South Hills Children’s Choir

South Hills Children’s Choir offers a three-day singing camp and a Summer Sing Academy that include classes in voice, part singing, solfège, a cappella, musical theater, and body percussion. Singers take part in unison singing, rounds and canons, beginning vocal technique, intermediate choral literature with descants and up to three parts, theory, musicianship, advanced music theory, and Bel Canto vocal technique. The program also includes choral experiences and performances, as well as touring and singing for special community events.

• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: Three-day singing camp from Wednesday, July 8 to Friday, July 10, 9am–2pm, plus weekly Thursday evening rehearsals during the season for Canticle, Concordia, and Cadenza

South Hills Children’s Choir is an independent, non-profit youth community choir. Its mission states that it is dedicated to enhancing the lives of children from all backgrounds through vocal excellence and celebrated choral music, and that it provides quality music education and artistic excellence through a variety of choral experiences and performances. The mission also states that SHCC enriches the lives of its singers through personal and social growth, promotes a sense of discipline and accomplishment by developing well-rounded musical skill, and centers instruction on healthy vocal technique, musicality, and diverse repertoire from many communities, cultures, and centuries. The mission further states that SHCC instruction supports a foundational and lifelong relationship between the singer and the musical arts.

The program includes a non-audition preparatory chorus called Canticle for ages 8–10, an intermediate choir called Concordia for ages 11–13 that requires an audition, and an advanced choir called Cadenza for ages 14–18 that requires an audition and a prepared solo. South Hills Children’s Choir offers a music-filled summer camp with lunch included. The choir performs in the local community and abroad, including performances at Carnegie Hall in New York City, Canterbury Cathedral and in London in the UK, Phipps Conservatory, PPG Wintergarten, The Frick House, farmer’s markets, and games for The Pirates, The Wild Things, the Penguins, and the Riverhounds. SHCC also performs as part of the International Children’s Festival Chorus and participates in the International Children's Choir Festival UK. A quoted testimonial shared by the program is: “With music, one's whole future life is brightened. . .Music is nourishment, a comforting elixir. Music multiplies all that is beautiful.” – Zoltán Kodály.

Last updated July 15, 2026.