Los Angeles Children's Chorus Launches British Isles Tour with Free Concert in Pasadena, 6/27 at Pasadena Presbyterian Church

Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (LACC) will take its show on the road with a 13-day summer tour of the British Isles that features ten concerts in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, England, and Wales (June 29 - July 11, 2025). Three of LACC’s choirs are participating in the tour, including the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers for treble voices led by LACC Artistic Director Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, and the groundbreaking Young Men’s Ensemble for singers with changing voices led by Dr. Steven Kronauer. In total, 101 LACC choristers will share their artistry with audiences overseas. 

The public is invited to a free local send-off concert to launch the tour on Friday, June 27, 2025, 7 pm, at Pasadena Presbyterian Church. The program features a sampling of the repertoire each of the three choirs will be performing individually and jointly on the tour. The event is free and seating is on a first come first served basis (no reservations required). Pasadena Presbyterian Church, located at 585 East Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California 91101. For information on Los Angeles Children's Chorus, please call (626) 793-4231 or visit www.lachildrenschorus.org. 

Tour Engagements LACC’s tour to the British Isles begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a performance at St Mark’s Church, Dundela, where the beloved author C.S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia) was baptized in 1899 (July 1), followed by an appearance at the Church of the Assumption, a Gothic Revival landmark built in 1841 in the picturesque seaside village of Dalkey, near Dublin, Ireland (July 4). Sandwiched between those engagements, LACC’s Chamber Singers will also sing at a VIP reception for an Independence Day Celebration hosted by the US Embassy in Dublin (July 3). 

Heading to England, LACC next performs for patients at the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, considered one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals, located in the London Borough of Camden (July 5); the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, a World Heritage Site in Greenwich, London (July 6); and the Wesley Memorial Methodist Church in Oxford, home to Oxford University (July 7).

The final stop on the tour is Wales, where LACC will give four performances at the prestigious Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, a six-day festival that features more than 5,000 singers, dancers, and musicians from some 50 countries. LACC will be featured in three performances on July 9 and present its final concert on the festival’s Oakleigh Stage on July 10. Luciano Pavarotti, James Galway, and the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo are among the artists who have graced the festival’s stages over the years.