MDP Youth Chorus is committed to fostering the following skills and promoting an organic integration between them through rehearsals, class teaching and performances.  

• Musical ability: healthy singing, comprehensive musical knowledge, musical sensitivity, active listening, music-making, sight-singing, etc. 
• Holistic education: cooperation, communication, leadership, accountability, patience and self-management 
• A broader global perspective and the ability to sing in multiple languages 
• A lifelong love of music 

MDP Youth Chorus includes a fundamental music program, Music Literacy, designed for chorus students. Topics include music theory, ear training, timeline of music development, music and its sister art forms, elements of music, structure of music, diversity of music, and music as a performing art, taught in-person in small class groups, by the Music Literacy teachers from the Public Education Department.

 
Each learning level is integrated with the repertoire of choral rehearsals to provide the cognitive and emotional preparation. Students learn to listen actively by accumulating musical knowledge, developing a keen sense of music, and a boundless imagination. 

One of the unique features of the MDP Youth Chorus is that students will have many performance opportunities after rehearsals, including performing with the Tianjin Juilliard community, participating in choral festivals, etc., in order to test the effectiveness of rehearsals, gain performance experience, and achieve cultural exchange across ages, instruments, and countries.  

The MDP Youth Chorus rehearses every Sunday from September to January and February to June for the total of 30 classes per academic year, and performs at least once each semester on the Tianjin Juilliard’s stage and other locations throughout Tianjin. 

The teaching schedule for each Sunday is as follows: 

The MDP Youth Chorus recruit new members every summer. Applicants must be at least 6 years old (we accept applications from boys in the voice-changing period) and pass the recruitment test. Applicants must pay a 50 RMB application fee through the registration link, prepare the required repertoire and pass an online audition in order to be eligible for enrollment. The audition contents are: 

1. solo song of your choice (less than one minute, you may prepare an excerpt) 
2. listening and singing 
3. rhythm imitation or sight-reading 
4. follow the video and prepare a short sight singing piece   
5. sight-singing: staff 
6. music knowledge 

For more information or to apply for the MDP Youth Chorus at The Tianjin Juilliard School, please scan the QR code to contact the Public Education Department via WeChat: