Get Vocal. Join Us.
Auditions
2013
Celebrating 11 Years of Harmony
12
450
choirs
and more than
singers!
[May 10 and 11 weekend of auditions for the 2013/14 season]
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The Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC) harnesses the power and joy of music to unite our
city’s diverse communities and inspire social change. Our singers transcend social barriers
in a celebration of shared humanity and love of music. Through intensive choral training
and high-profile public performance experience (locally, throughout the U.S. and around
the world), they learn discipline, develop leadership skills, and proudly represent the city
of Boston as ambassadors of harmony.
The Boston Children’s Chorus is comprised
of eleven different choirs in four Boston
locations. Of the eleven choirs, seven are
located at our central Boston location on
Shawmut Avenue and four are located at
select neighborhood sites through our
neighborhood Choir Program.
providing learning opportunities to enhance our
singers musical experience. BCC provides regular
sessions on topics such as public speaking,
networking, fundraising, college preparation,
social activism and advocacy and performance
preparation. local professionals, singers, alumni,
and community organizations participate in these
discussions.
Rapid Achievement Practicum (RAP)
Social Programming
Rigorous Choral Program
is a weekly, half hour educational program
specially designed for all levels of singers
to help advanced sight-reading and
musicianship skills.
Youth Development Program
All of BCC singers are challenged to be
leaders in their choirs, in their schools, and
in their community. The mentor program is
a formal way for singers to cultivate skills in
compassion, organization, and responsibility.
mentors from the more advanced choirs
commit to volunteer and work with younger
choirs throughout the year.
Through key partnerships and
collaborations with communitybased organizations, schools, arts
organizations and many different
religious institutions, the singers
are deeply involved with their
surrounding communities. These
hands-on experiences allow
them to see firsthandhow they
are creating a lasting social and
cultural legacy in and around
greater Boston and how they are
influencing and inspiring others to
dothe same.
[Choirs
& Community
Partners]
Premier Choir (PC)
Advanced singers ages 12-18. Our premier performing group offers a stimulating, comprehensive and demanding
choral repertoire requiring advanced
level of musical skill. The Premier Choir
participates in local, national and international tours.
Young Men’s Ensemble (YME)
A special program to meet the unique
needs of boys ages 10-18 with changing
and changed voices. The Young Men's
Ensemble participates in local, national
and international tours.
Concert Choir (CC)
Dubbed BCC's "Symphonic Children's
Chorus," CC has singers ages 10-16 with
advanced musical skill. These singers
receive intensive training in music theory, music history and foreign languages;
performances include regional tours.
Choral Union (CU)
A choir created in 2010 to provide
intense vocal and theory training for
older singers ages 12-18 who have great
enthusiasm for singing, but little formal
musical training.
Central Intermediate Advanced Choir
(CIA)
Advanced Intermediate singers ages
10-14. This level requires individual attentiveness, vocal skills and advacned
theory comprehension while offering
expanded, rigorous repertoire and performance experiences.
Central Intermediate Choir (CI)
Intermediate singers ages 10-14. This
level requires individual attentiveness,
vocal skills and theory comprehension
while offering expanded repertoire and
performance experiences.
Dorchester Intermediate Choir (DI)
Intermediate level neighborhood-based choir
established in collaboration with First Parish
Church in Dorchester.
West End House Training Choir (WEH)
A neighborhood-based choir for beginning-level singers ages 7-12, established in
collaboration with the West End House in
Allston-Brighton.
Central Training Choir (CT)
Beginning singers ages 7-12. This program
develops music basics such as theory, interval training, rhythm and sight-singing techniques. Attention span and concentration are
points of focus.
Villa Victoria Training Choir (VV)
A neighborhood-based choir for beginninglevel singers ages 7-12, established in
collaboration with Villa Victoria Center for
the Arts and Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
(IBA), in Boston’s South End community.
Dorchester Advanced Training Choir (DAT)
A neighborhood-based choir for advanced
singers ages 7-12, established in collaboration
with First Parish Church in Dorchester.
South Boston Training Choir (SB)
A neighborhood-based choir for beginninglevel singers ages 7-12, established in collaboration with South Boston Boys & Girls
Club, in South Boston.
In addition, Rapid Achievement Practice
(RAP) is a required weekly half hour music
education program specially designed for all
levels of singers to help advance sight-reading and musicianship skills.
