Singing City: Next Generation
(SC:NG) - A free choir program for kids and teens
Do you love to sing or want to learn how?
Are you looking for something to do on the weekends?
Do you want to make new friends and be part of a musical community?
Saturdays, September 12th-December 19th
Presser Hall, 2001 N 13th Street
11:15am-12:15pm - Youth Choir
ages 11 and under
12:30-1:30pm - Chorale
ages 12 and over
No auditions or experience is required - everyone is welcome, come as you are. Participants will learn how to express themselves using their voices, learn new songs, build community through making music together, and even perform in a real concert!
Free. Fun. For YOU.
🎶 All ages
🎶 No auditions
🎶 No experience needed
🎶Completely free to join
🎶 Learn new songs
🎶 Make new friends
🎶 Perform in a concert
Our Partners and Staff
Temple Music Preparatory
Singing City is honored to partner with the
Community Music Scholars Program (CMSP) at Temple Music Preparatory. Since 1968, CMSP has been delivering comprehensive, high-quality music instruction to Philadelphia's school children from low income families since 1968. Throughout the 30-week academic year, students immerse themselves in individual lessons covering orchestral and band instruments, participate in classical, jazz, and wind ensembles, and study across three levels of music theory classes. CMSP plays a pivotal role in bridging the gap in developmentally and progressively structured music education for urban school children who might otherwise lack such opportunities.
Youth Choir Director
Kendra Balmer is a conductor, educator, clarinetist, and vocalist, originally from Dallas, Pennsylvania. Kendra has lectured, guest conducted, and performed across North America, South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. She currently serves as a choral director in the School District of Jenkintown, Associate Conductor of Capital Singers of Trenton, and as Adjunct Faculty at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance. Kendra has her BM in Music Education and MM in Choral Conducting from Temple University. Past work includes conducting the Widener University Chorale, serving as the Director of Music at K-8 schools in Philadelphia as well as at the Herzlia Highland Primary School in Cape Town, South Africa, and as a founding Teaching Artist at Sister Cities Voices.
SC:NG Program Manager
Olivia "Liv" Forney is a lifelong singer and music lover from Elkton, MD. After graduating from University of Delaware's School of Music in 2020 with a B.A. in Music Management, Liv began her career as an arts administrator and has since worked to provide support for musical programs in lesson studios, record labels, and music venues across the Philadelphia region. Aside from her work with Singing City and SC:NG, Liv sings with Wilmington-based chamber group Sine Nomine and will pursue an M.S. in Arts Administration at Drexel University beginning fall 2026.
EITC - Educational Improvement Tax Credit
Singing City participates in the Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program (EITC) administered by Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development. Under Act 4, companies can realize substantial tax credits by making a gift to educational improvement organizations like Singing City.
Donations through the EITC program to Singing City will help support
SC:NG therefore endorsing Singing City’s commitment to choral music education and performance opportunities for under-served students in Philadelphia. By making a contribution to Singing City, your company could save as much as 90% of the value of the gift!
