National Children's Chorus
Clera Ryu, DMA, serves as an Associate Pianist for the National Children's Chorus since January 2023 and has held various roles within esteemed institutions, including Affiliated Artist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Adjunct Professor at Lesley University. Ryu has been a Staff Pianist at both the New England Conservatory of Music and Boston University since 2019 and contributes as a Pianist for Cantilena Women’s Chorale and Accompanist for Boston Children's Chorus since 2015. Additionally, Ryu works as a Self-Employed Collaborative Pianist, providing support to musicians across various levels in recitals, recordings, and competitions. Previous teaching experience includes serving as a Piano Teacher at The Brearley School and Adjunct Faculty at Pine Manor College. Ryu earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Collaborative Piano from Boston University and a Professional Artist Certificate in Piano from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
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National Children's Chorus
The GRAMMY® Award-winning National Children’s Chorus (NCC), led by Artistic Director Luke McEndarfer and Associate Artistic Director Dr. Pamela Blackstone, is one of the world’s leading children’s choirs, serving over 1,100 youth in eight chapter cities: Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Boston, and Chicago. Providing unparalleled training and performance experiences to young singers around the country, the NCC’s extraordinary team of artistic and administrative professionals are also passionately committed to equitable access to its offerings through a robust scholarship program that funds participation for all qualifying families. Performing locally and abroad, the National Children’s Chorus regularly sings at celebrated music halls, working with some of the finest conductors, composers and orchestras. Venues include Royce Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles; the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; as well as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, sharing the stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and American Youth Symphony, among others. Students of the NCC are represented by more than three hundred schools throughout its cities and meet weekly for rehearsal and musicianship study. The extensive curriculum includes college-level conducting, composition, music theory, sight-singing in the Kodály Method, Dalcroze eurhythmics, and individual voice training in the bel canto style. Through a holistic approach to cultivating the unique potential within each child, graduates from the program are accepted at top conservatories, colleges and universities. Each summer, Senior Division ensembles of the NCC travel internationally, expanding the students’ cultural awareness and worldly experience. The NCC also hosts an annual summer opera camp, commissioning new works, and designed to engage youth in the art of opera.