Chesapeake Civic Chorus

The Chesapeake Civic Chorus was established in March 1986 by Mrs. Geraldine Boone, an accomplished music educator, choral director, vocalist and pianist. The Chorus works to improve and develop a passion for choral music in Chesapeake. A major way the Chorus reaches the community is by sponsoring two annual concerts in the spring and winter. The Chorus recognizes the importance of music-education for children, and strives to partner with the city to expose children to choral music.

At this time we are reaching to the community and becoming involved with different programs and concerts. We have participated in the City of Chesapeake's Holiday Bass Concert, The Indian River High School Cultural Expression and the Crestwood High School Reunion Celebration. We are partnering with musicians and artist within the City of Chesapeake to provide an enhanced concert experience. Come in and take a listen to what the Chesapeake Civic Chorus has to offer.

Chesapeake Harmony Chorus

Chesapeake Harmony Chorus performs in and around Anne Arundel County. We invite women who may be interested in joining our group to attend our rehearsals and performances

Chesapeake Youth Chorale

Cheshire Community Chorus

Choir singing has never been more popular than it is today. It's a great way to unleash your hidden talents and inner feelings and display them to the world through music. Singing as part of a small community gives people a sense of belonging and transports them into a different world where the pressures of everyday life can be forgotten for a while.

By sharing the gift of singing, not only can it change the lives of the people in a choir, meeting new friends who share a love for music, but it also has the amazing power to change the lives of those who enjoy listening to the beautiful sounds of the human voice.

Our membership is growing fast as the singing bug bites in the local area. Come and have some fun with people who all share a love and passion for singing.

Since the launch of the Bramhall Village Community Choir in September 2010, the choir has grown in numbers and performed for the public at a number of different events in the local area. All the Village Community Choirs learn the same songs and arrangements which enables them to join together for events to create one big community choir.

Cheshiremen Chorus

The Cheshiremen Chorus is the men's performing chorus of the Keene, New Hampshire Chapter of the international "Barbershop Harmony Society" (BHS) - Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America (SPEBSQSA)*. We are the first and oldest chapter in New Hampshire as an affiliate of the BHS and its regional Northeastern District (NED). The NED comprises 45 more chapters throughout the northeast US and maritime Canada. We are proudly recognized as one of the region's premier, original choral organizations by encompassing the Barbershop Harmony Society's vision of "Everyone In Harmony", where men and women are drawn together through their love of the four-part, a cappella, close-harmony style of music known as "Barbershop."

The men of the Cheshiremen Chorus perpetuate the barbershop style of music and the goals of our chapter through a strong, ever-improving music program that provides continuous education to our members through dynamic, entertaining performances on stage, in halls, streets, and fields throughout the towns and cities of our tri-state region of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont - wherever the opportunity exists for wholesome, fun, entertaining, and unplugged vocal harmony.

Chester County Choral Society

The Chester County Choral Society is a community chorus of over 80 auditioned singers that performs a wide variety of sacred and secular choral music. Under the baton of Artistic Director Gary P. Garletts, each year the Society presents two holiday concerts, one spring concert, and a winter Dinner and Song fundraising gala. The Chamber Ensemble sings independent concerts, portions of full chorus concerts, and shares anthems at regional worship services during the summer. CCCS also routinely sings at retirement communities, Chester County Naturalization ceremonies, Longwood Gardens, and the Hagley Museum. To encourage young musicians, the Society annually holds a Vocal Performance Competition for high school seniors. To learn more about CCCS, please explore our website, come to our concerts, and, if you love to sing, contact us to arrange an audition

Chester River Chorale

Since its founding in 1999, the Chester River Chorale (CRC) has evolved into an all-volunteer, eighty-five-voice community chorus. The CRC, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, includes members from several counties on the Upper Eastern Shore, with a range of experience from those with graduate music training to church choir members to "shower-stall singers."

While some experience in choral singing is desirable, there is no requirement either for an audition or the ability to read music. Members range in age from teenagers to octogenarians and come together because they love to sing, to learn new music, and to enhance their skills.

The CRC's repertoire features classical masterworks and other sacred and contemporary music, including Broadway show tunes, spirituals, folk, pop and contemporary classical. The concert schedule includes A Chester River Holiday, a spring concert, and "Independence Forever" to kick off the annual Chestertown Tea Party Festival. The season also includes participation in the National Music Festival.

