Singing In Color

The Chicago Children's Choir in South Africa

Singing in Color shows how music is a vehicle for the message of peace.  It tells the story of the Chicago Children's Choir's historic tour of South Africa in the summer of 1996.

The Chicago Children's Choir grew out of the civil rights movement 40 years ago and today is the largest choral ensemble for children in the United States.  Rich, poor, black, white, its members are as proud of their cultural harmony as their musical harmony.  In the summer of 1996, a select group from the Choir left the comfort of their homes and toured a country not known for any kind of unity: South Africa.

In Singing in Color, the children dance with members of the Zulu tribe, see exotic animals, sing with schoolchildren from ghetto townships, visit families living in extreme poverty in Soweto, and perform for President Nelson Mandela in his Pretoria home.  This outstanding film shows young people as positive role models, affirms our ability to find strength in diversity, and illustrates how music can bring us together.

Accompanying the stunning imagery in the film is stirring music from the mountains of South Africa, the churches of Chicago, and fold traditions from Columbia to the former Yugoslavia.

Singing in Color is for anyone who loves music and believes it can bring out the best in us!

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