LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION honoring the Syracuse Children's Chorus for 30
years of excellence in musical education

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to recognize those
organizations within our midst, which have demonstrated consistent
excellence while bringing great pride and enjoyment to the citizens of
our great State; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, it is the intent of this Legislative Body to
commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Syracuse Children's Chorus,
which has been recognized for musical excellence and as a model for
performance-based choral music education; and
WHEREAS, Founded at Syracuse University in 1981 by Barbara Marble Tagg
as part of the Preparatory Division of Syracuse University's School of
Music The Syracuse Children's Chorus was later incorporated as a non-
profit organization in cooperation with Syracuse University; and
WHEREAS, Through their participation in the Syracuse Children's
Chorus, children in Central New York have the opportunity to experience
the joy of singing amongst an internationally-acclaimed music education
organization that allows talented young singers to celebrate and
contribute to the development of the American choral tradition; and
WHEREAS, The Syracuse Children's Chorus self-produces at least three
major concerts each year, with all choirs performing individually and
together, and regularly performing additional concerts at other communi-
ty sites and with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra; and
WHEREAS, In striving for ethnic and racial diversity among its choir
members, the Syracuse Children's Chorus reaches out to all Central New
York area schools and provides scholarship assistance to qualified chil-
dren who might not otherwise be able to afford the annual tuition; and
WHEREAS, The Syracuse Children's Chorus develops musical education
through celebration of different cultures; choristers have sung in more
than nineteen languages and are often educated in the customs, dance and
culture of those countries; choristers have performed and soloed in
numerous national and world honors choirs; and
WHEREAS, Throughout its history, the Syracuse Children's Chorus has
commissioned and/or premiered more than eighty-five works by significant
composers from the United States, Canada, England and China and has
received the 2007 and 2002 ASCAP Chorus America award for Adventurous
Programming; and
WHEREAS, The Syracuse Children's Chorus has been heard on National
Public Radio's The First Art and Performance Today, as well as on inter-
national broadcasts in England, Hong Kong, China and Canada; and
WHEREAS, National and international highlights of the Syracuse Chil-
dren's Chorus include performances for the International Society for
Music Education (Amsterdam, Holland), the Music Educators National
Conference (Minneapolis, MN), the American Choral Directors Association
(Boston, MA), Keynote Arts Associates Children in Harmony and Children's
Holiday Choral Festivals (Orlando, FL), Choral Music Experience Tenth
Anniversary Institute (Chicago, IL), the World of Children's Choirs 2001
International Festival and Symposium (Vancouver, British Columbia), the
first International Children's Choir Festival and World Conference (Hong
Kong, Shenzhen, Guilin, and Guangzhou, China) and the Llangollen Inter-
national Musical Eisteddfod in Wales; and
WHEREAS, The Syracuse Children's Chorus celebrated their 30 Years of
Premieres Concert commemorating and concluding their 30th Anniversary
Season on Sunday, May 1, 2011, at Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse Universi-
ty; and

WHEREAS, The Central New York arts community is augmented by the Syra-
cuse Children's Chorus and the participating children are enriched
incalculably; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the Syracuse Children's Chorus; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
presented to Barbara Marble Tagg, Founder and Director Emeritus of the
Syracuse Children's Chorus.