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MCCL Fall Concert Showcase Video Release

While the fall MCCL season seemed uncertain, we were driven by the power of music, community, and faith to provide excellent and safe choral training. The resulting experience has been extraordinary–such beauty amidst trials! Every Tuesday…

MCCL Fall Concert Showcase

Each Tuesday evening this fall, over 100 children and youth from the Mennonite Children’s Choir of Lancaster (MCCL) spread out to fill the parking lots of Blossom Hill Mennonite Church and Neffsville Mennonite Church with joyful…

Making Music Together with Joy

MCCL is eager to connect with singers and families for the 2020-2021 choir season! We recognize more than ever the importance of music, community, and faith. As in-person singing performances and rehearsals around the world are…

Unexpected Song…Day 5…June 12

Unexpected Songs in Uncertain Times MCCL singers and staff kept singing throughout spring 2020 with creativity, commitment, and resourcefulness. Music staff adapted to providing high caliber choral instruction through technology from a distance. Singers invested time…

Carol Choir

Unexpected Song…Day 4…June 11

Singing with excellence MCCL’s mission is training children and youth to glorify Jesus Christ through excellent choral singing. Currently, MCCL is comprised of three auditioned and performing choirs and three non-auditioned classes for singers in kindergarten…

Summer Tour Main

Unexpected Song…Day 3…June 10

Each voice is needed to sing in harmony MCCL singers represent 65 congregations, 45 schools, and 13 denominations. We are grateful to be a place where children and youth from varied backgrounds learn excellent choral skills…

Rosemary Blessing leads the choir in singing at the palace of Prince Dipokusomo of the Surakarta Sultanate. Photo by Beth Hake.

Unexpected Song…Day 2…June 9

Forming Faith through Music We are excited to begin day two of our five-day celebration. Music profoundly impacts who we are. In particular, songs of faith provide us with ways to rejoice, lament, grieve, celebrate, and…

An Unexpected Song…Join us!

A celebration of choral singing and the MCCL program June 8 – 12, 2020 Next week, June 8 to 12, MCCL will celebrate the gift of singing, as well as provide opportunities for giving to support…

Pierce Appointed Board Member

The Mennonite Children’s Choir of Lancaster recently appointed Lauren Pierce as member of its Advisory Board. Along with energy, creativity, and experience with non-profit organizations, Pierce brings an existing connection with the choir. Her son, Elijah,…

New Staff Members

Monica Carlson will serve as Prelude Music Director as well as Choir Manager Assistant. She holds a Master’s of Music degree in Piano Pedagogy and Performance from Westminster Choir College and a Bachelor of Arts degree…