The San Diego Children’s Choir’s School Outreach Program offers fun and engaging music education to schools throughout San Diego County on a limited, contractual basis. With 80% of public schools lacking music classes, the Choir fills this gap in their education.
The Choir mainly focuses on Title 1 schools in the southeast area of San Diego and provides its programming for free with the support of donations, grants and school contracts.
Of the five current schools below, four are partner schools of the Diamond Educational Excellence Partnership (DEEP), a collaborative undertaking of multiple partner organizations and community leaders who are committed to improving educational outcomes for students attending public schools in the Diamond Community. SDCC has partnered with DEEP since 2017 to provide music education to support DEEPs commitment to ensuring that children attending these schools enter kindergarten prepared for success and complete third grade reading proficiently.
What Our Partners Say
“By bringing music residencies to these grade levels at five of our Title One elementary schools, San Diego Children's Choir has filled the need and bridged an educational gap for these underserved students. In these residencies, students develop foundational musical skills, and they do so much more. Students create cultural and contextual connections, discovering new ways to see the world, and singing supports achievement for English Language learners, from phonological awareness to syntax to an expression.”
- Laura Williams, General and Choral Music Resource Teacher VAPA Department - San Diego Unified School District
“[DEEP] truly believes that literacy is the key to overcoming the income gap and opportunity gap in the United States, and music’s tie to literacy is undeniable. Working with the Children’s Choir gives our kids self-expression, access to music as a way of finding their way into language as well as skill building their growing brain. It is a partnership that we are proud of and we look forward to continuing to partner with them in the years to come as they are a fundamental part of our work.”
- Rhianna Basore, the Director of Operations and Outreach for the Diamond Educational Excellence Partnership
2023/24 School year
The San Diego Children’s Choir is contracted at the following schools in 2023/24:
Baker Elementary School–Tuition Free Title 1 Site
Chollas Mead Elementary School –Tuition Free Title 1 Site and DEEP program
Encanto Elementary School –Tuition Free Title 1 Site and DEEP program
Johnson Elementary School –Tuition Free Title 1 Site and DEEP program
Webster Elementary School –Tuition Free Title 1 Site and DEEP program
Lauderbach Elementary School – After-school enrichment program
Support School Outreach Programs in Low-Income Communities
The San Diego Children's Choir is a non-profit organization that provides tuition-free music education to underserved communities. Your donation will help fund direct costs for teaching, sheet music, hand-held instruments and performances for the most vulnerable members of our community. Please make a donation today.