This summer, he'd like to teach the world to sing.

Allred, the University of Utah's director of choral activities, wants the fledgling institute to grow into a major event like the Berkshire Choral Festival, which draws singers from around the globe to Massachusetts.

His dream: to build an internationally recognized program for singers who'll spend a week learning one masterwork and then get the chance to perform with an orchestra. Workshops are built on the premise that many of those who enjoyed choral singing in school still want to blend their voices in a thrilling Mass or luscious Broadway chorus.

In the institute's second year, that dream is already starting to build. Program offerings have expanded, registration has grown and attendees are coming from as far away as Lebanon and Slovenia.

This summer's offerings include three-day sessions in June, July and August, each ending with a public concert at the U.'s Libby Gardner Concert Hall. Themes vary from Broadway show tunes and world folk music to the requiems of Gabriel Fauré and John Rutter. Other offerings include regular Tuesday evening singing sessions, where participants will sing major choral works, and a one-week conducting workshop.

Sheryl Frye and Nancy Jonas are coming back for their second year to attend the "Lullaby of Broadway" session. "We fell in love with the choral institute and with having Brady as a conductor," said Frye, a resident of El Dorado Hills, Calif. "We had such a great time, we just had to come back."

Of the institute's expanded offerings, one of the most intriguing is the "Folk Music From Around the World" session, geared toward families.

The session will offer choral training for third- to eighth-grade students, with the help of Salt Lake City's Madeleine Choir School. And at the final concert, attendees will sing international folk music in various languages, including Ariel Ramirez's "Misa Criolla," a Spanish setting of the Mass text.

Paul Meers, who teaches at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, will teach classes in Arabic vocal music literature and techniques. He learned about the institute through the Internet.

But he won't be the only participant coming from the other side of the globe. After Allred taught a choral-conducting seminar in Slovenia last year, one of the participants made plans to attend the conducting seminar and folk-music session in Utah.

"I like being reminded that one of the purposes of choral singing is to bring music to more people," said Kerrin Gates, a choral-music professional who helps organize the fledgling institute. "It's great to see the enjoyment it brings to people's lives to sing the songs they love and experience new challenges. They see what's possible, and they feel happy in their sense of accomplishment."

Lift every voice

The 2008 Salt Lake Choral Artists Summer Choral Institute is open to conductors, choral-music teachers and singers of all ages.

* Session 1, Thursday to Saturday: "The Lullaby of Broadway" - for adult and high-school-age singers. Salt Lake City singer Margo Watson will be the featured soloist. Includes a performance accompanied by stage combo Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Libby Gardner Hall.

* Session 2, July 10-13: "Folk Music from Around the World" - family session. (Children's choir and high-school choir session begin July 8 and include full-day and half-day options.) Includes performances July 12 at 7:30 p.m. in Libby Gardner and July 13 at 3 p.m. as part of the Cathedral of the Madeleine's Spanish Mass. Accompaniment is by an ensemble of Latin American folk instruments.

* Session 3, Aug. 7-9: "Requiems of Fauré and John Rutter" - for adult and high-school-age singers. Includes a performance accompanied by chamber orchestra Aug. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Libby Gardner.

* Session 4, June 10, July 8 and 15, and Aug 5: "Choral Masterworks Reading Sessions." Includes read-through performances of Orff's "Carmina Burana," Haydn's "Lord Nelson" Mass, Poulenc's "Gloria," Duruflé's Requiem and opera choruses.

* Choral Conducting Workshop, July 7-11: Rehearsal techniques and choral conducting skills taught by Allred.

* For prices and information, call 801-942-1434 or visit www. saltlakechoralartists.org.