We Focus on Exceptional

Amarillo Youth Choirs’ mission is to provide Texas Panhandle youth exceptional concert opportunities and music education in an inclusive and encouraging environment. It all began in 1989 following an Amarillo College summer camp for boy vocalists. Dr. Dale Roller asked his friend, Mr. Billy Talley, to direct the first season of the Amarillo Boy Choir that Fall and the rest is history! The interest in the community started strong and has stayed that way through the seasons as we’ve grown, added choirs and changed directors. The mission to provide exceptional musical opportunities and education to the children of the Panhandle has never wavered and as we head into the future, AYC is still committed to that promise.

The Concert Choirs have been nationally and internationally recognized, and continue to earn accolades and recognition every year. The Amarillo Youth Choirs program includes the Amarillo Boy Concert Choir, the Amarillo Boy Preparatory Choir, the Amarillo Girl Concert Choir and the Amarillo Girl Preparatory Choir, as well as a Pizazz and Spotlight, the Show Choirs.

Throughout the year, the choirs have three seasonal concerts and participate in many other performance opportunities ranging from collaborations with West Texas A&M and the Amarillo Symphony, to once-in-a-lifetime opportunities, such as singing with the Vienna Boys Choir! All of the choirs tour to local and outlying schools to share a taste of choral music with the area students and encourage them to join in on the fun! The Concert Choirs also tour beyond Amarillo with bigger trips to exciting domestic locations such as New York City or Boston and international locations such as Ireland or Spain.