Director, OCC

Jennifer Searl, Director of the Oregon Children's Choir and conductor for Girlchoir, received a Bachelor of Music Education from the University of Oregon. She and her husband, Bruce, are local composers and have a music publishing company, Aardvark Hill. Jennifer is Director of Music Ministries at her church, has a private piano studio and teaches music at Ridgeline Montessori and at Village School. Mrs. Searl became involved with the Oregon Children’s Choir during our 1985-1986 Season.

Founding Director, OCC

Dr. Randall Moore, retired, is the Oregon Children's Choir's Founding Director and past conductor of the Junior Girlchoir. Dr. Moore also served as the Music Education Department Chair at the University of Oregon, where he was a member of the faculty from 1974 until his retirement in 2007. He received Bachelor and Masters of Arts degrees at the University of Oregon and PhD at Florida State University. Dr. Moore founded the Oregon Children's Choir in January 1982.

Our Mission

The Oregon Children's Choir provides opportunities for talented youth in the Eugene and Springfield metropolitan area to perform select choral music.

Goals and objectives are to:

Enrich the cultural life of the local community: Conduct weekly rehearsals during the school year; Provide benefit concerts each season; Perform two or more major concerts each year locally.
Enrich the cultural life of Oregon: Study and perform varied, serious choral music; Perform concerts in Oregon beyond the local community.
Promote the cultural image of Oregon: Perform at regional, national and international events under the name "Oregon Children's Choir"; Perform music composed/arranged by Oregonians; Commission Oregon composers to create new artistic works for performance by the Oregon Children’s Choir.
Expose choristers to music of many cultures: Perform music from various cultures, historical periods, and countries in every concert; Perform in international choral festivals. Host regional, national and international guest children's choirs.

Our desire is to carry on the good work, goals and vision that Randy Moore birthed in our hearts and the hearts of thousands of young singers through his tireless years of love and service to the Oregon Children's Choir, it's directors and choristers.
Thank you, Randy!

Founded in January 1982 by Dr. Randall Moore, the Oregon Children’s Choir has grown from one ensemble to eight. The Junior Girlchoir is for 2nd-5th graders, and Junior Boychoir is for advanced elementary age boys. The Girlchoir consists of 5th-8th graders, and the Boychoir is for choristers 6th through 8th grade. The Young Women’s Choir and the Young Men’s Ensemble members are high school students.

The purpose of the Choir is to nurture the artistic talents of children by providing training in music skills, musicianship, and advanced choral work to talented youth in the Eugene/Springfield area. Students are selected through open auditions in cooperation with school music programs.

The Choir has earned high acclaim through local, regional, national, and international performances: The Oregon Bach Festival; The Eugene Gleemen; The Eugene Opera, Symphony, Ballet, and Concert Choir; The Music Educators state and division conferences; the International Society for Music Education’s World Congress; at Disneyland and the Hollywood Bowl; and in Italy, Canada, Wales, England, Austria, France, Czechoslovakia and China.