No one gets voted off the show

Founded in 1998, the annual Pacific International Children’s Choir Festival (PICCFEST) is presented by Eugene-based Oregon Festival Choirs in cooperation with the Oregon Bach Festival.

The philosophy is non-competitive, with the emphasis on making great music rather than winning a trophy. However, the number of choirs participating each year is limited so that the total size of the Festival Choir is no more than 350. Participating choirs provide audition materials with their application as part of the selection process.

Choirs and their chaperones are housed on the University of Oregon campus. Their days are filled with rehearsals, workshops, participation in selected Bach Festival events, and a variety of recreation options.

With lodging and meals in UO residence halls, choristers take part in planned social events and form friendships with other singers from around the world.

A six-day musical utopia

Guest choirs attending PICCFEST

• present performances as individual choirs
• rehearse and perform as part of the Festival Chorus
• perform at the Oregon Bach Festival
• attend an Oregon Bach Festival concert
• enjoy presentations created for PICCFEST by Oregon Bach Festival presenters including Helmuth Rilling, OBF Artistic Director
  

Past Participants Include:

• CHOIRS
  Alaska Children’s Choir
  All Saints Church Trouvères Chamber Choir
  Bel Canto Children’s Choir
  Birralee Blokes
  Brisbane Birralee Voices
  Blair Children's Chorus
  Boston Children's Chorus
  Campbell River Children’s Choir
  Capella Choirs – Arioso
  Cantaré Children’s Choir
  Cantori Nebraska Children’s Chorus
  Children’s Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh
  Coastal Sound
  Cochise Children’s Choir
  Columbia Choirs
  Columbus Children’s Choir
  Contra Costa Children’s Chorus
  Crystal Children’s Choir (2)
  Delta Children’s Choir
  Die Meistersinger Children’s Choir
  Elm City Girls’ Choir
  Florida’s Singing Sons Boychoir
  Fort Wayne Children’s Choir
  Glorystar Children’s Chorus (2)
  Heartland Youth Choir
  Heart of the Valley Festival Choir
  Honors Lyric Singers
  Indianapolis Children’s Choir
  Kansas Youth Choir
  Kaohsiung Municipal Children’s Chorus
  Kirkwood Children’s Chorale
  Miami Children’s Chorus
  Mid-Pacific Academy
  Minnetonka Chamber Choir
  Mississippi Girlchoir
  New Jersey Youth Chorus
  Northland Children’s Choir (2)
  Northwest Girchoir (3)
  Olympia Youth Chorus
  Oregon Festival Choirs (6)
  Oregon Girl Choir
  Pacific Boychoir Academy
  Pacific Chorale Children’s Chorus (3)
  Pacific Youth Choir (2)
  Partners in Praise Girls Choir
  Pennsylvania Girlchoir
  Phoenix Boys Choir (2)
  Piedmont Choirs Concert Choir
  Portland Symphonic Girlchoir
  Princeton Girls Choir
  Ragazzi Boys Chorus
  Sacramento Children’s Chorus
  Sacred Heart Academy
  Saint Louis Children’s Choirs
  San Diego Children’s Choir
  Seattle Children’s Chorus (2)
  Seattle Girls’ Choir – Cantamus (2)
  Spivey Hall Children's Choir
  Southern California Children’s Advanced Chorus
  Spokane Area Children’s Chorus (4)
  Surrey Children’s Choir
  Tacoma Youth Chorus
  Temple University Children’s Choir
  Willamette Girlchoir
  Young Voices of Colorado
  Youth Choir of Central Oregon (2)