Santa Rosa Children’s Choral Academy

Santa Rosa Children’s Choral Academy offers several choir groups where choristers study and rehearse each week, concentrating on music theory, sight-reading, and vocal technique. The Training Group focuses on basic vocal production, music theory, and blended unison sound, with sight-singing introduced, while the Intermediate Group adds part-singing, sight-singing, singing in multiple languages, and advanced theory such as key signatures, intervals, and musical terms. The Concert Group works on a larger repertoire in many parts and languages, has multiple performance opportunities each semester including tour opportunities, and its members attend a summer camp in August, and the program also offers a Summer Session called Broadway Bonanza! as a summer singing session.

Programs

• Training Group — Mon 4:00-5:30 pm · Focus on basic vocal production, music theory, and blended unison sound; sight-singing introduced.
• Intermediate Group — Mon 4:00-5:30 pm · Part-singing and sight-singing introduced; singing in multiple languages; advanced theory including key signatures, intervals, and musical terms.
• Concert Group — Tue & Thu 4:00-5:30 pm · Larger repertoire in many parts and languages; multiple performance opportunities each semester including tour opportunities; members attend a summer camp in August.
• Summer Session: Broadway Bonanza! — Summer singing session.

At a glance

• Ages: 6–18 years old
• General schedule: Season runs from mid-August through early June, following the school calendar. Choristers meet weekly to study and rehearse, concentrating on theory, sight-reading, and vocal technique. The full Chorus participates in at least two performances per semester; the Concert Group has additional performances that vary each semester.

About the provider

Santa Rosa Children’s Choral Academy was founded in 1984 as the Santa Rosa Children’s Chorus, and its name changed in 2017 to the Santa Rosa Children’s Choral Academy. The program’s stated goal is to discover musically oriented youth, to provide them with the opportunity to gain a rich musical education and to experience the challenges, training, and joy of choral excellence. Over the years, the chorus has performed with the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Santa Rosa Symphonic Chorus, Opera Santa Rosa, the Sonoma County Bach Choir, and Ballet California’s production of The Nutcracker, and it has toured and performed in Italy, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic, including venues such as the Wormser Dom, the wedding church from “The Sound of Music” in Salzburg, the steps of the Schönbrunn Palace, and a chapel in Esterhazy Palace.

Participation is for boys and girls from ages 6 through high school. To preserve the soprano and alto ranges of the Chorus, boys may remain members until their voices change. New members with no prior singing experience and between the ages of 6-12 are welcome to audition. Auditions are held throughout the year, and also specifically in early June, late August, and early January. Membership is described as a special commitment, with emphasis on being prepared and attending rehearsals and every concert.

Last updated August 17, 2026.