Programs
The Dallas Children’s Chorus offers a multi-tiered choral curriculum for children and youth in grades 4–12, with an emphasis on artistic excellence and representation of Dallas’s diverse communities. Every chorister progresses through training built specifically for their voice, age, and experience.
Training Choir
Grades 4–6 · Unchanged Voices
Training Choir teaches the fundamentals of singing and music learning — the entry point for young choristers building the foundation they’ll carry through each level that follows — and is led by Director Brittany Haywood and Artistic Director Ellie Lin. It is open to students with unchanged treble voices entering grades 4–6 in the autumn.
- Director
- Brittany Haywood
- Artistic Director
- Ellie Lin
- Rehearsal
- Mondays, 6:00–7:00 PM
- Location
- Lovers Lane United Methodist Church
- Audition
- No prepared song required — simple vocalizations and echo singing to assess vocal range and pitch-matching
- Tuition
- $450/season
* Schedule and tuition reflect the current DSCC season and will be confirmed in the spring as the DCC takes over program operations for the 2027/28 concert season.
Symphonic Voices
Grades 6–8 · Treble Choir · Unchanged Voices
Symphonic Voices is the Dallas Children’s Chorus’s premier treble ensemble — the choir that performs regularly with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra — and is led by Artistic Director Ellie Lin and Assistant Director Brittany Haywood. It is open to students with unchanged treble voices entering grades 6–8 in the autumn.
- Artistic Director
- Ellie Lin
- Assistant Director
- Brittany Haywood
- Rehearsal
- Mondays, 7:00–8:45 PM
Saturdays, 2:00–4:00 PM (occasional) - Location
- Lovers Lane United Methodist Church
- Audition
- No prepared song required — vocalization and echo singing to assess vocal range and pitch-matching
- Tuition
- $500/season
* Schedule and tuition reflect the current DSCC season and will be confirmed in the spring as the DCC takes over program operations for the 2027/28 concert season.
Mixed Ensemble
Grades 9–12 · SATB
Mixed Ensemble is the Dallas Children’s Chorus’s high-school SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) choir, giving experienced singers the chance to grow into four-part harmony and take on some of the chorus’s most demanding repertoire, and is led by Director Victor Johnson and Assistant Director Cory Curvin. It is open to students entering grades 9–12 in the autumn, as well as those in grade 8 with changing or changed voices.
- Director
- Victor Johnson
- Assistant Director
- Cory Curvin
- Rehearsal
- Mondays, 7:00–9:00 PM
- Location
- Lovers Lane United Methodist Church
- Audition
- Prepared song required, preferably from the UIL Prescribed Music List, Class 1 or 2
- Tuition
- $600/season
* Schedule and tuition reflect the current DSCC season and will be confirmed in the spring as the DCC takes over program operations for the 2027/28 concert season.
The Dallas Children’s Chorus is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion.
Need-based financial assistance is available. A tuition assistance application is included in the welcome packet sent at the beginning of each concert season — please reach out to our team at chorus@dalcc.org to learn more.
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