Festival

The Notre Dame Children's Choir Community Festival is a musical, educational, and spiritual weekend for child and youth choristers in the Northern Indiana region.

Singers spend all day Saturday in rehearsals with NDCC Choir Directors. The choirs give a public performance Saturday afternoon at a local church. Participation is free and includes music, snacks, lunch, recreation led by Notre Dame graduate musicians, and festival shirts.

The Festival occurs in annually in late April. Singers and choirs between the ages of 8-18 are welcome to participate. For more information, contact: ndcchoir@nd.edu.

2026 Festival

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Performance
Saturday,April 25, 2026 - 3:00pm at St. Adalbert Catholic Church, 2505 W. Grace St., South Bend

Rehearsals/workshop

  • Saturday, April 25  at St. Adalbert Catholic Church
    • 9:30am-3:00pm for current NDCC singers ages 10-18 (Chamber, and Seraphim Choirs)
    • 10:15am SIGN-IN for NDCC Descant Choir and GUESTS ages 11-18
    • 12:15 SIGN-IN for NDCC Cantabile Choir Members  and GUESTS ages 8-9
    • 2:00 for all singers in the Cherub Choirs

Prior Guest conductors include:

  • Mark Miller, Yale Institute of Sacred Music (2019)
  • Dr. Brent Gault, Indiana University (2016)
  • Dr. John Leonard, The College of New Jersey (2016)
  • Melanie Malinka, Madeleine Choir School (2015)
  • Cynthia Berryman, South Bend School Corporation (2015)
  • Ruth Dwyer, Indianapolis Children's Choir (2014)
  • Dr. Katherine Strand, Indiana University (2014)