersNational Memorial Day Choral FestivalNational Memorial Day Choral Festival

Pride ∙ Sacrifice ∙ Service

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Performing ArtsPerforming Arts

Featuring Artistic Director

Craig JessopCraig Jessop

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Music Celebrations International extends an official invitation to the Shelton Singers to perform and participate in the NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CHORAL FESTIVAL in Washington, D.C., to take place May 25 - 28, 2012. We are proud to join with the Mayor of Washington, D.C. and the American Veterans Center in extending this invitation. 

Music Celebrations is pleased to create and organize a Choral Festival in our Nation’s capital that honors those veterans past and present who have sacrificed so much for the liberties we currently enjoy in our country – as well as around the world. Current plans for the setting for this commemoration will be the CONCERT HALL IN THE JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS under the Artistic Direction of DR. CRAIG JESSOP, Dean of the Department of Music at Utah State University. 

Not merely a festival for Washington, the NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CHORAL FESTIVAL is an event for the entire country – a major event which seeks to draw the attention of Americans to the real meaning for the holiday: Honoring the men and women who have served, and died, to preserve our liberties.

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The DirectorDr. Craig Jessop is Dean of the Caine College of the Arts at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. He is also the newly appointed Music Director of the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra. These appointments follow Dr. Jessop ’s distinguished tenure as music director of the world famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He concurrently serves as the music director of the Carnegie Hall National High School Choral Festival sponsored by the Weill Institute of Music at Carnegie Hall. Prior to his appointment with the Tabernacle Choir, Dr. Jessop was a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force music programs, where he served as director of the U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants in Washington, D.C. (1980-1987); as commander and conductor of the Band of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein, Germany (1987-1991); and as commander and conductor of the Air Combat Command Heartland of America Band (1991-1995). He has also been music director of the Maryland Choral Society, the Rhineland-Pfalz International Choir of Germany and the Omaha Symphonic Chorus.

Dr. Jessop has been on the American choral scene for more than thirty years. The renowned choral conductor has recently stepped down from leadership of the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir after over 12 years of service with the choir. Under Dr. Jessop’s musical direction, the Tabernacle Choir received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Arts. He has recorded over 15 CDs on the Telarc and MTC labels with the Choir and most recently received a Grammy nomination for his work with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square.

In addition to a wonderful festival experience including working with

Dr. Craig Jessop, this event will provide opportunities to visit

important landmarks in Washington D.C. such as:

CAPITOL BUILDING

WHITE HOUSE

SUPREME COURT SUPREME COURT BUILDINGBUILDING

NATIONAL NATIONAL CATHEDRALCATHEDRAL

KENNEDY KENNEDY CENTERCENTER

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JEFFERSON

LINCOLNVIETNAM

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KOREAN

WORLD WAR II

WASHINGTON MONUMENT

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IWO JIMA

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELTAIR FORCE

ARLINGTON NATIONAL ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERYCEMETERYPARTICIPATE IN A SPECIAL WREATH LAYING CEREMONY AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS (TO (TO NAME A FEW)NAME A FEW)

MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY

NATURAL HISTORY MUSUEM

AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM

AMERICAN INDIAN MUSEUM

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS SMITHSONIAN INSTITUE MUSEUMS (TO (TO NAME A FEW)NAME A FEW)

UNITED STATESUNITED STATESHOLOCAUST MUSEUMHOLOCAUST MUSEUM

NATIONALLY TELEVISED, NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY NATIONALLY TELEVISED, NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT CONCERT

ON THE WEST LAWN OF THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDINGON THE WEST LAWN OF THE U.S. CAPITOL BUILDING

NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE PERFORMANCEPERFORMANCEPERFORM ON THE STEPS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES BUILDING AS PART OF

THE MEMORIAL DAY FESTIVAL CHORUS, TO “KICK OFF” THE NATIONALLY TELEVISED, NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE.

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Music Celebrations International

looks forward to providing theShelton Singers

with a truly memorablemusical and cultural experience

of a lifetime!