Battle Creek Boychoir

Battle Creek Boychoir

Changing lives through music

Find out why generations of young men have joined the Battle Creek Boychoir

Battle Creek Boychoir

About the Battle Creek Boychoir

Battle Creek Boychoir

Is Boychoir for Me?

Do you like to sing?
Do you want to meet new people and make new friends?
Do you want to travel?
Are you between the ages of 5 and 18?

If you answered yes to these questions, then the Boychoir is for you!

"I would not be where I am today if it were not for my years in the Battle Creek Boychoir." - John DeGarmo

Battle Creek Boychoir

How Do I Join?

Just give us a call at 269.963.1911, option 2 to sign up, or visit us at a rehearsal to learn more about the Battle Creek Boychoir and Batttle Creek Girls Chorus. Rehearsals begin in September, and we will be accepting registrations throughout the semester.

FREE OPEN HOUSE AND REHEARSAL MONDAY, JANUARY 21 from 5-6:30 pm

BRING A FRIEND!

This year's performance opportunities included a performance with the Battle Creek Symphony in a concert of John Williams music.

2018-2019 Concert Schedule

(can't make the open house?  Give us a call to sign up anytime)

 

 

 

Battle Creek Boychoir

Are Scholarships Available?

 

Yes! The Music Center Choruses offer generous financial aid to families with less than $60,000 in annual income on a sliding scale. Non-need based scholarships are also available through BCreative for residents of Greater Battle Creek. Applications are online and cover up to 50% of tuition.

 

 

How Do I Join?

Call 269.963.1911

 

Our folks at The Music Center can get you all of the information you need to get started. Or contact us here.

When are rehearsals?

 

All rehearsals are on Mondays except Ready, Set, Sing!

Ready, Set, Sing! (boys and girls grades K-2), Tuesdays, 5-5:45 pm

Ragazzi (boys and girls grades 3-4), 5-6 pm

Vivace/Boychoir (boys and girls grades 5-8), 6:15-7:45 pm

 

How Much Does it Cost?

 

Tuition varies per ensemble. Generous financial aid and scholarships are also available.

You can pay at once or have monthly withdrawals from a credit card or bank account.

Sounds Great! Sign me up

 

Contact us for more information, or come to rehearsal on Monday night.

Call 269.963.1911 or contact us to sign up

Julee Shelton, Music Director

Julee Shelton

Dear Parents and Singers:

I am so excited to be your new director!  We have an exciting time of friendship, fun, learning and making music ahead of us!!

To parents and guardians:  The gift of music is one of the greatest gifts you can add to your children’s lives that will help them develop into the healthiest, smartest, creative and best “citizens of the world” that they can become.  I look forward to meeting your singer/student and partnering with you on this exciting journey.

In addition to upholding the historical and artistic mission of the youth choruses I will lead, I plan to work to build the groups to the point where we can tour and take trips to hear other groups in a musical exchange and to see professional performances.  I have taken singers around the region for competitions and trips and have sung at Carnegie Hall and in Europe. I would love to help all of you have the same experiences.  Wouldn’t it be great to say -“Big Apple-here we come!”?

Please stay tuned as we schedule a meet and greet, retreats, and open rehearsals to get things up and running.  This is an exciting time for the Battle Creek Boychoir and Girls Chorus, and I can’t wait to get started!

Sincerely,

Julee Shelton
Director
Battle Creek Boychoir
Battle Creek Girls Chorus

Julee Shelton brings a tremendous amount of experience to her new role with Battle Creek Boychoir and Girls Chorus.  Julee graduated magna cum laude from Western Michigan University with double majors in music therapy and music education. She was a Waldo-Sangren scholar and Honors College graduate.  Julee earned a Master of Arts from Western, also, with a concentration in vocal music and choral conducting.

Professionally, Julee has many years training young musicians in developing their artistry and musical excellence.  Her public-school teaching career spanned several districts in southwest Michigan amassing five years at the elementary level, twenty-two at the middle school level teaching choir and general music and four at the high school level.  Julee owned private piano and vocal studios with many past students competing at the state level.  She has taught class piano at Kalamazoo Valley Community College and class piano and all choirs at Battle Creek Central while the director was on sabbatical. She has been Music Director at her church, Parchment United Methodist, for the past fourteen years.

Performing is an important part of Julee’s life having performed at Carnegie Hall three times in choirs-most recently in 2016 and 2017.  She has traveled with an ensemble under the direction of Dr. Jerry Blackstone (University of Michigan) performing in Salzburg, Vienna and many German cathedrals as well as Oxford College near London with the King’s Singers.  One of her goals is to enable the Boychoir and Girls Chorus singers to have similar transformative experiences.

Julee and her husband reside in Battle Creek, and she is very enthused to be getting involved with the Music Center directing the Boychoir and Girls Chorus and singing with the Community Chorus.