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Sounding ChildhoodMain MenuPart 1: Children's HymnsPart 2: Songs for School and PlayPart 3: Animal Welfare (Bands of Mercy) SongsPart 4: Christmas CarolsPart 5: Folk SongsPart 6: Patriotic SongsPart 7: Early 20th-Century HymnsAbout the AuthorWorks Cited
The Community Choristers is a new children's choir in Richmond, Indiana, established in 2024 by Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, as a free, non-auditioned choir for singers 1st grade through high school in the Richmond area. We sing 3 major choir-series (Spring, Fall, Christmas) and 2 smaller camps (Winter/Valentines; and Patriotic/Hymn), as a hop-on/hop-off choir to sing whenever one is available and interested. We meet at Central United Methodist Church, Richmond. To date, we have had over 150 singers, 30-40 singers in each choir-series. We hold our own concerts but also sing for various local senior facilities, holiday open houses, pre-show for the local symphony, and the Wayne County Fair!
It has, to date, been funded by Kiwanis grants, the philanthropy of Ann Howard and Mike Henry, and various other donations. It is supported by the Boys & Girls Club of Wayne County, the Richmond Civic Theatre, and Central United Methodist Church.
Much of what we sing, that is older and past copyright, is put on this website for educational, historical purposes.
ANYTHING ON THIS WEBSITE 2024 AND BEYOND WAS RECORDED BY THE COMMUNITY CHORISTERS CHILDREN'S CHOIR.
Join us if you live in the area! Contact Alisa Clapp-Itnyre at aclappit@iu.edu
Our First Choir-Series:
The first Chorister choir practiced on Wednesdays for about 8 weeks and had a Spring 2024 Concert all at Central United Methodist Church, Richmond (pictured here). We sang a Folk Song Suite and other popular songs (see the Program to the right and our soloists, listed there). Some singers sang at the church's service, then we sang at the Leland Legacy for its senior residents on May.
The Choristers have continued through 2026 and you can hear our older songs (that were written before 1900) throughout this website. We sing more contemporary songs, too, that range from classic-pop to Disney to Broadway classics. Our signature song is "Let's Go Fly a Kite"! And our Christmas Carol choirs are very popular!
INAUGERAL SINGERS, Spring 2024: (alphabetical) Andrei Aurea, Amira Baker, Vivian Beckerich*, Anna Berfield*, Allistair Berfield*, Arianna Boehme, Aryanna Bonds, Emma Bowman, Charlie Christian, Madeleine Edwards*, Molly Fuller-McCreery, Matilda Fuller-McCreery, Amaya Gray, Amari Gray, Jocelyn Gray, Alice Kostiuk, Aderyn Lemons, Hannah Mooney*, Grace Parshall*, Sophia Quiroz, Quinn Richwine, Aubree Rohrer, Sophia Royer, Greta Royer*, Lily & Hope Royer*, Sam Royer*, Ayrabelle Smith, Sadie Southerland, Topanga Stingley*, Josiah Weesner*, Jesse Weesner*, Stella West*. *still with the choir (2026)
LEADERS: Alisa Clapp-Itnyre, director Greta Royer, assistant director of the "Chorister Kids" (2025-present) Aja Haley Smith, assistant (2024-25) Vickie Martin, assistant (2024-25) Jill Schweitzer (2025-present) Shiyu Wang, pianist (2024) Lisa Ginn, substitute pianist (2026-)
RECORDINGS: Ron Itnyre, recording engineer Location: Central United Methodist Church, Richmond, IN
List of Concert-Series, so far!
You can see songs and names of singers on the PROGRAMS to the right. Pictures for all concerts will be featured throughout this website: Spring Choir pictures are mostly in Folksongs; Fall 2025 is in Bands of Mercy; and Christmas Choirs are in...Christmas Carols!
2024:
Spring Concert: "Spring and Colors of the Wind" (above)
Fall Concert: “Seasons, Self-Worth, and Doing Right"
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