About the Program

The choir program at Traverse City West Senior High School (in Michigan, USA) includes seven ensembles and more than 160 students aged 14 to 18. Every three years, select students from these different choirs form EuroChorale, a large international touring ensemble. Over the past 16 years, this group has competed at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales (3rd place Mixed Choirs, 2000; 2nd place Mixed Choirs, 2003); the International Choir Competition and Festival, Budapest (1st place Mixed Choirs, 2009; 1st place Folklore, 2009); the International Choir Competition, Riva del Garda, Italy; and Young Prague (Winner of Category – Spiritual, Gospel, 2013). Memorable performance venues include St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City; Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris; St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice; Il Duomo, Florence; and La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, among many others. Students of the EuroChorale choirs have visited more than a dozen European countries and were excited to add Slovenia and Croatia to that list in 2015. We have had the opportunity to perform at the Michigan Youth Arts Festival (MYAF) with many of our choirs.