The SCS is very happy to participate in community events and festivals and has consistently performed in Jazz on Jefferson, as well as Saginaw’s P.R.I.D.E. event, Holiday’s in the Heart of the City. Most recently, SCS has become an official member of Beer Choir a community sing-along and held several Beer Choir events around Saginaw. SCS and SYC have joined forces and created a steel drum collaborative, Pans in the Park, which provides a workshop for youth ages 9-15 to learn the fundamentals of playing steel drums and other fun instruments and then provide a free concert in Borchard Park.
Collaborative Concerts
In December of 2022, SCS collaborated with the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra return to performing holiday concert Saginaw Sings, which featured Todd Michael Hall, the Saginaw Youth Orchestra and Saginaw Youth Choir. Both the SCS and SBSO were featured in the on air special A Classy Brassy Christmas and More on WEYI TV 25.
SCS has performed a collaborative concert with the SVSU Concert Choir and the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra collectively performing Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum and Ralph Vaughan WIlliams’ Serenade to Music.
In February of 2017, the SCS joined the choirs and orchestra of Central Michigan University to sing Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem in on campus in Mt. Plesant under the direction of Dr. Nina Nash-Robertson. During our 2015-2016 season, the SCS collaborated with Dr. Kevin Simons and the choirs of Saginaw Valley State University in a concert presented by the SVSU Department of Music, “The Valley Sings.” Among this joint choir of 125 singers, we found 4 faculty and staff, 8 students, and 7 alumni who participate in both organizations.We concluded the 2015-2016 season with a production of The Wizard of Oz in Concert – a partnership with the SVSU Department of Theater under the theatrical direction of Prof. Ric Roberts, chair.