The Tilikum Choir Community's mission is to provide choral performance opportunities and choral education for all members of the community. We bring together enthusiastic singers from the Portland Metro area to foster connection and create joy through high-quality, passionate choral singing, achieved by intentional rehearsal and inspired performance.

Our singers support one another, welcome new members with open arms, and grow together musically and personally. That sense of connection is as important to us as the final sound you hear on stage. We work hard—very hard—on the details, the notes on the page, and the craft of making music together. But we also believe that music-making should be joyful. Rehearsals are full of laughter, learning, high expectations, and the kind of shared effort that brings out the very best in each singer.

Tilikum Choir Community also puts on a Choral Conductors Workshop, providing professional development for choir conductors at all levels, with special emphasis on the important role non-verbal skills can play in rehearsal and performance. The Choral Conductors Workshop is a vital extension of our to provide choral education and performance opportunities for all members of the community.