Education & Outreach

ProArteOHIO, the region’s premier professional chamber choir, is dedicated to establishing and maintaining strong channels of communication with church choirs, school choirs, civic choral organizations and their directors to provide learning opportunities that energizes their work with volunteers within the community. This education outreach program also provides timely information on upcoming ProArte performances and insights on how the programs are prepared in rehearsals.

The organization supports church and community choir directors by offering:

• Invitations to observe selected rehearsals (free of charge) to note rehearsal techniques, learn new literature, and speak directly with our professional artists

• Professional choral consulting with our Artistic Director, Dr. Stephen Caracciolo: a professional conductor, singer, and composer whose published works have been performed and recorded extensively throughout the U.S.

• Joint programming with ProArte by way of hymn festivals and side-by-side educational concerts

• Reduced-priced admission to ProArte performances to selected volunteer choirs on a rotating basis within the community.

Area church choirs, community choruses, and ProArteOHIO are together part of a world-wide community of choral traditions, the praises of which have been eloquently phrased by singer, Peter Yarrow, of the famed folk music trio, Peter, Paul and Mary.

‘When people sing together, community is created. Together we rejoice, we celebrate, we mourn and we comfort each other. Through music, we reach each other’s hearts and souls. Music allows us to find a connection.’