Tuition is $200 per semester or $400 per school year. Scholarship assistance is available. Children’s Chorale does travel, and these fees can be earned through fundraisers provided each year. We  frequently alternate a “big trip” year with an “in-state” year. However, this depends upon the opportunities available!

Screenings are scheduled by appointment each year in May and held at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 701 S. Wolcott.  Enter from the parking lot, and check-in with the Chorale greeter either in the main entry or in the Parish Hall.  Do not go upstairs for your screening until check in is complete.  Children will sing for 20 minutes in group of 4, and should memorize the first verse to “My Country Tis of Thee” in the key of F.

The HANDBOOK is very comprehensive and is handed out at fall registration. You can also ask experienced Chorale parents or staff members. Once your child is in Chorale, there are weekly email/website updates. 

The short answer is NO, but they do all COUNT. Singers are generally responsible for four rehearsals per month, and there is a “required” number of rehearsals a singer must have in order to perform at the next concert or tour (listed in Handbook) You never need to write an excuse regarding an absence UNLESS it regards a performance (PLEASE communicate about performances early!). To check on your child’s attendance record, please check with the section leaders before or after rehearsal. Rehearsals are “closed” to observation. If a relative is visiting from out of town and cannot be at a concert, just contact Mrs. Zavodny and she will probably invite them to observe a rehearsal.

This and other important questions concerning attendance are found in the HANDBOOK, which is available only on the Member Only site, or given out to new members in August.

All money transactions (with the exception of fundraisers) can be done online or by sending a check, in a labeled envelope. Fundraisers are always the choice of the singer, as profits go to their own chorale account.  However, the only payment that can be turned in for a fundraiser is ONE individual member check or online payment.  Our treasurer is a parent volunteer, and multiple outside checks are too time-consuming, especially when they involve non-sufficient fund charges. and notifications.

In order to keep the Chorale available to everyone, we offer tuition assistance. Complete and submit the application found in the Handbook; applications are considered and monies are awarded early each fall and again in January. We always welcome sponsors so we are able to award more scholarships!

Chorale polo shirts, black tux pants, black socks and black shoes, as per Handbook description. No colored hair ornaments, shiny belt buckles, or jewelry; limited make-up; hair either short enough to see eyebrows or pulled back off the face. Singers have a costume fee due early in the first semester, which covers the cost of new polos, tux pants and cowboy hats each year. 

Audience members are asked to refrain from flash photography or videotaping (recordings are generally made available for purchase). Anyone is welcome to attend our concerts if they are able to sit quietly during performances so that everyone can enjoy the music. Please do NOT take it upon yourself to post performances to YouTube.

There is actually an application to become a trip chaperone. Care and consideration is taken in choosing chaperones, including demographic needs of the participating singers. No one is guaranteed a chaperone designation, but we try our best to ensure that children are safe and happy. We travel with one adult per three singers, or an adult in each room. All volunteers must be able to pass a background check.

Volunteers are ALWAYS welcome, but are channeled through each of the officers in charge of separate activities, and in most circumstances, must be able to pass a background check. There is a required parent meeting in the fall, and parents are encouraged to sign up for their areas of interest. Additional requests should go through the Director or the President of the Board.