HARMONY: Atlanta's International Youth Chorus offers 100 youths from diverse racial, cultural, religious and socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to develop self-discipline, teamwork, tolerance and mutual respect as they strive for choral excellence. Believing that music is a barrier breaker and a powerful medium of communication and self-expression, HARMONY sings messages of love, peace, justice, hope, reconciliation, equality and unity in 35 languages.  HARMONY embraces the belief that training culturally diverse children to perform together benefits the quality of life in our communities and in our world in a tangible way.

Joyce Ketchie Carr has thirty years experience teaching children and youth in choral groups, instrumental ensembles and private instruction.  She also has extensive experience in accompanying choruses, soloists and instrumentalists on both piano and organ. Serving as principal organist in churches for twenty-five years, Ms. Carr is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the American Guild of Organists, and Choristers Guild. She is currently Interim Director of Music Ministry and Organist at Mountain Park United Methodist Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia.