Impact

BCC’s program goals and objectives are to:

1) Change children’s lives by providing music education and performance opportunities at the highest levels of artistic excellence and nurturing their development as responsible and compassionate citizens and leaders of tomorrow,

2) Unite singers, families and diverse communities and nurture relationships that would not have otherwise existed,

3) Unite members of Boston’s diverse communities to be in our audiences, experiencing the BCC’s transformative musical message and realizing a common humanity through the power of the music.

Thus far we have demonstrated excellent progress in all of these areas. We are especially heartened by how we have already changed children's lives. We have seen how our singers’ involvement in BCC has impacted them – they begin with us as children, sometimes insecure and without a strong sense of discipline – and by the end of a season they have blossomed into self confident young adults. They develop their sense of self and learn to be personally responsible, respecting themselves and others. Along the way, they have worked hard but also experienced the joy that comes with reaching for ambitious goals and succeeding. They have formed close bonds with their fellow singers, many of whom they would otherwise not have met because of social and racial differences. Therefore, underlying everything that we do, our ultimate objective is to continue to expand our reach in Greater Boston. Developing and implementing a growing multi-level music education and performance program at the highest artistic level is the tool we are using to make a significant impact.

As our programs expand and evolve over time, BCC will continue its upward trajectory as a healthy and vibrant world-class cultural institution that brings communities together across differences to realize their common humanity through the power of music. As a result of participating in the BCC, youth become compassionate, tolerant, community-builders who are artistically, culturally and civically engaged citizens of the world. BCC families become more tolerant, more aware of communities outside their own and more culturally and civically engaged. Members of Boston's diverse communities will experience the BCC's transformative musical message and develop greater understanding and appreciation of differences.