Our mission is to provide quality music education that encourages young people’s love and appreciation of choral music and nurtures their individual growth and development.  To achieve its mission, the New Jersey Youth Chorus:

·        Maintains high expectations and standards of excellence for music training and performance

·        Provides a unique opportunity for musical and personal development in an atmosphere of camaraderie and friendship

·        Encourages good citizenship by making a positive contribution to society through the transformational power of music

·        Reaches out to share its work to benefit the diverse communities it serves.

- Advanced Chorus

  grades 7-12

- Young Men's Ensemble

  grades 7-12, changing

  and changed voices

- Intermediate Chorus

  grades 4-6

- Musicianship Class 

  grades 2-3

Well over one hundred and 50 choristers come from almost 40 towns in 6 counties of New Jersey.  

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.