July 3 gala features 350-voice super chorus

Outstanding youth choirs travel far and wide for the chance to sing under Henry Leck, one of the world's most inspiring directors. For his second appearance as the Guest Conductor of the Pacific International Children's Choir Festival, Mr. Leck will transform eight outstanding choirs from throughout the United States into a single 350-voice super chorus.

Within just three days of arriving in Eugene, the choirs listed below will join as one to preview their "Untraveled Worlds" concert program during the opening ceremonies of the renowned Oregon Bach Festival!

After a week of intensive rehearsals on the University of Oregon campus, this exhilarating work by Paul Halley will highlight a colorful sampling of choral music from around the globe for the ninth annual PICCFEST Gala Concert in Silva Hall at 8 p.m. on July 3.

Listen to Untraveled Worlds sung by Paul Halley's Chorus Angelicus, Pelagos Music
See the full Gala Concert program
Get tickets at the Hult Center Box Office

Participating choirs

Contra Costa Children's Chorus (Walnut Creek, CA)
Heart of the Valley Children's Choir (Corvallis, OR)
Honors Lyric Singers of Southeast Minnesota (Rochester, MN)
Pacific Youth Choir (Portland, OR)
Pennsylvania Girlchoir (Philadelphia, PA)
Phoenix Boys Choir (Phoenix, AZ)
Princeton Girlchoir (Princeton, NJ)
Tacoma Youth Chorus (Tacoma, WA)