Founded in 1978, and hailed by the California Arts Council as “a model in the country” for training young singers, the GRAMMY Award-winning and WASC-accredited San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) provides choral music training for treble voices at the most rigorous level, serving as both an anchor in the lives of our young people—some of whom spend up to 14 years with the chorus—and a resource for the countless arts organizations that partner with us for high-quality vocal talent and multi-year collaborative projects. Our sequential training program encourages long-term personal investment while building holistic age and developmentally appropriate skills. SFGC champions personal expression at every level of the organization—from prioritizing globally-expansive repertoire and collaborations with a range of guest artists, to ensuring inclusion for youth that identify across the gender and ability spectrum. Each year, more than 400 young singers participate in SFGC’s 44-week rehearsal and performance programs, led by a 9-member Music Faculty overseen by Artistic Director Valérie Sainte-Agathe. SFGC offers training at the Kanbar Performing Arts Center in downtown San Francisco and the East Bay German International School in Emeryville, and provides comprehensive tuition assistance, and in any given year provides between $150,000-$250,000 in need-based scholarship support to meet the equity and access needs of our community.