Virginia Children's Chorus

Performances Through performances, members of the Virginia Children's Chorus have the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned, sharing their wonderful gift of music with others. Performance schedules vary by choir group, with the youngest choir singing in small community concerts, while the Concert Choir performs regularly with the Virginia Symphony and other choruses. Past performances with the Symphony include Carmina Burana, A Midsummer Night's Dream (see above photo with Maestro JoAnn Falletta), and Of Heroes and Human Rights, as well as the annual Holiday Pops series. Collaborations with other arts organizations have included the Cantata Chorus, Virginia Chorale, Ohef Sholom temple choir, Bay Youth Orchestras, Virginia Ballet Theatre, Schola Cantorum, the U.S. Continental Army Band and the Virginia Symphony Chorus.

The VCC presents two festive family concerts each season in which all the children have the opportunity to sing. Performances highlight folk music from around the world, as well as classical, sacred and twentieth-century pieces, and include such works as Malcolm Dalglish's inspiring Hymnody of Earth, and Of Thee I Sing, a stirring collection of patriotic songs, commissioned by the Chorus and arranged by John Yankee.

The Chorus presents many fine local community concerts each season, such as Portsmouth's Olde Towne Holiday Music Festival and Norfolk's Arts Within Reach. The children have had the opportunity to tour the state of Virginia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Great Britain, have attended the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales and made their debut at Carnegie Hall in New York City in June 2005.