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From simple singing games to complex works of the masters, we educate.
Quality repertoire. Comprehensive musicianship. Choral artistry. Fun.
We are Milwaukee Children’s Choir.
For 16 years MCC has provided children with exceptional choral music education, and has given its members performance experiences they can get nowhere else—experiences that teach valuable life skills and will be remembered for a lifetime. Founded in 1994 by Emily Holt Crocker, MCC has been under the leadership of artistic director Carol Storck since July 2009.
Milwaukee Children's Choir is Southeastern Wisconsin's premiere professional children's choir. It has programs for children ages 4 through 18. Rehearsals are educational, child centered, age appropriate, and fun, and teach not only music but also important life skills such as poise, self-confidence, self-discipline, focus, memory, problem solving, and teamwork. Read more about our program.
MCC's staff consists of some of the most talented music educators and performers in the Milwaukee area, and is a group of individuals known not only for their musicianship and passion for quality music education, but also for their leadership in the field of music. Learn more about our staff.
Several key Kodaly concepts are integrated into MCC's teaching curriculum: singing as the basis for music education, folk music for beginning singers, use of solfege, performing highest quality music, developing the complete musician, and using sequenced curriculum. As staff prepare for rehearsals, careful attention is paid to each of these concepts.
MCC’s commitment to excellence and the Milwaukee community leads to strong performance demand. It performs regularly throughout the year at its own concerts and as guest artist. MCC is a member of the United Performing Arts Fund, and its relationship with the area’s finest performing arts organizations leads to once-in-a-lifetime performance opportunities for its singers. Recent examples include choir members providing the “lovely chorus of young voices” in Milwaukee Ballet’s The Nutcracker (Elaine Schmidt Journal review December 2009), and the opportunity to sing side by side with the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus in Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, where the singers produced musical chords that “drifted through Uihlein Hall like glowing angels” (Third Coast Digest critic Tom Strini MSO review April 2010). Read about performances. Read recent reviews.
In addition to its regular choirs, MCC has an outreach program – the “Harmony Program” – which brings quality choral music instruction and performance experiences to roughly 200 children who live in the City of Milwaukee and attend Milwaukee schools. These children receive weekly choral music instruction in and out of the classroom, and participate in MCC’s spring Roots & Wings Celebration.
MCC records regularly. Visit Recordings Page. The choir also tours regularly, most recently to the Toronto International Choral Festival and to Europe as part of the Rhapsody Prague Children's Music Festival. (Read about recent tours.)
MCC activities are firmly rooted in its mission. Read more on our Governance Page. A recent independently researched study shows that choral singing has a clearly positive impact on children. Read more on our Educators' Page. MCC is pleased to provide an essential resource that gives children the opportunity to develop their artistic, academic, and social skills. Through instruction and performance MCC changes children's lives, one voice at a time.
