protect those are most at risk from COVID-
19. This also means that more people can
safely contribute without overcrowding the
physical location.

Students living within 500 miles of the
Washington, D.C. area are able to attend vir-
tual rehearsals over Zoom using JackTrip
technology to control latency. Private
voice lessons are also available online
through the WCC.

In addition to the Nov. 5 benefit, the
WCC has three public seasonal concerts and
virtual choir videos for special projects that
support children from the international
community who are in need. “There is no
such thing as tone deaf, everyone can learn
Coristas de San Nicolás children’s choir in Mexico
to sing,” Harnes says. “I want to encourage
everyone to sing. Sing in the shower, in the
car, it’s healthy and it’s healing.”
Past concerts have helped build a school
in Africa, and held fundraisers benefit-
ing Bosnia and UNICEF, as well as Haiti
after the infamous 2010 earthquake. “I like
the children to know we aren’t
just singing for ourselves, we
are singing for other people,”
Harnes says.

Watch the Ukrainian benefit
concert on the CommonTime.

Online platform on Nov. 5.

Donations can be made through
voices.org/ua/en. For more infor-
mation, email info@voices.

org.ua. Email Sondra.harnes@
worldchildrenschoir.org to join
the WCC if you are 4 to 18 years
old. Weekly rehearsals are held
on Tuesday and Wednesday eve-
nings September through May.

Rehearsals and workshops for
advanced students are held
on weekends. T
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