Member Organization
Seattle Children's Chorus
PO Box 33935
Seattle, WA 98133
https://www.seattlechildrenschorus.org/voice-placements-1
Attend rehearsals, perform and concert, and parents are asked to volunteer.
Each choir has various rehearsal times and locations. Please see our website.
Upcoming Events
Description
Seattle Children's Chorus is a choral arts organization dedicated to fostering musical excellence in the development of young singers. Founded in 1989 by artistic director, Kris Mason, the Chorus offers a quality, performance-based vocal education and selects repertoire of highest caliber from all genres of choral music with a special emphasis on sacred literature.
SCC offers seven levels of instruction. Our Early Childhood Music program includes Pochissimo (ages 3-5) and Poco a Poco (ages 5-7). Five other choir levels are available to auditioned boys and girls, ages 7-18. These include Brio (7-9) directed by Ellie Kok, providing a foundation for choral and vocal instruction including beginning music theory and introduction to part-singing; and Intermezzo (9-12) directed by Dr. Jean-Marie Kent, which takes foundations laid in our training program to a higher level of vocal training, theory and part-singing. Arioso (12-18) also directed by Jean-Marie, is at the core of SCC's music education offerings as the top level treble choir. Coro Vivo is SCC's young men's choir which provides advanced vocal training and performance opportunities designed for changed and changing male voices, directed by Nathaniel Hendrix. Camerata, also directed by Nathaniel is our SATB choir, providing our advanced treble and low singers an excellent transition to collegiate level choral singing.
Seattle Children’s Chorus believes in enriching the young singer with excellent festival and cross-cultural experiences. Seattle Children’s Chorus has toured both locally and internationally, having traveled to South Africa, Italy, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Central Europe, Canada, Brazil, and the UK. In 2013, Arioso competed at the Interkultur Sing'n'Joy Festival in Louisville, Kentucky, receiving two gold awards. Arioso and Camerata have performed for regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and Arioso was also selected to sing at the national convention of the ACDA in Los Angeles in 2005. Camerata has participated in two Festival of Gold competitions, most recently in 2009 and received top honors. They also appeared as a guest choir at the Northwestern Regional Conference of ACDA. Both choirs participated in the International Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales in 2010 where Camerata received two 2nd place awards. In 2015, Arioso, Camerata, and Coro Vivo participated in the Roma a Musica Sacra festival in Rome, winning a gold award in both the Sacred and Gospel/Spiritual categories. In summer of 2018 Arioso, Camerata, and Coro Vivo traveled to South Africa to participate in Ihlombe. The choirs were honored to participate in celebrations for the 100 year anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth. In May 2025, Arioso and Coro Vivo will be traveling to Victoria, BC, and we are thrilled to be traveling to Scotland and Wales in the summer of 2026.
Along with a choral season of 3 formal performances, Seattle Children's Chorus enjoys giving back to the community by participation in local churches, as well as civic and cultural events.
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