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The Chicago Children's Choir
is a multiracial, multicultural choir founded in 1956. It was founded in the neighborhood of Hyde Park in Chicago by the late Rev. Christopher Moore. The choir is located at the Cultural Center at 78 E. Washington Street.
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Organization
The Choir currently serves 2,800 children aged 8–18 through choirs in 45 schools, after-school programs in 8 Chicago neighborhoods. The Choir collaborates regularly with choral, orchestral, opera, theatre and dance organizations, including the
Lyric Opera of Chicago and
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Under artistic director Josephine Lee, the Concert Choir has undertaken national and international tours, performed for such dignitaries as Bill and Hilary Clinton, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama, was featured on the 2007 PBS series From the Top: Live from Carnegie Hall, and received a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award for the 2008 documentary Songs on the Road to Freedom.
Recordings
Chicago Children’s Choir has three studio-recordings: Open Up Your Heart (2004), Sita Ram (2006) and Songs on the Road to Freedom (2008), featuring music from and inspired by the Civil Rights Movement. These recordings are available from Amazon.com, iTunes and www.ccchoir.org.
Tours
Concert Choir tours:
·2009 - South American Tour: Argentina and Uruguay
·2008 - South Korea
·2007 - "Freedom Tour": Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi & Louisiana
·2006 - Czech Republic
·2005 - Japan
·2004 - Canada
·2003 - Germany
·2002 - Japan
·2001 - Germany, Austria & Hungary
·2000 - Colorado
·1999 - England, Scotland & Wales
·1998 - Pacific Northwest & British Columbia
·1997 - Italy, Sicily & Sardinia
·1997 - Ukraine
·1996 - South Africa
·1995 - Canada
·1994 - Russia
·1992 - Japan