Joining our Children’s and Youth Choirs

The Choir of the American Cathedral was founded in 1884, when the Choir School educated sixteen boys who sang the daily offices in the manner of the great English and continental cathedrals. Today its singers, adults, and children of all genders, provide music for more than eighty services each year, including weekly Sunday Eucharists, special feast days during the week, monthly Choral Evensongs, Lessons and Carols for Advent and Christmas, marriages and funerals.

As the program year draws to an end, now is an excellent time to consider getting involved in music-making at the Cathedral at the Rentrée. Our Canon Precentor and Director of Music, Zachary Ullery would be pleased to receive inquiries about both the Children’s and Youth choirs on music@americancathedral.org

 -         The Children’s Choir: The Children's Choir is open to all children ages 8 to 13 who like to sing and who can commit to our weekly rehearsal schedule. The Children's Choir teaches vocal production, music theory, sight-singing, and elements of music history. The Children’s Choir rehearses on Wednesdays from 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

-         The Youth Choir: The Youth Choir is an auditioned group ages 14 to 18 who sing with the Adult Choir two Sundays per month at the 11:00 a.m. service. Focusing largely on sacred music from the Anglican tradition, the youth choir sings compositions from many style periods and genres. The Youth Choir rehearses on Wednesdays from 6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.