LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS, PRESENTS FREE CONCERT WITH FAMED AUSTRALIAN GIRLS CHOIR Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 7 p.m., at Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose, CA October 4, 2011

Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC) – acclaimed for its pure, agile, bel canto sound that has made it one of the most in-demand children’s choirs in the county – continues its role as a key presenter of other world-class children’s choirs when it presents a free concert with the internationally acclaimed Australian Girls Choir on Tuesday, October 4, 7 p.m., at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Montrose. Noted for its role in the stunning “I Still Call Australia Home” Qantas advertising campaign, the Australian Girls Choir has grown since its inception 27 years ago from 150 girls in a single choir to 3,500 girls in 19 choirs located throughout Australia. The choir is known for its inspirational performances replete with compelling choreography and spectacular stage presentation. LACC, which will join the Australian singers for a portion of the concert, previously hosted the Australian Girls Choir in 2007.

The concert is free and reservations are not required. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church is located at 2411 Montrose Avenue, Montrose, CA 91020. For more information on the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, please call (626) 793-4321 or visit www.lachildrenschorus.org.

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EVENT:
Free Concert

ARTISTS:
Australian Girls Choir
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus

WHEN:
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 7 pm

PROGRAM:
TBA from stage

VENUE:
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church
2411 Montrose Avenue
Montrose, CA 91020

TICKET PRICES:
FREE – reservations are NOT required

INFORMATION:
(626) 793-4321
www.lachildrenschorus.org

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
The AUSTRALIAN GIRLS CHOIR celebrates 27 years of providing high quality education and outstanding performance opportunities to thousands of girls from across the country. Girls aged five to eighteen years of age are trained in song, dance and drama on a weekly basis in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. Its reputation as Australia's most dynamic girls' choir has been established in hundreds of high profile performances at home and abroad. The choir was established by Judith Curphey in 1984 and began with four junior groups rehearsing in the Melbourne suburb of Burwood. Her goal was to create a choir with a uniquely Australian sound, high artistic standards; a choir that could dance as well as sing, and was renowned for its quality of presentation. Soon chapters of the Australian Girls Choir were opened interstate with classes commencing in South Australia in 1984, New South Wales in 1986, Queensland in 2002, and, most recently, Perth in July 2011. Today the choir has more than 3,500 choristers in four states across 19 rehearsal venues. It has sung at virtually every major concert venue in the country, has performed with a long list of outstanding artists and personalities from the entertainment world and toured nationally and internationally. The choir is renowned for it energetic and vibrant performances as well as its high dance standards as a result of the girls' work with professional choreographers. In this, the choir is unique in Australia.

LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S CHORUS – described by critics as “astonishingly polished,” “hauntingly beautiful,” and “one heck of a talented group of kids” – is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost children's choirs. Founded in 1986, LACC includes more than 350 choristers ages 6-18 from 60 communities across the Los Angeles region. It offers programs and choirs for boys and girls of all skill levels: “First Experiences in Singing” is an introductory class for six- and seven-year-olds, and its six progressive choirs are Preparatory Choir, Apprentice Choir, Intermediate Choir, Concert Choir and Chamber Singers and the Young Men’s Ensemble, for boys with changing voices. In addition to performing with Los Angeles’ leading music organizations, ranging from the LA Philharmonic and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra to the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Calder Quartet, LACC has toured North and South America, China and Europe, and produced the world-premiere of Keepers of the Night, an opera by Peter Ash and Donald Sturrock. The chorus sang on LA Master Chorale’s recently released Decca recording “A Good Understanding,” and Plácido Domingo’s Deutsche Grammophon recording "Amore Infinito" ("Infinite Love"). The subject of a trilogy of documentaries by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Freida Lee Mock, LACC is featured in the Academy Award-nominated Sing!, about a year in the life of the chorus; Sing Opera!, documenting the production of Keepers of the Night; and Sing China!, chronicling its groundbreaking tour to China just prior to the Beijing Olympics. LACC has performed with John Mayer on NBC's “The Tonight Show,” and was featured on Public Radio International's nationally syndicated show “From the Top,” among other notable credits.