August 2022
Colorado Music Festival Collaboration
A select group of Boulder Children's Chorale performers, ages 6-9, performed with the Colorado Music Festival in the dramatized version of Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream on July 31st. The children acted and sang along with the featured guest artists—John de Lancie as Oberon, Marnie Marsimon as Titania, and two more fairies and featured vocalists from the CU Voice faculty—Jennifer Bird-Ardvisson and Abigail Nims. The Boulder Children's Chorale is incredibly grateful to the Colorado Music Festival for this collaborative invitation, as it was the first concert in their summer series since 2019 that incorporated vocal performance. We are also incredibly blessed by the community turnout and support for this concert, as the audience size was 750 that night! Please enjoy some pictures from the production!
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We SING together, we have FUN together, and we LEARN together. No matter what your student's experience is with singing, we’re sure that they’ll find success with us. Our teachers have over 50 years of combined experience and have a fantastic season planned, with opportunities to perform together throughout the Boulder community (and beyond!). Plus, we have family events and team-building games built into our season that will offer you and your student a chance to build friendships with other people in the area. Our mission is focused on musical excellence, education, and community - register your student today!
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Join us for an exciting season of music from around the world as well as choral masterpieces. Perform with extraordinary world musicians in our diversity concerts and at Macky Auditorium with the MahlerFest Orchestra. And make lifelong friendships in "the friendliest chorus in Boulder." Auditions are not stressful - just show up! We are eager to meet you! Sign-up here to audition for our Concert and Chamber Chorales.
Meet our New Staff
Margaret Scharff
Boulder Children’s Chorale Piccolini and Prima Voce Pianist
With the enthusiastic support of her family, Margaret began studying piano at age five. Throughout high school, she studied piano, played violin and cello in youth orchestras, and sang in choirs. She later earned a Bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder College of Music in 1998, and a Master’s degree in Piano Performance in 2002. After her education, Margaret began teaching private students, as well as accompanying choirs and church services. She has worked for three Unitarian Universalist
churches, and is currently an accompanist at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church in Boulder. She has accompanied community choirs, such as the Arvada Chorale and the Boulder Messiah Chorale. Besides studying piano, Margaret has also conducted choirs, studied organ, and performed in piano trios for two summers at the Yellow Barn Chamber Music Festival in Vermont.
Matthew Sebald
Boulder Children’s Chorale Volante Pianist
Known for his bold performance presence and praised as a “dedicated musician”, Matthew Sebald is very active as a collaborative pianist and vocal coach. He recently graduated with a Master of Music degree in Collaborative Piano from CU Boulder and is pursuing his DMA in this field starting this fall.

As a collaborative pianist, Matthew has experience playing for both instrumentalists and vocalists, from beginners to professional musicians. His most recent engagement was a trip to the XVIII World Saxophone Congress in Croatia where he collaborated with Dr. Scott Sandberg (UND) in the premiere of Catherine McMichael’s Duality for tenor saxophone and piano.

Matthew has also proven himself to be an accomplished soloist; some of his accolades include winner of the 2016 Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra Concerto competition and UND’s 2015 Mozart Piano Concerto competition, and runner-up for the 2017 Greater Grand Forks Concerto Competition. His experience as a pianist/harpsichordist in small and large ensembles includes the Red River Trio 2016-2017, the UND Chamber Orchestra 2017-2018, CU Boulder’s Symphony Orchestra 2020-2021, and CU Boulder’s Chamber Singers 2021.