Michigan Opera Theatre Children’s Chorus http://www.motcc.org/

The Michigan Opera Theatre Children’ s Chorus (MOTCC), led by Michigan Opera Theatre Chorus Master Suzanne Mallare Acton, is a permanent children’s ensemble for metro Detroit youth interested in vocal musical theatrical art. Accepting children by audition, ages 10-16 with unchanged voices, the choir performs as a separate ensemble as well as with international opera stars in Michigan Opera Theatre productions.

Children accepted into the MOT Children’s Chorus learn the various aspects of opera and voice training, including voice studies, movement and audition techniques in a professional environment with internationally-renowned opera singers and voice specialists as coaches and mentors.

A generous grant from the Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation provided the startup funding necessary to form the ensemble.