LRYC is open to children from ages eight to eighteen by audition into either the beginning (Minnesinger) or advanced (Meistersinger) choruses. Both groups rehearse on Mondays, Minnesingers from 5:15 – 6:30 and Meistersingers from 7:00 – 8:30 during the school year. In the summer of 2007, members of the advanced chorus group were privileged to attend the International Children's Choir Festival at C
anterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, England. In more recent years, the choir has participated in a festival at Carnegie Hall, New York City, and the Sing a Mile High Festival in Denver, CO. LRYC regularly performs for churches, civic organizations, and in concerts with the Lenoir-Rhyne A Ca****la Choir. It has also performed twice with the Western Piedmont Symphony, including “The Planets” by Gustav Holst in 2012. In the summer of 2014, the choir enjoyed an incredible tour in Austria and Germany. Recently, LRYC has enjoyed successful tours of South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, and Washington D.C. They were recently featured as choir-in-residence for the NC Summer Institute in Choral Art.
