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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.
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2007-08 Concert Season
Rehearsals Held
WCC Moves Rehearsals to Falls Church on May 6
Tuesdays:
Bella Voce, Concert Choir, Opera Ensemble
Christ Crossman United Methodist Church
Saturdays: Junior Choir, Friends Chorus, PAHLP
Culmore Family Research Center
near Bailey's Crossroads, and
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Opera
Ensemble
Bella Voce
Concert Choir
Junior
Choir
Friends Chorus and West African Drumming
Ensembles Performing Arts at the Heart of Literacy Program |
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WCC
Season Concert
May 17, 2008 - 7:00 PM
Ernst Cultural Center
Northern Virginia Community College
8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003
Tickets:
follow this link or
call
703-883-0920
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Special Event Performances
Wednesday, May 21, 2008 and
Thursday, May 22, 2008
at 8:30 pm
Filene Center
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts
1551 Trap Road, Vienna, VA
The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring
Live Symphony & Film
U.S. Premiere
Ludwig
Wicki, conductor
City Choir of Washington,
Robert Shafer, Artistic Director
World Children's Choir,
Sondra Harnes, Artistic Director
HUGE SCREENS in-house
and on the lawn
Tickets:
follow this link or call 877-965-3872 |
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West African Culture Concert
Saturday, June 7, 2007 - 7:00 PM
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
4250 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22043
Tickets:
follow this link or call
703-883-0920
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The Mason Festival of the Arts
June 12 - 29, 2008
Join WCC's Festival Chorus!
Community Day - FREE
Workshops with WCC
Saturday, June 14
11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Peace Collage Workshop
Festival Tent
2:00 pm to 2:40 pm
African Drum Workshop
Festival Stage
3:00 pm to 3:40 pm
Sing and Dance Workshop
Indoor Spotlight Stage
Community Day - FREE
Sunday, June 15
WCC's Opera Ensemble and Chorus
Concert Performance of
The Magic Flute by Mozart
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, indoor Spotlight Stage |
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The World Children's Choir
Sunday, June 29 at 2:00 PM
Center for the Arts Concert Hall
$15 / $10
Family focused performance
Tickets
Directions and Parking |
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World Children's Choir
and New Partners Launch
Performing Arts at the Heart of Literacy Program
Visit
the program's page |
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WCC appears with Melinda Doolittle
November 13, 2007
America's Promise Alliance for Youth
10th Anniversary Awards Dinner
East Room of the White House
Washington, DC
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World Children's Choir, 4022 Hummer Road, Suite 9, Annandale, VA 22003
Email: info@worldchildrenschoir.org • Phone: 703-883-0920 • Fax: 703-448-0973
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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.