2022 - 2023
2021 - 2022
2018 - 2019
2017 - 2018
Our Choir
Now in its 16th year, the Texas Children’s Choir is a San Antonio community based choir comprised of 56 boys and girls aged 8-18, selected and trained to perform service for the local, state, and national community. They provide music for 10-15 ceremonies, conventions, and other events by civic, military command, educational, and charitable organizations each performing season.
The choir’s long history of quality choral music and service to the community has been cited in the Congressional records of the US and Texas Houses of Representatives. The quality of the choir’s music has been recognized throughout the country, having been selected by the Texas Music Educators Association to sing as honor choir at its annual convention, by an invitation to be featured with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on its weekly television broadcast of “Music and the Spoken Word”, and being invited to provide the music for the Presidents of the United States and France at White House ceremonies at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France for the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
They were invited on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, to sing the closing concert at the annual Ceremony of Peace for all of Europe, at the town of Sainte-Marie-Eglise, and a concert at Omaha Beach, both in Normandy, France.
They sang for the French Consulate General upon its presentation of the French Medal of Honor to American veterans who fought at Normandy during World War II and at ceremonies for Recipients of the Silver Star Medal. They have sung for the annual conventions of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Pearl Harbor Survivor’s Association, and for each of the Veterans Day ceremonies at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery for the last 14 years. They performed a concert at the Women’s Memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery.
The choir has performed with the US Army Band “Pershing’s Own”, the US Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants, the San Antonio Symphony, the US Air Force Band of the West, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra on Temple Square.
They singers have performed concerts at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, at Carnegie Hall, sung evensong at Washington National Cathedral, and performed concerts at the National Gallery of Art, Carnegie Hall, the Cathedral Abbey of St. Albans in England, and at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
They provided music for the inaugural events of Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, and for the unveiling of the Texas Viet Nam Veterans Memorial at the State Capitol.
In 2016, they honored a request by the US Air Force Symphony to sing the treble choir part of John Rutter’s “Mass of the Children” , at the annual Memorial Day concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washinton, D.C. They were invited in Christmas of 2015 to sing for President Obama at the White House.
They have been selected to sing the treble choir part of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Sancta Civitas” (The Holy City) at Ely Cathedral in Ely, England to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I in the summer of 2018. These remarkable children have been working hard to raise the necessary $200,000 by the end of 2017 in order to honor this invitation to represent San Antonio and the United States at this historic event. They seek any help from the community to fulfil this mission.
The choir’s long history of quality choral music and service to the community has been cited in the Congressional records of the US and Texas Houses of Representatives. The quality of the choir’s music has been recognized throughout the country, having been selected by the Texas Music Educators Association to sing as honor choir at its annual convention, by an invitation to be featured with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on its weekly television broadcast of “Music and the Spoken Word”, and being invited to provide the music for the Presidents of the United States and France at White House ceremonies at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France for the 60th anniversary of D-Day.
They were invited on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of D-Day, to sing the closing concert at the annual Ceremony of Peace for all of Europe, at the town of Sainte-Marie-Eglise, and a concert at Omaha Beach, both in Normandy, France.
They sang for the French Consulate General upon its presentation of the French Medal of Honor to American veterans who fought at Normandy during World War II and at ceremonies for Recipients of the Silver Star Medal. They have sung for the annual conventions of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Pearl Harbor Survivor’s Association, and for each of the Veterans Day ceremonies at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery for the last 14 years. They performed a concert at the Women’s Memorial at the Arlington National Cemetery.
The choir has performed with the US Army Band “Pershing’s Own”, the US Air Force Band and Singing Sergeants, the San Antonio Symphony, the US Air Force Band of the West, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra on Temple Square.
They singers have performed concerts at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, at Carnegie Hall, sung evensong at Washington National Cathedral, and performed concerts at the National Gallery of Art, Carnegie Hall, the Cathedral Abbey of St. Albans in England, and at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
They provided music for the inaugural events of Texas Governor Gregg Abbott, and for the unveiling of the Texas Viet Nam Veterans Memorial at the State Capitol.
In 2016, they honored a request by the US Air Force Symphony to sing the treble choir part of John Rutter’s “Mass of the Children” , at the annual Memorial Day concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washinton, D.C. They were invited in Christmas of 2015 to sing for President Obama at the White House.
They have been selected to sing the treble choir part of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Sancta Civitas” (The Holy City) at Ely Cathedral in Ely, England to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I in the summer of 2018. These remarkable children have been working hard to raise the necessary $200,000 by the end of 2017 in order to honor this invitation to represent San Antonio and the United States at this historic event. They seek any help from the community to fulfil this mission.
TEXAS CHILDREN’S CHOIR DIRECTING TEAM
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Thomas Hardaway, MD, Colonel, US Army (Retired)Founder and Artistic Director
Passionate about music and teaching it to children, Thomas Hardaway has trained and directed children’s choirs for more than 40 years. Hardaway began studying music as a chorister at the Washington National Cathedral, studying voice and composition as a youngster. He majored in organ performance as an undergraduate at the University of Texas. He subsequently earned his M.D. at the UT Health Science Center in San Antonio before completing residency training in pediatrics, general psychiatry, and child psychiatry at medical centers in the U.S. Army.Hardaway practiced pediatrics, and later adult and child psychiatry, all over the world, including Germany, Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and UC San Francisco. He served as Chief of Mental Health Services at Fort Hood, Texas, in Europe, and at BAMC, and wrapped up his 31-year Army career as the Child Psychiatry Consultant to the Surgeon General. He retired from the Army at the rank of Colonel in 2005. Tel: 210-3177914
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Bethany Hill, MSAssistant Director
Bethany Hill earned her BS degree in elementary education from the University of Texas at Austin, and subsequently her MS degree in education administration. She received her all-level music certification from Texas A&M University. Ms. Hill has taught elementary through junior college level music for 24 years, and has conducted elementary, junior high, high school, and church choirs. Her last teaching position before retiring was as the Director of Choral Music at Alamo Heights Junior School. She teaches private voice, piano, and guitar. Tel: 210-7482253
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Meet Our Team
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Cami Rush
Executive Director 801-6713518 |
Lori Hockley
Manager 210-7745505 |
Ken Bowman, Brant Ramey and Alex Roca
Tech Crew (Video and Sound) |
Dorene Hardaway
Chief Financial Officer 520-2488274 
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