About Us
The New Jersey Youth Chorus, founded in 1992, is an auditioned choral program for children in grades four through twelve, divided into three ensembles: Advanced (grades 7-12), Intermediate (grades 4-6), and a Musicianship class. Well over one hundred choristers come from almost forty towns in six counties of New Jersey. The Chorus performs a wide range of choral literature from music of the classical masters to international folk music and gospel.
During its 10th Anniversary year and going forward, the New Jersey Youth Chorus committed to a “Kids for Kids” theme, whereby the Chorus seeks opportunities to perform and assist children’s organizations and charities. To date they have helped raise funds for children of September 11 victims, for children needing open heart surgery in India and participated in fundraising for The Matheny School and the American Cancer Society. Our annual concerts are held during the winter holiday season and in the spring. The Chorus also performs with professional orchestras, for a variety of civic and corporate functions, and for community clubs and other organizations. The Advanced Chorus performs frequently with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra at the NJ Performing Arts Center. Most recently they collaborated on The Lord of the Rings Symphony and the Home for the Holidays Pops Concert. They have also sung with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Mendelssohn Club Chorus in Philadelphia, performed in concert with world-renowned tenor, Ronan Tynan, and appeared on the “Today Show”. The Advanced Chorus has also participated in numerous festivals in Hawaii, Oregon, Canada and England, to name a few. Past Performances and Highlights 2005 Concert at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ 2004 Joint concert with the Newark Boys Chorus. NJPAC, Victoria Theater, Newark, NJ 2003 "Home For The Holidays" with New Jersey Symphony at NJPAC  2002 "Home For The Holidays" with New Jersey Symphony at NJPAC
10th Anniversary Concert, performed with Irish Tenor, Ronan Tynan Today Show Holiday performance (pictured on right) "Pacific Rim International Children's Choir Festival" - Hawaii Intermediate Chorus named the Best Choir among 12 groups at a competition in Hershey Park, PA. 2001 "Orff-Schulwerk Convention" in Rochester
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) with the NJ Philharmonic in its production of "Judas Maccabeus" "Crescent City Children's Choral Festival" - New Orleans 2000 American Choral Directors Association Regional Convention - Baltimore 1999 |
Our mission is to encourage a love and appreciation of choral music, to provide its members with a unique opportunity for music development within an atmosphere of camaraderie and friendship, and to achieve artistic excellence using high quality music literature and by teaching sound technical skills.