Crescent City Choral Festival

07/26/2026

Plans are underway for the 26th annual Crescent City Choral Festival in New Orleans, which will be held June 18-22, 2027 in New Orleans, LA, The festival features two tracks: Treble and Mixed. Both choirs will be conducted by festival founder and Artistic and Executive Director, Cheryl Dupont, and Guest Artist Bob Chilcott, internationally renowned British composer and conductor. The festival is nationally acclaimed for its 25 successful years of providing a high quality m… See more
Because It Was You -- Crescent City Choral Festival
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Because It Was You -- Crescent City Choral Festival
Plans are underway for the 26th annual Crescent City Choral Festival in New Orleans, which will be held June 18-22, 2027 in New Orleans, LA, The festival features two tracks: Treble and Mixed. Both choirs will be conducted by festival founder and Artistic and Executive Director, Cheryl Dupont, and Guest Artist Bob Chilcott, internationally renowned British composer and conductor. The festival is nationally acclaimed for its 25 successful years of providing a high quality m… See more

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"Because It Was You" by Bob Chilcott. Performed at the 2019 Crescen...

07/03/2026

What an amazing Crescent City Choral Festival we had. I was so pleased with the concert on Monday night as well as the pre-Festival concert on Thursday. It’s always great to collaborate with my dear friend Tom Shelton on our festival concerts. It was so much fun to rehearse and conduct these young singers.

Now we look forward to next year’s festival with Bob Chilcott next June! Please keep us in mind for 2027 for your choir tour. Every one of our choirs this year has been here at least once before, some many more.

09/17/2024

The Crescent City Choral Festival is filling up fast. If you would like to come, please get your application in right away.

Applications can be emailed and thev$50 fee sent by Venmo.

09/05/2024

The Crescent City Choral Festival 2025 is filling up quickly. If you want to participate, please don 't wait until our deadline of October 1 to apply. All signs point to our reaching capacity before that deadline. We have SSA and SATB tracks. We have been receiving applications since June.

This festival will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the commissioning of Bob Chilcott's A Little Jazz Mass by the New Orleans Children's Chorus for the Crescent City Choral Festival. This is Bob's best-selling piece worldwide, and he has been conducting it all over the world this year. Our festival will be the culminating performance of this anniversary celebration. Other great repertoire will also be performed.

06/25/2024

The New Orleans Children's Chorus is thrilled to announce the 24th annual Crescent City Choral Festival in 2025! This world-class festival is in its 24th successful year. Enjoy the historic charm of New Orleans and our legendary hospitality. Stay in the luxurious Loews Hotel, in walking distance to all festival venues. Savor our world-famous cuisine. And best of all, have FUN and a fabulous MUSICAL EXPERIENCE. The celebrated English composer, Bob Chilcott will conduct " A Little Jazz Mass", one of his best-selling pieces worldwide, and will write a new piece, which will be premiered at our final concert. Artistic Director, Cheryl Dupont will share the conducting of both tracks.

Interest is already high and several choirs are already registered. All treble and high school age mixed choirs are invited to join us for a memorable experience.

We hope to see you in 2025.

You will fall in love with New Orleans!

06/15/2024

Please join us on Monday, July 1 at 7:30 PM for a FREE concert t Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church. 130 Baronne Street. This concert will be the culminating event of the 23rd annual Crescent City Choral Festival, conducted by Festival Artistic Director Cheryl Dupont and Guest Artist and Composer-in Residence, Tom Shelton., from Westminster Choir College. Youth Choirs from around the United States will perform separately and then unite to perform with the Festival Choir. This event is sponsored by the New Orleans Children's Chorus organization.

This will be a wonderful concert and we would love to have a full house for these young artists.