Tonight we went to a concert at East Aurora High School put on by the BYU Idaho Sound Alliance and Vocal Union.   This was presented to the community through the help of the Public Affairs arm of the church here, of which Angela is a part.  She has worked very hard over the last couple of months to help make this happen.  She has done everything from helping select the site, market the concert, and her main job of finding places for all the members of the group to stay overnight after the concert!  It has been very stressful for her, but the concert turned out GREAT!

Sound Alliance and Vocal Union combine to create an instrumental and vocal concert that will entertain and inspire audiences of all ages.  Both groups represent what is best in the students at BYU-Idaho. The group presents a multi-faceted program with both ensembles interwoven to present inspiring vocal and instrumental jazz selections.

Sound Alliance is composed of 17 jazz  musicians selected through a highly competitive audition process. Their repertoire ranges from the artistic to the “just-for-fun-of-it.”

Vocal Union, an ensemble of 12 singers, performs a variety of styles which feature the tight harmonies of vocal jazz in a performance of popular, big band and classic jazz tunes.

There were over 1000 people in attendance and everyone who went absolutely loved it!  The groups did jazz numbers together playing instruments and singing, and they each had separate numbers as well.  It was VERY entertaining!  It was a great way to spend a Friday night as a family.