The New Orleans Children’s Chorus will present the 24th annual Crescent City Choral Festival from June 27 to July 1, culminating in a free public concert on Monday, June 30, at 7:00 PM at Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church, 130 Baronne St.

This year’s festival will feature 12 youth choirs from across the country, including ensembles from Kansas, South Carolina, Colorado, Mississippi, Connecticut, Iowa, Texas, California, and Illinois. The following groups will participate:

            Allegro Choirs of Kansas City, KS

Carolina Youth Chorale, SC

Centennial Children’s Chorus, CO

Columbus Girlchoir, MS

Fairfield County Children’s Choir, CT

Heartland Youth Choir, IA

The Honor Choir, TX

Mississippi Boychoir, MS

Northern California Children’s Chorus, CA

Ragazzi Boys Chorus, Silicon Valley, CA

South Bay Children’s Choir, CA

Voices in Plainfield, Il

Founded in 1999, the festival brings together choirs from around the U.S. to perform in New Orleans. The New Orleans Children’s Chorus offers music education for singers ages 5–16 and maintains an active Alumni Chorus. NOCC is known throughout the United States for their artistic excellence. Through the singing of high quality music the singers develop self-confidence, discipline and social skills as well as musical knowledge. The singers come from public, private, parochial and home schools in the metropolitan New Orleans area and meet once a week for rehearsal. No child who truly wants to sing is ever turned away.

For more information on joining NOCC, contact Teena Baudier at (504) 388-8871.