Special Highlights 20th Anniversary Celebration Together We Can Change the World Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:00 pm Information ******************************* International Voices for Children Institute Amman, Jordan • Nablus, Palestine  Arts Training for Teachers, Parents, and Students July/August 2010 Information

The World Children's Choir serves as a voice for children worldwide – giving voice to the interests of all children, celebrating cultural diversity through music, promoting positive international relations, and asking people to work together to create a peaceful, healthy world for children. Through singing, WCC members explore musical content, and use music, art, and special activities to mediate cross-cultural differences and become peacemakers. The children learn how music and art expresses emotion, creates shared experiences, bridges differences, tells stories, produces beauty and enriches others.

	WCC 20th Anniversary Celebration Together We Can Change the World Concert, Reception, & Silent Auction Featuring a performance by City of Hope Collective Republic of Northern Ireland Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 6:00 pm St. Peter's Episcopal Church 4250 N. Glebe Road Arlington, VA 22043 Admission: $20/$15/$10 Dinner: $9 per person Information | Download Flyer
	World Children's Choir - Special Event Performance 18th Annual Arab-U.S. Policymakers Conference Fresh Visions, Old Realities,  New Possibilities:  The Impact of Leadership Change  on Arab-U.S. Relations October 15 - 16, 2009 Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. Program | Photos
	World Children's Choir Cordially invites you to attend  Gatherings – An Evening of Music and Stories by Susan Reed Includes World Children’s Choir Singers and Audience Participation Enjoy Family Friendly Traditional Dances and Dessert Following the Performance Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:00 pm St. Peter’s Episcopal Church ° 4250 N. Glebe Road Information | Download flyer
	2009-10 Concert Season Vocal Ensemble Rehearsals Begin Tuesday, September 15 and  Wednesday, September 16 Tuesdays: Christ Crossman United Methodist Church Opera Ensemble, Bella Voce, Concert & Junior Choirs Wednesdays: McLean - To Be Announced International Friends Chorus Audition information
	Prenatal and Early Childhood Music and Movement Classes Begin Wednesday Mornings & Evenings Wednesdays: Mornings: Falls Church Evenings: McLean
	Heartsongs for You &Your Baby (prenatal)
	Musikgarten: Family Music for Babies
	Musikgarten: Family Music for Toddlers
	Musikgarten: Cycle of Seasons
	Information:  Heartsongs | Babies | Toddlers | Cycle
	African Drumming and Dance Ensemble - Kofi Dennis, Instructor Saturday Rehearsals: MoLean Baptist Church Drumming I Drumming II Drumming III Information
	The Sorcerer by Gilbert and Sullivan Saturday, August 1 - 7:00 PM St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 4250 North Glebe Road, Arlington, Virginia Proceeds to Benefit World Children’s Choir Information | Download Flyer | Photos
	West African Culture Concert Saturday, June 13, 2009 - 7:00 PM St. Peter’s Episcopal Church 4250 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22043 Admission: Contribution Dinner: $11/person Information Download Flyer Rehearsal Photos | Performance Photos

The World Children's Choir serves as a voice for children worldwide — giving voice to the interests of all children, celebrating cultural diversity through music, promoting positive international relations, and asking people to work together to create a peaceful, healthy world for children. Through song, children of many cultures and nations come together. They sing of friendship, peace, understanding, and caring for one another and the planet; they sing of hope. Through singing, WCC members explore musical content, and use music, art, and special activities to mediate cross-cultural differences and become peacemakers. The children learn how music and art expresses emotion, creates shared experiences, bridges differences, tells stories, produces beauty and enriches others.

The World Children’s Choir is concerned about the children of the world and the future they face. By pursuing our mission we believe that we contribute to building a world of peaceful respect, friendship, cooperation, and prosperity among nations. We believe that working together to produce beautiful music and other kinds of art enables the children to create friendships based on mutual understanding and respect. By bringing children from many cultures and nations together in song today, we can sow the seeds of a more peaceful world tomorrow.

We believe that the world hungers for messages of hope, peace, love and joy. People’s hearts and souls are opened and their lives enriched when listening to and singing with the Choir. We believe that all children can learn to sing beautifully and can be inspired to creatively contribute to society throughout their lives. We believe that all children deserve the joy of creative self-expression, regardless of their social or economic conditions. We believe that through the discipline of these musical experiences, children can gain self-discipline, respect compassion for others, and a concern for the environment. We believe that working together to produce beautiful music will enable the children to create friendships based on mutual understanding and respect. We believe that by bringing these future leaders of nations together in song today, we can sow the seeds of a more peaceful world tomorrow. We believe that people who see and hear children of the world united in song will be reminded of their need to support children’s causes, and will hear our message that all of us are responsible for making the world a better place. We believe that world leaders whose hearts are touched by these children’s voices will pursue their important work with an even greater appreciation for what is possible when differences are set aside for a greater good. We believe that participation as a WCC singer, volunteer, or audience member helps transform individual and community attitudes, and expands capacities for friendship, love, compassion, tolerance, generosity, respect, and peaceful reconciliation.

The World Children’s Choir was incorporated in McLean, Virginia in February, 1990. An application for 501 (c) (3) status was filed with the IRS in January, 1990. Preliminary approval was granted in July, 1990. The Choir’s final approval as a tax exempt, not-for-profit corporation was received in April,1995.