About Us
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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.
Our Focus:
Children in grades 4 -12 · Artistic Excellence · Diversity · Community
Our Structure:
400 children and youth in 8 downtown and neighborhood choruses
Our Music:
Comes from across the ages, around the world and many languages
We Sing:
Locally, nationally and internationally
Our Performances:
Concerts at the Meyerson Symphony Center, in collaboration with other professional arts groups such as Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Wind Symphony, Dallas Bach Society, Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra and at local, national and international venues such as Carnegie Hall, the Vatican, Chicago’s Symphony Hall and Toronto’s Skydome
The Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas was founded in 1996. The mission of CCGD 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 Downtown Chorus consists of four children’s choruses (fourth through eighth grade girls and boys with unchanged voices) and the Youth Chorus (SATB high school students). 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. They rehearse on Monday evenings during the school year at First United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, and Cathedral Guadalupe in downtown Dallas. TheNeighborhood Chorus consists of three children’s choruses of third through sixth grade girls and boys at St. Mary of Carmel Catholic School and the West Dallas Community School.
The Chorus performs extensively throughout the Dallas area. It 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 Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony. In the spring of 2005, the Chorus made its Carnegie Hall debut with the DSO in a performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, under the baton of Andrew Litton. The Chorus has also performed with the Dallas Bach Society, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, the Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra, and for the NPR broadcast From the Top.
In the spring of 2002, the Concert I chorus performed for the Southwestern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in Houston, TX and the Concert II chorus performed for the National Convention of the Organization of American Kodály Educators in San Antonio, TX. The Chorus performed at the Niagara International Music Festival in Toronto, Canada (summer 2004), the Tuscany International Children’s Music Festival in Italy (summer 2006), and the Windy City Choral Festival in Chicago, IL (summer 2008). In March 2009, the Concert I chorus was honored to perform at the national convention of the ACDA in Oklahoma City, OK.
Maintaining our tradition of vocal excellence, superb musical direction, and artistic innovation requires a strong fiscal and administrative base. Tuition, ticket sales, and concert fees cover nearly two thirds of CCGD’s operating costs. The remaining needs are met through generous gifts, grants, and donations.
We welcome your participation in this important arts endeavor that provides lasting value to our community and our youth. For more information, please call 214–965–0491.
