National Children's Chorus

In 1904 Father William Finn (1881–1961) founded the Paulist Choristers of Chicago, an a capella, treble choir for boys (ages 5–13), which sang at the Vatican for Pope Pius X in 1912, and toured the United States during World War I to raise money for French refugee relief efforts.

[12] In 1977, despite the reformation in Catholic liturgy, Sister Stella Maria Enright (1933–2017) and Jon Wattenberger (1948–1992), a pupil of Father Finn's teachings, founded the Paulist Choristers of California at St. Paul the Apostle Church and School in Westwood, Los Angeles.

[13] After Wattenberger's death, the ensemble was led, between 1992 and 2004, by conductors Dana Marsh and Sir Martin Neary, who famously conducted music for the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997.

In 2002, the Paulist Choristers were invited to sing music from The Lord of the Rings with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, under the baton of maestro John Mauceri.

• 8th NCC International Tour to Denmark and Norway, including a performance at the Oslo Opera House with Composer Ola Gjeilo (July 2024) • Illumine: The Holiday Album Billboard-charting album release with the London Symphony Orchestra on all streaming platforms – recorded at Air Studios and Abbey Road Studios in London (2023)[16] • 7th NCC International Tour to the United Kingdom, including a performance with Voces8 (July 2023) • Brundibár: A Children's Tribute to Ukraine album release on all streaming platforms – recorded virtually in dedication to the people of Ukraine (September 2022)[17] • 6th NCC International Tour to Portugal and Spain, including performances at Madrid's Auditorio Nacional de Música and Barcelona's Basílica de la Sagrada Família (July 2022) • Ripples of Change at Alice Tully Hall – featuring choristers from all chapter cities (May 2022) • 5th NCC International Tour (Korean DMZ performance with Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra, Mapo Art Center in Seoul, South Korea, Kyoto Concert Hall, and Tokyo's Suntory Hall, July 2019) [18] • Walt Disney Hall Premiere of Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand" with the LA Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel (June 2019)[19] • World Premiere of a Nico Muhly work for chorus and orchestra at Walt Disney Hall with American Youth Symphony (March 2019)[20] • 4th NCC International Tour (Berlin Wall, Germany, Musikverein and Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Prague, Budapest, July 2018) • World Premiere of Ibrahim Maalouf's Levantine Symphony No.1 at the Kennedy Center (March 2018)[21] • Live commercial performance of "I'll Stand by You" produced by MassMutual for CNN's New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen (December 2017)[22] • "Winter Dream" at Alice Tully Hall – featuring choristers from all three chapter cities (December 2017) • Festival of Carols at Walt Disney Hall with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Eric Whitacre (December 2017)[23] • 3rd NCC International Tour (St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, and St. Cecilia's Music Conservatory in Rome, Italy, July 2017) • Carmina Burana at Alice Tully Hall with New York Master Chorale (April 2016)[24] • 2nd NCC International Tour (the Great Wall of China in Beijing and the Ancient City Wall in Xian, China 2016) • Tan Dun's Symphony 1997 at Walt Disney Concert Hall with American Youth Symphony Orchestra (March 2016)[25] • Carmina Burana at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic conducted by Gustavo Dudamel (July 2015)[26] • 1st NCC International Tour (Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford and St. John's Smith Square in London, England, June 2015) • Feast of the Divine Shepherd at Carnegie Hall with Yale School of Music (June 2015)[27]