Los Angeles Children's Chorus

Mission and purpose: encourage a deeper appreciation of choral art and the shared experience of creating fine choral music while providing a comprehensive music education and performance program

Members: 240 choristers range in age from 8 to 18 years; of diverse cultural and economic backgrounds from over 50 communities throughout Southern California

Training provided: Children’s Chorus comprised of five choirs including Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Intermediate, Apprentice and Preparatory Choirs

Recent performances with: the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in Bernstein’s Mass (2004), Los Angeles Opera in Carmen, La Boheme, La damnation de Faust, Die frau ohne Schatten, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra in Turandot, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale  

Worldwide tours: Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Australia, Canada, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Brazil, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, St. Martin-in-the-Fields (London), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, cathedrals of St. Patrick and St. John the Divine (New York), the Basilica of Notre Dame (Montreal), the Sanctuary of Notre Dame du Sacré Coure (Quebec) and the United Nations

On screen: featured on Academy Award-nominated documentary “SING!” shown on public television nationwide

Artistic Director: Anne Tomlinson; leads Concert Choir and Chamber Singers; Children’s Chorus Mistress for Los Angeles Opera Company; received Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory (Ohio) and Master of Music degree from Northwestern University (Chicago);  2003 recipient of the Power of One award from the Facing History and Ourselves Organisation