The Third Street Promenade will host a multi-block party on Feb. 14. (photo courtesy of Downtown Santa Monica, Inc.)

Los Angeles Children’s Chorus launches its landmark 40th anniversary season with “Every Child Sings,” a celebratory benefit concert that brings together the choir’s devoted community of families, alumni and supporters to commemorate the choir’s remarkable legacy and forward trajectory, on Sunday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m., at Colburn School’s Zipper Hall, 200 S. Grand Ave., in Downtown Los Angeles. Proceeds from the event benefit LACC’s award winning music education programs and need-based scholarship fund, ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has an opportunity to find their voice through song. 

The festivities feature performances by more than 200 singers in six LACC choirs, including the LACC Alumni Celebration Choir, created specifically for the occasion with more than two dozen alumni from across the country, and LACC’s newest choir – LACC@HOLA – which was launched in 2024 on the HOLA campus in Lafayette Park to reach underserved youth in Central and South Central Los Angeles. LACC@HOLA currently includes 40 singers ages 9-11. It will be the new group’s first performance outside the HOLA facility. Also performing are LACC’s highly regarded Chamber Singers, Chorale, Concert Choir and Young Men’s Ensemble, which provides an opportunity for boys with changing voices to continue to sing through the vocal transition. 

The repertoire features an eclectic mix of favorite contemporary and timeless works requested by the choristers and alumni themselves, capped by the combined choirs singing LACC’s beloved unofficial anthem, “Here’s to Song,” by Canadian composer Allister MacGillivray. 

“Los Angeles Children’s Chorus is deeply committed to providing access to the transformational power of choral music to young people who reflect the region’s richly diverse racial, economic and cultural fabric,” LACC Executive Director Susan Miller Kotses said. “As we observe our 40th anniversary, we proudly acknowledge all those who have been a part of the LACC family since its inception.” 

Concert tickets are $90. Sponsor tickets are $600 and include a pre-concert dinner at 5 p.m. at Vespaio, located in Downtown L.A. Livestream tickets are $25. For tickets and information, visit lachildrenschorus.org or call (626)793-4231.