Harmony: Atlanta's International Youth Chorus offers 125 youth 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.

Harmony's staff consists of a music director, an administrative assistant, a percussionist and a volunteer student rehearsal accompanist.  Currently, the administrative assistant position is vacant.  The staff members are as follows:

Joyce Ketchie Carr McDonald 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. McDonald is a member of the American Choral Directors Association and the American Guild of Organists.