Performances
The San Diego Children's Choir schedules two major concerts each year at which all choristers perform – the Holiday Concert during the Christmas Season and the Spring Concert. During the year, they perform at other venues suitable for each choir level. The younger choristers perform many outreach programs at libraries and senior citizen homes.
As a member of the San Diego Performing Arts League, they participate yearly in the organization's "Bravo San Diego" event along with the other major art organizations in San Diego. Each Spring, they perform for the public at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park.
The Choir has collaborated over the years with other performing groups. They regularly participate in Holiday Concerts with the San Diego Symphony. In 1996, they performed the world premiere of "Requiem in Memoriam, Oklahoma City" under the direction of the composer, Ron Gillis. The San Diego Children Choir has performed Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" twice: once under the direction of Sir David Willcocks in Royal Albert Hall, London, and again under the direction of Maestro Yoav Talmi with the San Diego Symphony.
The Choir presented the opera "Noye's Fludde" in 2012 which was featured in Voice of San Diego.
Tours are also part of the educational program, providing an opportunity to be ambassadors for San Diego as well as travel and performance experience. The Concert and Youth Choirs travel every summer during June and July, and they follow the tradition of international tours every other year. Tours normally include 6 to 7 concerts, home stays with host choir organizations, and daily tours of the visited countries. The Intermediate Choir tours locally in Southern California in preparation for the longer tours when the choristers advance to the Concert Choir.
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