Children and Youth Choirs
Designed for children through adolescents, the Children and Youth Choir program helps students develop their singing voices as they grow. Utilizing teaching styles effective for each of the specific choirs, students will be challenged and engaged at each weekly rehearsal and also have the opportunity to learn through unique and enriching performance experiences.
Students may still audition for all CMS choirs:
Auditions are an informal process held with the Children and Youth Choir Director. Students do not need to have anything prepared for the audition.
At this time, auditions will be scheduled based on the director's availability. Call (517) 355-7661 or visit the CMS office for available audition times. Sessions are scheduled in 10-minute increments.
Get Your Friends to Join Choir!
Refer a friend to any of the CMS choirs and each choir student (both new and returning) will receive a 10% discount upon registration.
- Cantabile (ages 7-10)
- CMS Singers (ages 9-14)
- MSU Children's Choir (grades 5-9)
- MSU Youth Chorale (grades 9-12; for both treble and tenor/bass voices)
This ensemble is for students, ages 7-10, who are ready for the focus, challenge, and excitement of participating in a youth choir. The focus of this choir is to build students' basic choral singing skills including breath management, healthy vocal production, and balance and blend. Additionally, students learn the expectations of choir participation including at-home practice, discipline and active engagement in each rehearsal.
Cantabile rehearses once a week for 45 minutes, building up to the spring and fall choir performances held during the school years. Dates of these performances and other important dates will be provided by the choir director.
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CMS Singers is for students, ages 9-14, to study fundamental singing techniques - focusing on tone quality, intonation, ear training and music literacy. Additionally, students explore the enjoyment of singing with musicality, movement, and expression. Singers learn and perform appropriately advanced repertoire from various styles and time periods in a fun, yet focused environment.
This ensemble rehearses once a week for one hour and 15 minutes and performs in both the spring and fall choir performances held during the school years. Dates of these performances and other important dates will be provided by the choir director.
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The MSU Children’s Choir (MSUCC) is the premier touring ensemble of the CMS Children and Youth Choir Program. It is designed for treble singers (with unchanged voices) in grades 5-9 with a strong passion and commitment for singing. Students will refine their aural and music literacy skills while further developing their skills as independent musicians, expressive artists, and musical ambassadors. They will also learn choral repertoire of various time periods, languages and styles including jazz, musical theatre and folk repertoire in addition to traditional choral music.
MSUCC rehearses every Tuesday night for two hours and two Saturdays each month for three hours, with performances throughout the school years. Dates of the performances, or other important events, will be provided by the choir director.
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The MSU Youth Chorale is an ensemble in which students will study the singing techniques related to the changing voice while focusing on tone quality and production, breath management, intonation, ear training, and sight singing. The chorus explores a wide variety of repertoire ranging from classical to pop music and performs in various unique and enriching performances throughout the year.
The MSU Youth Chorale is structured into two groups:
- Tenor/Bass Voices: for tenors and basses with changing or changed voices, through age 18.
- Treble Voices: for students in grades 9-12.
Each week, the tenor and bass voices rehearse with the treble voices of the MSU Youth Chorale to gain experience singing in a mixed choir and have the opportunity to make great music and meet singers from all over the Greater Lansing area.