Chestnut Grove Quartet

From the Chestnut Grove Methodist Church in the mountains of southwest Virginia, this legendary (but little heard outside the region where they live) a cappella quartet has had a profound effect on gospel a cappella singing that far outstrips their local renown, influencing such local luminaries as Ralph Stanley, Doyle Lawson, and Ricky Skaggs, both in repertoire and performance style.

These selections are drawn from albums made by the group during the 60s, 70s, and 80s to capitalize on the enormous popularity of their local radio broadcasts and personal appearances in the mountainous areas of Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia. Stylistically, the quartet springs from the shape note singing schools of their youth and the Stamps-Baxter shape note hymnals so omnipresent in white Protestant churches of rural areas; their four part harmonies and parts singing is as old as the churches where they learned to sing.

Chestnut Street Singers

Based in Center City, the Chestnut Street Singers is a chamber choir committed to active engagement with musical traditions and their evolution. We seek to illuminate commonalities linking the early Renaissance to contemporary practices, integrating canonical repertoire with lesser-known works and augmenting our musicality with creative and irreverent programmin

Cheyenne All-City Children's Chorus

Cheyenne Chamber Singers

The Cheyenne Chamber Singers is an auditioned group of 24 professional singers and gifted amateurs.

Chiaroscuro Men's Chorus

Chiaroscuro Community Men's Chorus is a community men's choral experience for men within driving distance of Lenawee County, Michigan. Our mission is to touch the hearts and minds of our listeners with beautiful expressive singing. We strive for excellence as choral musicians. Members of the chorus represent a diversity of professions and ages, however, all of the men in the group love to sing and enjoy the camaraderie that comes with singing in an all men's group. We are artists-in-residence at Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan.

Chicago A Cappella

Chicago a cappella is a classical vocal ensemble that moves the heart and spirit with fun, innovative concerts. Founded by Jonathan Miller in 1993, Chicago a cappella is recognized as one of the area's most accomplished and innovative vocal ensembles. Spanning a repertoire from Gregorian chant to the Beatles and beyond, the group is known for its performances of early music, vocal jazz, and spirituals, as well as a special focus on music written in the present generation. The ensemble has introduced dozens of works to Chicago audiences for the first time, including commissioned works by Chen Yi and Tania Leon.

Chicago Chamber Choir

The mission of the Chicago Chamber Choir is to create experiences that engage our community in high quality choral art. Our vision is to be Chicago's preeminent avocational choral ensemble through diverse and innovative programming, excellence in artistry, and community enrichment.

The Chicago Chamber Choir's 40 singers come from a variety of backgrounds. Some are professional musicians, others are teachers, and still others have careers in fields as diverse as law and medicine. They are united through their passion for world-class choral singing.

The choir's repertoire is diverse and expansive; each program carefully curated, drawing from the immense collection of choral music throughout history and around the world. CCC has a special interest in contemporary choral music and how it speaks to the lives and values of modern singers and audiences.

The Chicago Chamber Choir is committed to extending our community beyond our singing members to other musicians, community partners, and our audience. We seek to use music to affect positive change in the world. Collaboration, with groups large and small, is part of that identity. Collaborating musical ensembles include CHAI Collaborative Ensemble, Youth Choral Theater of Chicago, and the Lakeview Orchestra. Community partnerships include the Chicago Historical Society and Night Ministry.

Chicago Children's Choir

In 1956 during the Civil Rights Movement, the late Christopher Moore founded the multiracial, multicultural Chicago Children's Choir at Hyde Park's First Unitarian Church. He believed that youth from diverse backgrounds could better understand each other-and themselves-by learning to make beautiful music together. Today's Choir is fully independent and serves all of Chicago from its home in the Chicago Cultural Center. Christopher Moore's vision of a choir combining high artistic standards with a social purpose continues to define the Choir's mission. The Choir currently serves more than 2,800 children, ages 8-18 through choirs in 45 schools, after-school programs in 8 Chicago neighborhoods and the internationally acclaimed Concert Choir. Under Artistic Director Josephine Lee, the Choir has undertaken many highly successful national and international tours, received a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award for the 2008 documentary Songs on the Road to Freedom, and has been featured in nationally broadcast television and radio performances, most recently on NBC's Today show and the 2007 PBS series From the Top: Live from Carnegie Hall.

