Jonathan Raebe, ICC/IYC Alumnus, 1991-2001 Brazil Tour Story When I was on tour with Indianapolis Youth Choral in Brazil, my roommate and I stayed with a host mom. We didn’t speak Portuguese and she didn’t speak English. It took us a while…

Allissa (Allie) Battocletti, ICC/IYC Alumna, 1997-2006 When I think back to growing up in Indianapolis, the first thing that comes to my mind are the years I spent in the Indianapolis Children’s Choir. I know how much the ICC has shaped…

Abby Henkel Perfetti, ICC/IYC Alumna, 1996-2002 Growing up Unitarian Universalist, most of my family and school friends were liberal in politics and religion. When I joined ICC in 5th grade, I met more kids with conservative backgrounds and many different viewpoints…

Julie Womack, ICC/IYC Alumna, 1998-2009 I was 13 years old and had just had my Bat Mitzvah (a religious ceremony for a Jewish girl to mark her Jewish adulthood) when I took my first tour with the ICC. I had never…

Kate Gasiorowski, ICC/IYC Alumna 1998-2006 Kate Gasiorowski was a member of the ICC from 1998 to 2006. During her time with the ICC, she went on a Kantorei tour to Hawaii for the Pacific Rim Choral Festival where the choir had…