The Sonhos Choral Ensemble is a touring choir comprised of diverse singers who have sung under the direction of two conductors. With a shared passion for travel and choral singing, they seek to connect cultures through the universal language of music. Directors, Virginia Nickels-Hircock and Joanna Carlson Hart have been secondary school choral music educators, colleagues, and friends. This is their first joint effort.

In 2018, Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) and Kennedy Heights Arts Center (KHAC) began a partnership to create the Cincinnati Jazz Academy, a free after-school music program inspiring underserved students to develop their creative abilities through learning and performing the dynamic music of jazz.

Since 1982, Virginia’s Charlottesville High School Orchestra (CHSO) program has grown from eight members to one of the largest in the commonwealth, and has earned a national reputation for excellence. The CHSO has won top prizes in music festivals in New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Williamsburg, Orlando, Dallas, Myrtle Beach, and London, England.

The city of Charleston, West Virginia, is the birthplace of the Appalachian Children’s Chorus (ACC). ACC began in 1990 with the fundamental desire to be a community-based children’s chorus that would provide opportunities for children to experience music in ways that are unusual and rare in their offerings.

from across the United States, members of the USGO were carefully chosen from a group of elite classical guitarists. The USGO brings together a diverse range of players residing in multiple states and ranging in age from 15-65.

Founded in 2003, under the musical direction of Filipa Poêjo, the Orchestra Os Violinhos performs regularly in the main venues of Lisbon and Oporto: National
Theatre of São Carlos, Gulbenkian Foundation, Belém Cultural Center, Casa da Música, Teatro São Luiz.

Camerata da Academia de Música de Lisboa is a string orchestra formed by young musicians, aged between 14 and 18, rigorously selected among the students of the Lisbon Music Academy. Founded in 2007, it was directed by Rui Fernandes, Roberto Valdés, Rui Pinheiro, Pedro Ramos, Filipa Poêjo and, since September 2017, Pedro Neves.

In 2013, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) launched the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras (BSYO), building on a distinguished 35-year legacy established by the Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestras (GBYO). Under the GBYO, young musicians gained international recognition through extensive touring and the ensemble earned prestigious awards at major international festivals, solidifying its reputation for excellence.

In 2006, the Taipei Philharmonic Foundation began to recruit students from elementary and junior high school in northern Taiwan and established a youth string orchestra. The orchestra rehearsed weekly and held concerts regularly. As all these efforts have received great responses, the foundation decided to expand the string into a chamber orchestra, establishing thus the Taipei Philharmonic Youth Ensemble (TPYE).

The Montreal Suzuki String Orchestra (MSSO) from Canada, led by violinist Dragan Djerkic, has welcomed nearly 1000 students since in 1990, including some who have gone on to pursue careers as soloists performing with major orchestras worldwide. It is distinguished as a uniquely, non-audition-based, dynamic ensemble specifically created to give opportunities to all young musicians.

Dolce Voce (“sweet voice” in Italian), with an objective to promote the art of choral singing, enrich the choral music culture of Macau and to offer high standard choral music to people, was founded in 2008.

Tágide Quartet is a Portuguese-Mozambican string quartet founded in 2022, in Escola Superior de Música de Lisboa. Its members are Vicente Sobral and Ana Sofia Faria (violins), Raquel Agostinho (viola), and Inérzio Macome (cello).

Dolce Voce (“sweet voice” in Italian), with an objective to promote the art of choral singing, enrich the choral music culture of Macau and to offer high standard choral music to people, was founded in 2008. With most members being holders of Degree in Music, and under the leadership of Ms Maria Vanessa Leão, Dolce Voce is determined to perform all pieces in a cappella and to explore different music genres, from sacred to popular, through renaissance to the contemporary.