Academy Award-nominated actress Quvenzhané Wallis will join the Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC), bassist Carlos Henriquez and a 15-piece big band featuring members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra this Sunday, October 20th at the Berklee Performance Center for Can’t Stop Singing That Song, a celebration of the music of Aline Shader.
The all-star lineup at Can’t Stop Singing That Song also includes singer-songwriters Kate Taylor and Julie Silver, Lily Bayrock, celebrated Finnish vocalist Johanna Grüssner, Elana Cutler and Sami Greenberg. Can’t Stop Singing That Song will be conducted by Dr. Anthony Trecek-King, president and artistic director of BCC
A prolific composer of children’s music, Aline Shader wrote more than 200 songs in her lifetime and inspired countless students as a teacher in Newton and as an artist-in-residence in Boston-area elementary schools. She created a part for every student in her many musicals based on children’s literature, American history, myths and fairy tales, and her work is still sung by thousands of school children across the United States each year.
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