Colorado Children's Chorale

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Founded in 1974, the Colorado Children’s Chorale has been one of Colorado’s cultural treasures for more than three decades.

The Chorale boasts internationally acclaimed and award-winning ensembles known for their combination of artistic excellence and youthful exuberance.

1 About the Chorale
2 Professional performances
3 International Touring
4 Vail Residency
5 External links

[edit] About the Chorale

The Chorale is comprised of five choirs with 400 mixed, unchanged children’s voices in grades two through eight from all social, economic and ethnic backgrounds, representing 180 schools across the Front Range of Colorado.

They participate in over 130 annual performances. The Chorale continues to build a growing constituency of patrons for the performing arts community. The Chorale has performed with some of the world’s finest performing arts organizations, world-renowned artists, and for numerous dignitaries.

Tours have taken these singing ambassadors, who perform by invitation only, throughout Colorado, across the U.S.A., and throughout Europe, Asia, and South America.

Above and beyond the Chorale’s five choirs, an additional 1,600 children, who are mostly at-risk and from under-served communities throughout the state, participate annually in a nationally recognized education outreach program—the Conservatory.

More than 2,000 alumni have learned myriad life skills during their tenure in the Children’s Chorale, incorporating self-discipline, self-motivation, teamwork, poise, focus and confidence into their adult lives. Some alumni, fondly called "grads" work for the Chorale for a few years, helping with rehearsals and behind-the-scenes at concerts.

The Colorado Children’s Chorale is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with a disciplined and efficient business operation that has a balance of earned and contributed income.

[edit] Professional performances

The Chorale uses many professional theatre directors & choreographers like Robert Wells (Co-Owner of the Avenue Theater)

[edit] International Touring

Over the years, the chorale has visited many countries such as China, Spain, Great Britain, and upcoming in February 2008, a tour to the coasts of Brazil.

[edit] Vail Residency

The tour choir of the Chorale travels to Vail, Colorado yearly before each season starts. This trip usually lasts one week at the end of which is a free public concert at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheatre. During this week the tour choir learns all their new music for the performances they will be doing all season.