HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR FESTIVAL

HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR FESTIVAL 2025

Friday, May 16, 2025
Walt Disney Concert Hall

The Los Angeles Master Chorale will host its 36th annual High School Choir Festival on May 16, 2025. We will celebrate the 36th anniversary of this long-standing arts education program in Walt Disney Concert Hall, connecting the school communities of greater Los Angeles in a joyous performance of a 1,000-voice choir led by Grant Gershon, Kiki & David Gindler Artistic Director. The event will be free to the public.

HOW TO APPLY

The application process for the 36th Annual High School Choir Festival will be open July 15, 2024, and close on August 30, 2024. Local schools from greater Los Angeles are invited to apply to participate. For consideration, submissions must be complete, submitted, and received by August 30, 2024. Schools selected to participate in HSCF 2024 will be announced by September 13, 2024.

About the festival

The Los Angeles Master Chorale has proudly presented its annual High School Choir Festival since 1989, offering students a chance to deepen their exposure and understanding of the choral art through a year-long experience leading up to the celebratory Festival Day. The Master Chorale is a leader in creating community through music with goals of supporting wellness and the whole child with our arts programming.

2024 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

Alexander Hamilton High School
Arroyo High School
Birmingham Community Charter High School
Blair High School
Charter Oak High School
Covina High School
Crescenta Valley High School
Diamond Ranch High School
El Camino Real Charter High School
El Monte High School
Granada Hills Charter
Henry J. Kaiser High School
Herbert Hoover High School
La Quinta High School
Marshall Fundamental

Mira Costa High School
Montebello High School
Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
Ramon C. Cortines School of VAPA
Rosemead High School
Rubidoux High School
San Gabriel High School
Santa Paula High School
St. Genevieve High School
Taft Charter High School
Torres ELAPA Magnet
Valley High School
Venice High School
Wilson High School

2024 Program information

Cum Sancto Spiritu, from Gloria
Muié Rendêra
My Very Own
Follow the Sun
I Sing Because I’m Happy
Lead with Love

Antonio Vivaldi
C.A. Pinto Fonseca
Susan La Barr
Saunder Choi
arr. Rollo Dilworth
Melanie DeMore

sponsors

The High School Choir Festival is made possible by generous support from Bryant, Judi and Debra Danner; William and Patricia Flumenbaum; The Rose Hills Foundation; Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation; the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; Rosemary Schroeder; Ann Peppers Foundation; Kathleen Elowitt; The Green Foundation; Marjorie Lindbeck; Dwight Stuart Youth Fund; Walter and Holly Thomson Foundation; Grace Sheldon-Williams and Greg Williams; Carolyn L. Miller; The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation; Ian and Barbara White-Thomson; Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts; John and Beverly Stauffer Foundation; William H. Hannon Foundation; Employees Community Fund of Boeing California; Sidney Stern Memorial Trust; and Friars Charitable Foundation.

The Danner Family Guest Artist for the High School Choir Festival is made possible by Bryant, Judi and Debra Danner. Master Classes are supported by Ian and Barbara White-Thomson.