Children Choir Saulainé
Children Choir of Kretinga Art School “Saulainė” has been working since 2002 under the guidance of experienced teachers Violeta Andruškevičienė, Jūratė Norkuvienė and Rima Stonkuvienė. Its varied repertoire includes sacred music, Lithuanian folklore and international music. The choir has won gold awards at festivals in the Czech Republic, Germany, Macedonia, Turkey and Slovakia and in 2008 was awarded the prestigious Lithuanian Golden Bird Award for artistic quality.

Shanghai Sfuture Choir
Sfuture is an artistic ensemble founded in 2017 by well-known Chinese musicians. Winner of the gold medal and its category at the 13th World Choir Games, it has performed at the Sydney Opera House, Shanghai Oriental Art Center and Mercedes-Benz Arena, among others. He has collaborated with leading singers (Henry Lau, Jie Zhang, etc.) and also sang at the symphony concert of the popular video game Genshin Impact in Shanghai.

New World Singers of Columbus Children’s Choir
The New World Singers of Columbus Children’s Choir, under the direction of Jeanne Wohlgamuth, are an award-winning American chorus that has earned praise from composer Nick Page as “rare, radiant and beautiful.” They have won top prizes at the Rimini Festival (2021) and the Youth International Choral Competition (2023, 2024), and have repeatedly won The American Prize. They have performed in Austria, Germany, Spain, France and Hungary, alongside the Vienna Boys Choir and at the Granada Festival. In the USA, they have sung at the White House and in three separate concerts at Carnegie Hall.

Free admission.

A selection from the programme:
Allegro from Quintet in A major for clarinet and strings, K. 581 – W. A. Mozart
Quartet for four violins – Peter Martin
Adagio et Allegretto from the Little Symphony – Charles Gounod
Vocalise for string ensemble – Sergei Rachmaninov
Ave Maria Stella – Edvard Grieg

Admission is voluntary.
Voluntary entrance fee will be donated to the Helppes Foundation.

Helppes helps people with all kinds of disabilities on their way to integration, self-sufficiency and independence through specially trained dogs.

A selection from the programme:

Orchestra
Festive Fanfare for Gold Tour – Mark Lortz
Tennessee Salute – Jay Dawson
In These Last Days of Autumn – Randall Standridge
Danse Bohémien – Randall Standridge
Hands Across the Sea – John Philip Sousa

Chorus
Hear My Prayer – Moses Hogan
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – edited by J. David Moore
Everything – edited by Kirby Shaw

Voluntary admission.
Voluntary admission will be donated to the Helppes Foundation.

Helppes helps people with all kinds of disabilities on their journey to integration, self-sufficiency and independence through specially trained dogs.