The Tamaqua Area School District Music Department is hosting the 2015 Schuylkill County Choral Festival beginning today and continuing through Saturday.

The festival is an annual four-day event, which concludes with a public concert. The concert will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Tamaqua Area auditorium.The Schuylkill County Chorus features students from grades 8 through 12 from 13 participating high schools throughout the county.Students were selected to participate after a competitive vocal audition, held in October 2014 at Pottsville High School. This year's chorus will be under the direction of David Lantz III, a noted composer, educator, and choral director at East Stroudsburg North High School.Admission to the concert is $5 for adults and $3 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Doors to the auditorium will open at 1:20 p.m.