About Angel City Chorale (ACC)
Now in its 30th year among the premier choral groups in Southern California, Angel City Chorale is proud to represent the spirit and diversity of Los Angeles in its membership, its music, and its outreach activities, thereby fulfilling its mission to “Build Community One Song at a Time.” Celebrated Artistic Director Fink founded the Chorale at world-famous McCabe’s Guitar Shop in 1993 with 18 singers – which has now grown to over 180 talented and dedicated singers, presenting a broad and eclectic repertoire including classical, gospel, jazz, pop and world music.
Angel City Chorale is perhaps best known for its performances on NBC’s top-rated talent competition America’s Got Talent (2018), making it all the way to the semi-finals. Hailed by Simon Cowell as “one of the best choirs we’ve ever had,” the Chorale earned the coveted Golden Buzzer, touching nearly 20 million viewers with their rich sound and compelling message of unity and diversity. The video of Angel City Chorale’s captivating performance of Toto’s “Africa” has been viewed more than 80 million times by people around the world.
True to their mission of community building, Angel City Chorale is collaborating with elementary schools as well as Boys & Girls Clubs to offer free music education and choral music experiences to children throughout Los Angeles through Angel City Youth Chorale. The Chorale is committed to resuming its Tour of Hope program, in which ACC takes its concert repertoire directly to underserved populations and service organizations in Los Angeles, once the safety of our members and community allow.
Angel City Chorale is a California Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. For additional information, interviews and other press inquiries, please contact pr@angelcitychorale.org.
MISSION STATEMENT:
We are a vibrant vocal ensemble whose mission is to achieve artistic excellence, build community, and champion diversity through the transformative power of choral music.
VALUES:
- TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF MUSIC
We believe in the power of song to unite, inspire, and heal. - MUSICAL EXCELLENCE
Through the songs we select, the works we commission and arrange, and every rehearsal and performance, we aim to achieve the highest musical standards and share our joy of singing together. - DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
We are committed to the harmony that is created when diverse voices are raised together. We reach our potential as a community when we respect each voice and grow from our differences both socially and musically. - AUTHENTICITY
Our performances represent the spirit and culture of the music we choose as accurately as we are able. We acknowledge and celebrate the many intertwined roots from which our world's music springs. - PUBLIC BENEFIT
We are passionate about giving back to the Los Angeles community and beyond through our musical outreach, educational programs, and philanthropic activities. - EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
We believe we have a responsibility to spread appreciation for choral music and develop the next generation of audiences and choral musicians. - COLLABORATION
By partnering with other community organizations and artists we broaden our impact and further our mission. - COMMUNITY
ACC exists to be a model for people of widely divergent backgrounds, ethnicities, socioeconomic and age groups not just to coexist, but to learn from each other and to contribute to the larger society through musical example.
"If I had died during this performance, and this is heaven, I'm happy, because that's what it felt like. That was sensational!"
- Simon Cowell, after watching ACC perform during America's Got Talent, NBC Television, August 14, 2018.
"It was everything a performance should be. Polished technically and delivered with uninhibited joy by individuals who truly love what they are doing."
- Jeffrey Williams, New York Concert Review, April 2014, ACC at Carnegie Hall performing The Drop of Dawn
Celebrated Performances, Videos And Audio Recordings
Our video of the song "Sogno di Volare," produced under "Safer at Home" guidelines, is our gift to the people of Los Angeles and beyond. It reminds us that we are all in this health crisis together, we must not give up hope, and we will fly again.
Our video of the song “Africa” spreads joy around the world, with more than 40 million views and counting.
Performances at Carnegie Hall, Cadogan Hall (London), Walt Disney Concert Hall, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Cape Town International Convention Centre (South Africa), and many other Los Angeles area theaters/concert halls.
PBS Special The American Tenors
A Merry Mancini Christmas taped at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, with Michael Buble, Monica Mancini, Dianne Reeves and orchestra.
Hollywood Tree Lighting Celebration at The Grove, with Burt Bacharach, Jeff Goldblum and Teri Hatcher. Aired on CBS.
Recording session at Abbey Road Studios (London) of Christopher Tin’s “Sogno di Volare”, theme song for the video game Civilization VI.
Work with emerging composers includes “The Drop that Contained the Sea” (Grammy-nominated album) by Christopher Tin. World premiere at Carnegie Hall.
Building Community Here and Beyond Our Borders
We give the gift of song, we volunteer our time, and we donate money and goods to Los Angeles non-profits serving those in the community who need it most.
Holiday Tour of Hope program: we sing at soup kitchens, homeless shelters, nursing homes, hospitals, and sober living facilities - more than 30 service organizations in Los Angeles in the last 15 years. Often our music is accompanied by donations of food, clothing, and supplies.
Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles
Members of Angel City Chorale formed the Angel City Youth Chorale teaching children music and movement, debuting at the Silver and Gold ACC holiday concerts
Cape Town, South Africa
ACC partners with the Amy Foundation, an organization working to bring sports, arts, music, and education programs to the children of South Africa’s townships.
In 2011 we traveled to Cape Town to perform concerts benefiting the Foundation. Then we brought the Amy Foundation choir from Africa to L.A. in 2018 for a week of music, learning, and fun – singing with us at our One World, Many Voices II concert.
Angel City Chorale is a California Non-Profit Public Benefit Corporation and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Your donations help us bring music to the community.
