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Peabody Children's Chorus
Ages 6-18
The Peabody Children's Chorus, founded in 1989, is dedicated to providing age-appropriate vocal training for young people. The Chorus brings children together to rehearse and perform art and folk music of multiple cultures, languages, historical periods, and styles. In six ensembles rehearsing at two campuses, young people gain invaluable experience making music in ensemble settings. Ear-training and music-reading skills are also featured as an integral part of all rehearsals.
Nearly 350 children between the ages of six and eighteen participate each year in three levels of training. Members of the Training Choir (ages 6-10), the Choristers (ages 10-14), and the Chamber Singers (ages 12-18) rehearse high quality treble music of advancing challenge and sophistication, and perform in public concert at least twice a year.
Singing with the chorus gives children a forum to work together to bring to life music of great beauty and to share this achievement with others. This process of ensemble music making cultivates our members' sense of responsibility, commitment, self-discipline, confidence, and poise, key ingredients for success in any field of endeavor. We encourage our students to appreciate high standards of artistic excellence and to cultivate a love of beauty that can enrich each individual's experience for a lifetime.
The Peabody Children's Chorus performs frequently with other arts organizations such as the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, the Baltimore Opera Company, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Concert Artists of Baltimore, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Conservatory's Opera Theater, and the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. In Columbia, Maryland, the Chorus has performed with the Columbia Orchestra and Columbia Pro Cantare. The Chorus has performed in master classes with Mark Cudek, Vern Falby, Tom Hall, Bobby McFerrin, John Shirley-Quirk, and Webb Wiggins, and has toured in England and France.
Peabody's Children's Chorus Faculty
- Doreen Falby, director
- Bradley Permenter, assistant director
- Ruriko Osawa, assistant director
