The Zecchino d’Oro stage is ready to welcome new voices: the castings will be held on 10 and 11 May at the Forum Shopping Center in Palermo and on 12 May at the Palazzo Multifunctional in Letojanni (Messina)
THE Zecchino d’Oro casting they continue their journey along the country and arrive in Sicily to transform the dream of boys and girls who wish to become the soloists of the next edition of the singing event into reality, accompanied by Small Choir of the Antonianodirected by Sabrina Simoni.
Three new dates to put on the agenda: Friday 10th and Saturday 11th May the appointment is at Forum Shopping Center Of Palermo (Via Filippo Pecoraino, 90124), while Sunday 12 May the hearings will arrive at Multifunctional Building Of Letojanni (Piazza Corrado Cagli, 98037), in the province of Messina.
The selections will be held from 10.00 to 13.00 and from 14.00 to 18.00. Participation is free. Signing up for castings is simple: just connect to the Zecchino d’Oro official website and select the stage of interest. Registrations can be made until the Thursday preceding the audition date. Even when applications are closed it is possible to participate in the selections by showing up in person between 5.00 pm and 6.00 pm.
The YouTube channel of the Piccolo Coro dell’Antoniano is available official casting playlist from which each child will be able to choose their favorite song and prepare to sing for the auditions. The playlist contains the great Zecchino d’Oro classics, but also the successes of the latest editions.
They are well 67 boys and girls from Sicily who, over the years, participated in the event: the last victory of a song sung by a small Sicilian talent dates back to two years ago, when “Il panda con le ali”, played by Mariapaola Chiummo, won the 2022 edition of the Zecchino d’Oro.
“The event is a special experience for young aspiring soloists and their families, and certainly the casting itself becomes an opportunity to get in touch with other boys and girls, to sing their favorite songs and share a pinch of the magical world of the Zecchino d’Oro”explains the director of the Piccolo Coro dell’Antoniano Sabrina Simoni.
“We like to be able to continue to tell and spread good values to all boys and girls with the Piccolo Coro and with music. If a single voice is barely heard, together with many others it becomes a choir”he adds Br. Giampaolo Cavalli, Director of Antoniano.
The Zecchino d’Oro casting tour is carried out in collaboration with Wobinda Produzioni. The children who pass the first phase will then be heard again by Antoniano’s commission, and will then enter the second selection phase.
Who is Antoniano
Antoniano, today directed by Brother Giampaolo Cavalli, was born in 1954 in Bologna from the desire of Father Ernesto Caroli to put himself at the service of the most disadvantaged, while simultaneously enhancing the talent of the youngest. The distribution of hot meals at the canteen in Bologna and the support activities for the most needy are accompanied by the Zecchino d’Oro (1959) and the Piccolo Coro dell’Antoniano (1963): two realities born from the desire to spread values such as solidarity, hospitality, brotherhood and care for others and for the earth. Named in memory of its founder Mariele Ventre, the Piccolo Coro dell’Antoniano is today directed by Sabrina Simoni. Thanks to the activities of the Zecchino d’Oro, over the years it has been possible to support Antoniano’s numerous social projects and expand the network of Franciscan canteens which, in Italy and around the world, offer meals and care through the “Operation Bread” campaign. There are currently 20 canteens in the Peninsula, 1 in Syria, 3 in Ukraine and 1 in Romania. Music and solidarity also find space in the activities of the Therapeutic Center opened in Bologna in the 1980s, where, through a multidisciplinary approach, children with various fragilities are accompanied and supported to promote their physical and cognitive development.
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