HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 2310-21882.Proclamation Honoring iSing’s Performance at the 2023 World Choir Games
City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: November 27, 2023
Report #:2310-2188
TITLE
Proclamation Honoring iSing’s Performance at the 2023 World Choir Games
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: iSing Proclamation
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, Interim City Clerk
Proclamation
Honoring iSing Silicon Valley’s Performance at the 2023 World Choir Games
WHEREAS, iSing Silicon Valley, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit, was founded in 2013 and has since established a
deeply committed and talented musical community that brings together over 300 primary and secondary school
girls in joyous music; and
WHEREAS, through its rigorous musical training and growth opportunities, iSing nurtures girls’ individual
voices, engages singers in an inclusive and collaborative community, and empowers them to pursue their
ambitions; and
WHEREAS, iSing is internationally renowned. Its choirs have performed in South Korea, France, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany, and have collaborated with world-class artists;
and
WHEREAS, iSing won Dale Warland Singers Commission Award at Chorus America 2018 and the Grand
Prize at the 8th International Robert Schumann Choral Competition in Zwickau Germany in 2018; and
WHEREAS, iSing celebrates diversity through music by performing works from many cultures, commission
works from under-represented composers and creating opportunities from singers to respond to the world
through song; and
WHEREAS, iSing was one of only two U.S. choirs invited to compete in the 2023 World Choir Games, the
largest international choir competition. iSing won the “Champions of the World” title in the Musica Sacra a
cappella category and the gold medal in the Youth Choirs of Equal Voices category.
NOW, THEREFORE I, Lydia Kou, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto, on behalf of the entire City Council, do
hereby honor and congratulate iSing Silicon Valley for its achievements at the 2023 World Choir Games and
commend iSing Silicon Valley for a decade of artistic excellence.
Presented: November 27, 2023
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Lydia Kou
Mayor