“...teaching methodologies and the staff could not be more wonderful
or do a better job! I have been extremely impressed with the
unbelievably high quality of everyone at BCC and I know they’re doing
an incredible job with all the kids.”
-BCC Parent
[Audition
Information]
Audition Requirements
Audition Process
Fees & Tuition
-Auditionees must be between the
ages of 7 and 18. Auditionees must
turn 7 years old by December 31.
-No prior musicial training is
necessary.
-A prepared piece is not required.
-Audition process is quick, simple
and informal.
-Audition is ten minutes and includes
repeating notes played on a piano,
singing a song - something as easy
as Happy Birthday, singing scales,
and telling us about yourself.
-Placement will be determined on
availibility, skills, and maturity.
- Fill out audition application.
-Return form via email, fax, or mail.
-BCC will schedule an audition time
on May 10 or 11 and confirm via
email.
-Auditions take place at our central
office location and at schools and
community organizations.
-All auditionees will receive a letter
with audition result in June.
-Registration information and
registration fee due in June
BCC is a tuition-based program; how
ever, no child will be excluded from participation for financial reasons. Tuition is on a
sliding scale, based on total family income
and choir level.
Tuition can range for the entire year from
$50 to $1200.
Each singer’s education is primarily subsidized by fundraising efforts. Tuition, when
paid in full, covers only between 5% to 20%
of the cost of a single child’s attendance.
Tuition payments are online and can be setup reoccuring monthly if you so choose.
Schedule subject to change.
[Information & Directions]
“The BCC experience has encouraged the whole family
to be engaged with a musical community that has larger
social importance, which has been meaningful for all of us in
different ways...”
for more information
Please contact:
Anthony J. Victoria
[email protected]
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directions to bcc
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From the North
I-93 South to Exit 20A toward South Station
Follow straight from ramp
Turn right onto Kneeland Street
Make first immediate left onto Hudson Street (there
is no street sign)
Follow Hudson and bend to right
Hudson turns into Marginal Street
Turn left onto Shawmut Avenue
From the South
I-93 North to Exit 20 toward I-90/Logan Airport/ Worcester/South Station
Take Frontage Road exit on the left toward South Station
Turn left onto E. Berkeley Street
Turn right onto Tremont Street
Turn right onto Herald Street
Turn right onto Shawmut Street
From the West
Take the Mass Pike to Exit 22 toward Copley Square
Make a slight right onto Route 9 East/Stuart Street
Turn right onto Arlington Street
Arlington turns into Herald Street
Turn right onto Shawmut Avenue
[Application]
come sing and make a difference with bcc!
Please return by email to [email protected], fax to
617-778-2248, or mail to: Boston Children’s Chorus Auditions, 112 Shawmut Ave.,
Suite 5B, Boston, MA 02118. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
student first name:_________________________________________________________________
student last name:_________________________________________________________________
home address_________________________city___________________state_____zip__________
preferred phone numbers (w)___________________(c)_________________(h)_______________
student email address__________________________student cell phone_____________________
date of birth (month/day/year)_____________age__________grade_______gender___________
ethinic data (state and local agencies require bcc to report ethinic data. please indicate how you most
closely identify yourself in terms of race and ethnicity.)
primary:________ a: multi-racial, b: asian/pacific islander, c: black/african american, d: hispanic/latina/o,
e: white/causacian, f: other, g: american indian/native american
school in 13-14:_____________________________________________________________________
school address___________________________city__________________state:_____zip________
music teacher name________________________________________________________________
parent (s) and/or guardian (s)_______________________________________________________
parent address_________________________city___________________state_____zip_________
parent email___________________________________cell phone___________________________
prefered date/time___________________(fri., may 10, 3-7pm)_______________(sat., may 11, 10-5pm)
does singer_____priv. instrument lessons?_____choir at school?_____choir at church/synagogue?_____band or orchestra?
how did you hear about bcc?_____current bcc member or parent_____online_____school teacher_____former bcc member/parent_____bcc reputation_____ad_____radio_____other________
pleae rate, in order of preference, which rehearsal days would work best with your child’s schedule (1-best/5-least preferable)_____monday______tuesday_____wednesday_____thursday_____saturday (we try our best to honor your request)
please rate, in order of preference, which neighborhood locations you’d prefer for attending rehearsals (1-best/4-least
preferable)_____south end of boston_____south boston_____allston/brighton_____dorchester