Rising Stars of SOSS (Venables Theatre)

​Spring Youth Music Showcase – Come on out to enjoy the incredibly talented students of Southern Okanagan Secondary School as the latest artists featured in the Venables Alive local artist series.
Maya Baerg is a grade 10 student at Southern Okanagan Secondary School who has been singing for several years and has been part of the cast of the school’s two most recent musical productions. McKenna Burns has been singing and acting in musical productions at SOSS for the past three years. Emma Cottam has been playing acoustic guitar for the past few years, learning a variety of different genres of music—old and new. Olivia Goncalves, a grade 9 student, started singing and playing acoustic guitar when she was seven. She’s drawn to pop, ballads, and acoustic music. Since arriving at Southern Okanagan Secondary School, Olivia has acted in its two most recent theatre productions. For the past year, Maya Kriesel has been taking voice lessons to hone her singing skills and enjoys a wide variety of music genres. ​Ethan Pearle, currently in grade 10, started playing guitar and songwriting 6 years ago. Ezra Toon, a grade 8 student, found his way onto the stage in this year’s SOSS musical production and he hopes to continue down a performance arts path.