Registration is currently open for new singers to join the New Orleans Children’s Chorus (NOCC) for the 2022–2023 season. Singers for our Songbirds and Lyric Chorus, ages 5-9, only need to register for the appropriate choir. Placement hearings for the advanced Concert Chorus, for singers ages 10-17, will be held on Friday, August 12, beginning at 4 p.m., and Saturday, August 13, beginning at 10 a.m., at the NOCC office at 5580 Canal Boulevard, Suite A. An appointment for a ten-minute slot is required.

Placement hearings will also be held the following Friday, August 19, beginning at 4 p.m. and Saturday, August 20, beginning at 10 a.m. Later audition dates will be announced in the near future for those who are unable to schedule on these dates, but parents are urged to schedule a placement hearing as soon as possible.

Parents of interested singers should contact Teena Baudier at (504) 482-2883, (504) 388-8871, or email [email protected] for more information and to schedule a placement hearing time.

The three choirs are open to all young people of the metropolitan area, ages 5-17. No special talent or experience is required. NOCC finds a place for any young person who wants to sing. The choirs bring together young people for a fun-filled and exciting musical experience, directed by highly skilled music professionals in a convenient location.

The 2022 -2023 season will run from mid-September through early May. This season will include a Broadway concert with choirs and individual singers performing show tunes, as well as NOCC’s annual winter and spring concerts.

All choirs will hold weekly rehearsals for singers on Monday at different times, all beginning at 4 p.m. or later. Rehearsals will begin on Monday, September 12, at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, 5580 Canal Boulevard. Before the season begins, NOCC staff will evaluate whether Covid precautions will be needed for safe singing, but at the present time local levels will not require mitigation measures.

The New Orleans Children’s Chorus is a nationally renowned music education program, which is considered a model for such programs in the US. The year 2023 will mark NOCC’s 41st season. The NOCC choirs have presented concerts in Italy and Ireland, Montreal and Toronto, Canada, Washington D.C., at Disney World, and participated in many other prestigious events, concerts and tours. The Concert Chorus and Alumni performed with professional orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York on Memorial Day 2022 under the direction of Cheryl Dupont, NOCC’s executive/artistic director.

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