Training Choir - (2nd-5th grade)
Desiree Melegrito and Constance Watson Hurtt, Directors
Anyone who loves to sing may join this choir. Learn to match pitch, produce a beautiful tone, and sing with a group. Children sing traditional songs and receive theory instruction. Meets Tuedays or Thursdays after school.
Intermediate Choir - (5th-8th grade)
Taione Martinez, Artistic Director
Children are admitted to the Intermediate Choir either by audition or by moving up from the Training Choir. Singers must match pitch and exhibit mature behavior. Traditional music, as well as sacred, folk, gospel and jazz are taught. Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.
Chorale - (Youth and Young Adults)
Taione Martinez, Artistic Director
The Young People's Chorus of the TCC is an ensemble of youth who love to make music together and strive for a high level of achievement. Following the tradition of the younger groups, a diversity of styles is explored and performed. Membership is open to graduates of the Intermediate Choir Division, and by audition to those high school students who have not yet participated in the TCC. Meets Tuesday evenings.
The Trenton Children's Chorus has performed at the National Cathedral, in concert with Dave Brubeck and Bobby McFerrin, with Princeton Pro Musica and the Greater Trenton Symphony Orchestra, and in Carmen, Aida and Tunandot with Boheme Opera New Jersey. The TCC is a regular collaborator with the New Jersey Opera Theater Education Department, taking opera into schools.