The Choir

Three annual performances highlight our concert season. At our fall and spring concerts, we perform the works of major composers, spanning all musical genres, while introducing new works and arrangements. In addition, since 2000, we have hosted Spring into Song, a collaborative, free, multi-group event, featuring and benefiting the Trenton Children’s Chorus.

In 2017 and 2018, the chorus was invited to sing at Carnegie Hall with the auditioned, 250-voice Masterwork Festival Chorus, under the direction of Bruce Chamberlain, DMus, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona. We were thrilled to be invited to return to Carnegie in June 2019, to perform the Schumann Requiem, Op. 148, conducted by our very own artistic director Heather Mitchell, DMA, and in June 2024, to sing the Fauré Requiem with the National Masterwork Chorus under guest conductor Stephen Futrell, DMA, associate professor of music, Elon University.

We have grown phenomenally, serving over the decades as a musical home to approximately 1,000 singers. The group includes 50 members from central New Jersey and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The philosophy of the founders remains the same: to provide those who love to sing with the opportunity to learn and perform a variety of exceptional music under professional directorship. As always, auditions are not required.

Our tradition of community service continues to evolve. Established in 1973, the Hopewell Valley Chorus Scholarship—now $1,000—is awarded to a musically gifted, graduating high school senior who lives in the Hopewell Valley and plans to continue to be musically active, lifelong. In addition, through contributions, Spring into Song has raised more than $70,000, sending scores of happy and grateful TCC singers to top summer programs.