What is the Oregon Children's Choir?
​Based in Eugene, Oregon, the Oregon Children’s Choir was formed in January 1982 to supplement the musical training offered in local schools, by providing advanced choral experiences for talented students of music. Oregon Children’s Choir rehearsals and performances throughout the choir season – as well as invitations to participate in other professional community productions – makes for a rigorous and challenging musical experience.

Oregon Children’s Choir is a choral organization where fellowship, learning, and striving for excellence encourage all of our choristers to become ambassadors of harmony within our community and into the world beyond.
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Our underlying goal is to encourage the lifelong learning and enjoyment of music.

The Choir has grown from one choir in 1982 to ten choirs with over 150 choristers. Choirs rehearse and perform throughout the choir season (September through May/June). In addition to the Oregon Children’s Choir concerts there are many invitations to participate with other professional community productions.

The Oregon Children’s Choir’s overarching goals are

  • ​To provide a healthy environment where young people are empowered and instilled with the ideals of musical teamwork.
  • To share nurturing and creative choral experiences with children and young adults, developing their self-esteem.
  • To create opportunities for children and young adults to serve our community using choral repertoire from different cultures and people.
  • To present diverse, challenging and appropriate choral experiences for children and young adults of all abilities, backgrounds and ages.
  • To prepare its choristers to become musically and vocally diverse artists, patrons, and leaders in the musical world of tomorrow.

The Oregon Children’s Choir has performed with

The Oregon Children’s Choir has traveled as ambassadors of music to
  • The Blooming Lily Children’s Choir from Beijing, China
  • The African Children’s Choir
  • Oregon Bach Festival
  • The Eugene Opera
  • The Eugene Symphony
  • The Eugene Ballet
  • The Eugene Gleemen
  • The Eugene Concert Choir
  • The Eugene Symphony Pops Christmas concert with Mason Williams
  • The Music Educators State conference
  • Music Educators Division conference
  • The International Society for Music Educators World Congress
  • Disneyland
  • Disney World
  • Paramount’s Great America
  • Americafest International Choir Festival
  • Washington
  • Idaho
  • California
  • Minnesota
  • Hawaii
  • Canada
  • Wales
  • England
  • Austria
  • The Czech Republic
  • France
  • Italy
  • China
  • Germany