About Us
The Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas performing at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center
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Our Mission:
To give Dallas-area children the experience of musical artistry and excellence through choral singing in a group that reflects the area’s diversity.
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The Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas (CCGD) was founded in 1996. The mission of the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas is to give children of the Dallas Metroplex the experience of musical artistry and excellence through choral singing in a group that reflects the diversity of the metropolitan area.
The CCGD Downtown Chorus Program began in 1996 with two treble choruses. Currently, there are six choruses: four treble choruses (fourth through eighth grade girls and boys with unchanged voices); the Women’s Youth Chorus (high school women); and the Youth Chorus (high school men and women). Qualifications are a good voice, a good sense of pitch, and a commitment to regular attendance at rehearsals and performances. Auditions for the Downtown Chorus are normally held in the spring at First United Methodist Church. The choruses rehearse on Monday evenings during the school year in downtown Dallas at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, First United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, and St. Paul United Methodist Church.
The CCGD Neighborhood Chorus Program began in 2007. Currently, there are three choruses: two at the West Dallas Community School (fourth grade girls and boys; fifth grade girls and boys) and one at the St. Mary of Carmel Catholic School (fourth and fifth grade girls and boys). The choruses meet during the school day.
CCGD performs extensively throughout the Dallas area. Three concerts are given annually in the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. CCGD has been the frequent guest of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, serving as the children’s chorus in: Symphony No. 8 by Gustav Mahler; Te Deum by Hector Berlioz; Mass by Leonard Bernstein; and Lord of the Rings Symphony by Howard Shore. In the spring of 2005, CCGD made its Carnegie Hall debut with the DSO in a performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, under the baton of Andrew Litton. In the fall of 2009, the Concert I chorus performed for the opening of the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the Dallas Arts District. The Chorus has also performed with the Orpheus Chamber Singers, the Dallas Bach Society, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, the Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra, the Arts District Chorale, and for the National Public Radio broadcast From the Top.
In 2002, the Concert I chorus performed at the Southwestern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in Houston, TX and the Concert II chorus performed at the national convention of the Organization of American Kodály Educators (OAKE) in San Antonio, TX. In March 2009, the Concert I chorus performed at the national convention of the ACDA in Oklahoma City, OK. In March 2010, the Youth Chorus performed at the national convention of the OAKE in Dallas, TX.
Touring is an integral part of the CCGD program. CCGD performed at the Niagara International Music Festival in Toronto, Canada (summer 2004), the Tuscany International Children’s Music Festival in Italy (summer 2006), the Windy City Choral Festival in Chicago, IL (summer 2008), and toured and performed in Washington, D.C. (summer 2010).
