Boston Children's Choir Focuses On Civic Engagement And Highlighting Those Who Are Different

By Mike Sullivan, CBS Boston

September 10, 2024

BOSTON - When the Boston Children's Choir hits the stage this season, they will be doing so with the upcoming election in mind and channeling their voices to focus on civic engagement and collective action.

"When I think about the upcoming election, the inauguration, we're talking about the concerts, I think about the massive amount of Latino people here. I talk about collective action. I see these concerts as opportunities for all of us to understand the power that we have when we come together," tells BCC Executive Director Andres Holder.

Holder is from Panama, and came to the U.S. to study music. The point of the choir is not only to teach music, but to teach lessons through the choice of song. They have singers from age 7 to 18 and 60% of the singers are people of color. The younger students are focusing on building identities like, "Who am I? How are we different?" The older students are focusing on collective action and tying it into protests.

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