In 2011 when I was in the 5th grade I was in the PS.22 choir from Staten Island and we performed at the oscars and the Oprah show the next day with Katy Perry. I would like to talk about how my experience in this choir gave me purpose and molded me into the person I am today. My question is do colleges even care about something you did when you were 10?
Colleges care about the way you write, not so much about the subject.
What an amazing accomplishment. Have you kept up with your music? Did that event spark you to further your interest in music?
I think that the essay is a wonderful opportunity to give the admissions counselor a little taste of just who you are, and why you would be an asset to his or her college community.
But writing about something that happened when you were 10 seems like a lost opportunity. Ten year old you is NOT the same person as 17 year old you, the person who is applying.
Unless you can tie that experience into the young adult applying for admission, I would choose something else.
I have nothing to add, but my choir teacher kept on showing us videos of your old choir in class (Just Dance, Fireflies). Extremely impressive. Good luck on your essay.
Use it as the starting point of your essay, the propeller to your life’s narrative - 80% of your essay should focus on what happened next and who you are/what you do today.