The more you sing, the better you get.  Portland is a great place to live as there are many, many opportunities to grow as singers and musicians.

Choirs you can join outside of school during the year:

1.  Pacific Youth Choir 
     Executive and Artistic Director:  John Baker; interim director
     Rehearsals: Sunday afternoon/evening at Trinity Episcopal Church
     Website:  http://www.pacificyouthchoir.org
     
2.  Portland Symphonic Girlchoir
     Directors: Roberta Jackson and Debra Burgess
     Rehearsals:  Monday afternoons at Zion Lutheran Church
     Website: https://www.girlchoir.com/
     
3.  ORS Youth Choirs
     Director:  Erika Lockwood; interim director
     Rehearsals: Wednesday evenings in NE Portland
     Website: https://www.orsingers.org/youth-choir

Summer Opportunities

1.  OSU Choir Camp
     Directors: Steven Zielke and Sandra Babb
     Dates: Every August
     Website:  https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/sac/sac-academy/precollege-summer-programs/choir-camp

2.  Oregon Bach Festival (SFYCA Youth Choral Academy)
     Director:  Anton Armstrong 
     Dates:  Every summer at around the end of June
     Website: ​https://oregonbachfestival.org/sfyca/