ABOUT CCGD
Beginning our 26th season, Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas will officially be known as the Dallas Symphony Children's Chorus.
We have recently celebrated our 25 years as one of America’s largest and most prestigious youth choral programs, and has served as the official children’s chorus of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
CCGD is dedicated to providing Dallas-area young people with opportunities to study and perform choral music at the highest level of artistic excellence, in a group that reflects the region’s ethnic and economic diversity. Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas (CCGD) is one of America’s largest and most prestigious youth choral programs, and serves as the official children’s chorus of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. CCGD is dedicated to providing Dallas-area young people with opportunities to study and perform choral music at the highest level of artistic excellence, in a group that reflects the region’s ethnic and economic diversity. CCGD’s eight choral ensembles serve more than 450 children and teens in grades 4–12, drawn from 48 communities throughout a 33-mile radius of downtown Dallas. Approximately 4,500 patrons annually attend CCGD’s Deloitte Concert Series, held at Dallas’ world-class Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center.
Founded in 1997 by eight Dallas musicians, CCGD was conceived to provide area youth with a forum to excel as choral musicians in their own right and to serve as a quality resource for the Dallas music community. Heralded by Dallas Symphony Music Director Jaap van Zweden as “…one of the best [children’s choruses] I’ve ever heard,” CCGD enjoys a reputation for artistic excellence within the classical music community as well as among audiences at home and abroad. In addition to appearing regularly with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra since 1997, CCGD has performed locally alongside the Dallas Bach Society, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Orpheus Chamber Singers, the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, and more. CCGD’s tours have resulted in performances in such prestigious venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center, London’s Southwark Cathedral, St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, and the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
