Organization Bio

Sister Cities Voices(SCV) enters season TWELVE as the youth empowerment choral academy serving communities in Philadelphia, Camden, and Baltimore. SCV builds communities of music makers that empower youth to occupy their unique position in creating a better world.

SCV is proud of performances for audiences at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Smithsonian Institute, The Kimmel Center, Citizens Bank Park, The Union League, National Constitution Center, The Barnes Foundation, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and throughout local communities.

The choir cherishes their past performances with Opera Philadelphia, Temple University, The Philadelphia Singers, Westminster Choir College, El Sistema New Jersey, ANNA Crusis Woman’s Choir, City of Philadelphia, Delaware Arts Summit, Greater South Jersey Chorus, Princeton Girlchoir, and many local youth choirs.

SCV is modeled after El Sistema, Venezuela's monumental music education program that is transforming lives and communities. SCV Founder Alysia Lee spent a year studying El Sistema and visiting programs in Venezuela and throughout the U.S. through the Sistema Fellowship at the New England Conservatory.

The flagship program, Saturday Girlchoir Academy operates during the school year with a summer overnight camp. Sister Cities Voices also builds mixed choirs through the School Partnership programs.

Rooted in access and excellence, SCV programming is priced to be accessible to all families. www.sistercitiesgc.org