CHATTANOOGA GIRLS CHOIR

The Chattanooga Girls Choir was founded in 1987 by John Dyer in order to offer talented young ladies in the Chattanooga area the opportunity to develop musicianship, vocal technique, and performance skills. During its first 10 years of existence, the choir was affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and all rehearsals and concerts were held on the UTC campus. During that time, the Chattanooga Girls Choir grew from a small group of dedicated singers to an organization with a large touring choir and two younger training choirs.

The Chattanooga Girls Choir has been recognized both nationally and internationally. They received the 1991 Treble Choir Award at the International Youth and Music Festival in Vienna, Austria; First Place Awards at the 1993 and 1999 International Children's Choir Festival in Bournemouth, England; and one of two awards presented at the 1994 Princeton University Invitational Choir Festival.

In 1995, the choir was broadcast worldwide singing Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome, Italy, and they sang for Mass at Saint Peter's again in 2005. The choir also has sung at San Marcos Cathedral in Venice, Italy; in Coventry Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in England; in Smetana Hall in the Czech Republic; in the Duomo (Cathedral of Florence) in Italy; in Brucknerhaus in Austria; in the historic Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia; at Lincoln Center and at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; at Disney World and Disneyland; at the Canadian House of Parliament; in a command performance at The White House in Washington, D.C.; and in performances in Switzerland, Germany, Wales, Hungary, and France.