The seventh annual Summer Choral Institute, which begins June 17, is open to everyone: choral music teachers, aficionados and singers of all ages and abilities. Participants will rehearse with Salt Lake Choral Artists music director Brady Allred, and each session will culminate in a public concert. There will also be SLCA members at each session.

There will be four sessions, and each will run Thursday and Friday evenings from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 2 p.m.-4 p.m., with a concert Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

There will also be a Young Choral Artists choir camp, a high school choir retreat and a conducting workshop for conductors of any level.

Sessions will be held in the Salt Lake Choral Arts (SLCA) Building, 700 N. 200 West. For more information and to register log on to www.saltlakechoralartists.org/sci. For questions regarding registration email sci@saltlakechoralartists.org or call 801-232-7521.

Below is a schedule of events. Unless otherwise noted, these events will take place in the SLCA Building.

• June 17-22: Young Choral Artists Choir Camp – a celebration of “Beatlemania!,” the camp is for talented students and will culminate in a concert with the Summer Choral Institute Choir; there will also be a talent show, music classes and guest artists; instructors are Nancy Hopkin, Bonnie King and Tara Wardle. Sessions take place at The McGillis School, 1300 E. 668 South; the Saturday concert will be at the SLCA Building. ($105 for children in grades 3-5; 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. daily. $175 for children in grades 6-8; 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily.)
• June 20-22: Session One – “Beatlemania! Music of the Beatles,” session lets participants sing their favorite Beatles songs with a live back up band. ($50, plus $20-$25 music fee.)
• June 24-28: Conducting Workshop – lets conductors improve rehearsal technique and conducting skills; among the topics the daily classes will cover are tips for selecting choral literature, score study and preparation, dynamic phrasing, effective rehearsal techniques and beautiful singing; classes are videotaped for personal evaluation; participants will have the opportunity to conduct the class and sing in Session Two, “Choral Masterworks” for an additional music fee. ($300 plus $25 Session Two music fee for beginning to intermediate, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.; $300 plus $25 Session Two music fee for advanced class, 1 p.m.-4 p.m.)
• June 27-29: Session Two – “Choral Masterworks: Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.” ($50, plus $20-$25 music fee.)
• July 11-13: Session Three – “All That Jazz: Bob Chilcott’s ‘Jazz Folk Songs’ and ‘A Little Jazz Mass,’” session encompasses some of former King’s Singers Bob Chilcott’s jazz pieces for mixed choir and jazz combo, plus a setting of the familiar Mass texts with a night club flavor; the new SLCA Men’s Choir will be featured. ($50, plus $20-$25 music fee.)
• July 18-20: Session Four – “Gospel Magnificat: Gospel Music by Robert Ray,” session features Robert Ray’s “Gospel Magnificat” and “Gospel Mass;” the SLCA Men’s Choir will also give a bon voyage performance before their tour to southern France. ($50, plus $20-$25 music fee.)
• Aug. 14-16: High School Choir Retreat – log on to www.saltlakechoralartists.org for information.