{"id":5235,"date":"2026-03-23T09:46:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/?p=5235"},"modified":"2026-05-07T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:36:03","slug":"23rd-annual-flint-festival-of-choirs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.umflint.edu\/case\/2026\/03\/23\/23rd-annual-flint-festival-of-choirs\/","title":{"rendered":"23rd Annual Flint Festival of Choirs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignright is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@umflintcase\/video\/7619339587529215246\" data-video-id=\"7619339587529215246\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@umflintcase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@umflintcase?refer=embed\">@umflintcase<\/a> <p>Take Two! \ud83c\udfb6 The 23rd Annual Flint Festival of Choirs took place at UM-Flint over the weekend of Feb 21st &#038; 22nd. Learn about the festival&#8217;s history and impact on both our students and the <a title=\"flint\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/flint?refer=embed\">#Flint<\/a> community. <a title=\"music\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/music?refer=embed\">#music<\/a> <a title=\"choral\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/choral?refer=embed\">#choral<\/a> <a title=\"choirs\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/choirs?refer=embed\">#choirs<\/a> <a title=\"carolynmawby\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/carolynmawby?refer=embed\">#CarolynMawby<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - UM-Flint CASE - UM-Flint CASE\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-UM-Flint-CASE-7619339583158831885?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; UM-Flint CASE &#8211; UM-Flint CASE<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Presented by The Carolyn Mawby Chorale and with the generous support of William Piper, UM-Flint hosted the 23rd annual Flint Festival of Choirs on February 21st and 22nd, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Featuring individual and group performances by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Midland&nbsp;Camerata, conducted by Dr. Leticia Grutzmann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of Michigan-Flint Chorale and Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. Gabriela Hristova<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carolyn Mawby Chorale, conducted by Dr. Matthew Thompson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 100 singers from these groups rehearsed all day Saturday and in the morning on Sunday, developing their combined performances and fine-tuning their individual group repertoire. Their work was then showcased in a performance for the local community on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch this short video to learn more about the festival&#8217;s origin and impact on both UM-Flint&#8217;s students and the Flint community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to enjoying this marquee event with you next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 23rd annual Flint Festival of Choirs featured over 100 singers working together to produce an exceptional evening of choral music for the Flint community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":573,"featured_media":5241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,112,84,22],"tags":[70,76,71,54],"class_list":["post-5235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-engagement","category-events","category-fine-and-performing-arts-2","category-music-department","tag-case","tag-fine-and-performing-arts","tag-music","tag-web-feature"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>23rd Annual Flint Festival of Choirs - Blog | UM-Flint College of Arts, Sciences &amp; 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