OUR MISSION
Horizon Voices is a performance-based music education program that strives to develop the next generation of healthy, thoughtful, and creative citizens through choral singing. Designed for young people in grades K-12, Horizon Voices teaches vocal technique and musicianship, nurturing communication and public speaking skills while joyfully making music together.
Now hearing auditions for the spring semester!
Contact us at music@classicaluprising.org now
ENSEMBLES
Circle: Grades K-1 | A group singing experience that teaches foundational music skills through movement and folk songs in multiple languages.
Melodies: Grades 2-4 | An introductory choir that develops basic choral skills including music reading, vocal technique, and what makes a good performance.
Trebles: Grades 5-8 | An intermediate choir that focuses on advancing vocal skills, ensemble work, and musicianship by singing more complex two- and three-part music.
Concord: Grades 9-12 | A treble choir for advanced singers that teaches sophisticated choral repertoire and offers more frequent opportunities to perform. Excellent vocal technique, good musicianship, and cohesive ensemble work is stressed. European concert tours are planned for every other year.
“‘We create something much bigger than just individual voices’ - Horizon Voices youth choral director Maria Belva has been coaching kids for almost three decades.”
– Maine Sunday Telegram, September 17, 2023
Concord performing “Jesus Christ the Apple Tree” and “Silent Night” - December 2020
MARIA BELVA, DIRECTOR
Maria Belva is a professional choral conductor and private voice teacher and serves as Director of the Horizon Voices youth choir program at Classical Uprising in Portland, Maine. She is the founder of the Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs in Peterborough, NH, and served as the organization’s director for 20 years. She is the former Music Director of the Peterborough Unitarian Universalist Church, and has taught choral music in various private schools in New Hampshire. Belva has maintained a private voice studio for the past 25 years and is a Certified McClosky Voice Technician. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Education from State University of New York at Potsdam and a Master of Music from the University of Maine. mariabelva@gmail.com
EVAN CUDDY, COLLABORATIVE PIANIST
Evan Cuddy (he/him/his) is a musician and teacher residing in Portland, ME. He currently serves as organist/accompanist at the First Parish Church UCC in Yarmouth, ME, and music teacher at Longfellow Elementary School in Portland. Evan has also served as musical director at Lyric Music Theatre, Portland Players, Deertrees Theatre, and Maine State Music Theatre. Evan has performed with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, the Williamsport Symphony, and the St. Mary Schola. He can even be seen as a featured musician/extra in the Hollywood movie Little Women. Evan holds degrees in music performance from Susquehanna University and the University of Southern Maine.
