Our History
The award-winning Austin Children’s Choir was founded in 1986 by the late Dr. Bernard Gastler of Concordia University as a gift to the community. His vision was to provide children from diverse backgrounds in the Austin area with an excellent choral music experience provided by highly trained professionals. Today, the choir continues to offer refined choral instruction and introduces its members—ages 6 to 18—to a broad range of performance venues and opportunities to showcase their talent as well as gain the satisfaction of working hard to achieve the common goal of performing well as a unified ensemble.
Our Mission
- Nurture and develop Austin-area children, using music and performance as the primary vehicles of motivation and education.
- Provide the Austin music scene with the unique, pure sound that only a children’s choir can produce.
- Make a cultural contribution to the community by offering a varied repertoire that includes classical, popular and ethnic music.
- Promote the principle of inclusion by recruiting members from diverse ethnic, economic and social backgrounds.
The Austin Children’s Choir is funded and supported in part by a grant from the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division, believing an investment in the Arts is an investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.
