TOURING CHOIR

The Touring Choir is for advanced singers in grades 6-12.

Up to thirty singers may be selected for this choir annually. Our premier performing group offers a stimulating, comprehensive, and demanding choral repertoire requiring advanced musical skills. The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus has become one of America’s best youth choruses, performing at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, American Choral Director’s Association Conference, Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and the Irish Royal Academy of Music. The Chorus has released recordings of multicultural music and collaborated with many highly regarded composers and guest artists. New works are composed for The Chorus regularly and are an important part of its mission. Collaboration is also at the heart of The Chorus. The Chorus has collaborated with the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Justin Hines, David Holt, Cuarteto del Sur, the African Children’s Choir, the Westminster Choir, and the St. Olaf Choir. In 2014, The Chorus hosted guest artist Amy Grant. In 2015, it welcomed actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth, and in 2017, Audra McDonald. 

The advanced performance choirs offer a stimulating, comprehensive, and demanding choral repertoire requiring sophisticated musical skills. The Jacksonville Children’s Chorus is frequently seen at national sporting events and regularly makes local television appearances.

The Touring Choir participates in local, national, and international tours. The 2014 Mediterranean Tour included performances at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, and with the Corfu Children's Choir in Corfu, Greece. The 2015 tour took the singers to New York City, New England, and Canada. In 2016, the choir performed in Northern European countries of Germany, Estonia, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. In the summer of 2017, the group toured and performed in Greece, Italy, Slovenia, Malta, and Croatia. In the winter of 2018, they traveled to Rome to sing in St. Peter's Basilica once again, this time they performed at the January 1, 2018, Papal Mass alongside The Sistine Chapel Choir. In the summer of 2019, they toured and performed in Iceland, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, and Ireland. In March of 2020, the ensemble appeared in a concert during the ACDA Regional Conference in Mobile, Alabama. 

Questions? Call 904-353-1636, ext. 3 OR EMAIL