Chicago Choral Artists

Chicago Choral Artists is an ensemble of dedicated musicians that has been presenting innovative music making to Chicago audiences for over 40 years. CCA continually seeks to present excellent interpretations of engaging repertoire, creating a vibrant thread of music which connects the director, the singers and the audience. CCA programs often feature new commissions and music of indigenous cultures in tandem with fresh interpretations of classic masterworks.

Founded in 1975 as the James Chorale, Chicago Choral Artists has enjoyed many performances here and abroad including programs and interviews on NPR, WBEZ, WFMT, WNIB, and ABC TV. "Tidings of Comfort and Joy" was named one of the best holiday recordings of 1998 by John von Rhein of the Chicago Tribune and also received a glowing review in Fanfare magazine. "Polished elegance. . . atmospheric performance. . . (they) stand out from the crowd." - Lawrence Johnson, Chicago Tribune

Chicago Chorale

Over the last 20 years Chicago Chorale has gained a reputation for sensitive, thought-provoking performances of great music throughout the city. Led by Artistic Director Bruce Tammen, the 60-voice ensemble performs repertoire from the sixteenth century to the present day, from well-loved choral works to overlooked masterpieces - but always music that stimulates and engages its singers and audiences

Chicago Community Chorus

The Chicago Community Chorus is Chicago's premier non-audition choral ensemble whose membership and repertoire reflect the rich diversity that is Chicago. Performing the works of the great classical composers to the music of contemporary songwriters the Chicago Community Chorus has performed everywhere from Chicago's renowned concert halls to small local venues. Our mission is to provide high quality music education and performance opportunities to everybody who loves to sing!

Chicago Fire

Original Tenor: Helen Giallombardo. Helen left prior to Regional Contest 1990 and was replaced by Amy Brinkman, youngest sister of Bass, Bonnie Fedyski. With the Wild Card position for International Contest 1990, Amy competed at International and won her crown without ever winning a Quartet Regional First place medal.

Original Baritone: Joan Melling (Lead of The Tiffanys). Joan left after Regional Contest 1990 and was replaced by Bonnie (Big Bon) Pressley 12 weeks before International. With the Wild Card position for International Contest 1990, Bon competed at International and also won her crown without ever winning a Quartet Regional medal of any kind.

Chicago Gay Men's Chorus

CGMC is an inclusive, community-based performing arts org. that creates musical experiences to entertain & enlighten, inspire change, & build community.

Chicago Mass Choir

With the soulful force of a traditional gospel choir and a heart filled with Praise & Worship, the Chicago Mass Choir has thrilled audiences around the globe with its penetrating vocals, dynamic musicianship, and stirring messages of hope and encouragement.

The Chicago Mass Choir has had no less than sixteen albums reach the Billboard gospel charts. It has garnered two Grammy, three Dove, and more than ten Stellar Award nominations. In 2012 and 2015, the Chicago Music Awards named it the city's Best Traditional Choir. The group has appeared on several television programs, including BET's Bobby Jones Gospel, Windy City Live and the Allstate Gospel Super Fest. In 2003, the choir sang "Pressing On" for the Grammy-nominated album, Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs of Bob Dylan.

Chicago Master Singers

Chicago Master Singers (CMS), an Illinois not-for-profit organization, was founded in 1979 as The New Oratorio Singers. Under the guidance of founding director Thomas Wikman, the chorus' goal was to perform concerts in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago and bring great music to audiences outside the cultural center of the city.

Over the years, CMS has refined and expanded its artistic mission to include the presentation of great choral works at the highest artistic level for the cultural enrichment of its members and the communities it serves. From 1989 to 2020, the chorus was under the artistic direction of Alan Heatherington, and during this time CMS expanded its annual performances from three to six, grew to a membership of 140 singers and diversified its venues to include performance sites throughout metropolitan Chicago. Divine Word Chapel at Techny Towers in Northbrook became a regular performance location.

Chicago Metro Chorus

The Chicago Metro chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, in one form or another, has been providing harmony and a place to sing in the Barbershop style for the past 75 years .To celebrate this achievement they will be presenting a musical event on National Barbershop Quartet Day, Sunday April 11 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Marie's Pizza located at 4127 West Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL. The event will be held behind the building outside in a beautiful piazza. Although this event is being presented outsude attendees and aparticipants will be required to wear a face coverning excpet concuning food or beverages.

Chicago News

The Chicago News experienced a meteoric rise in International Barbershop annals -- from finalists to second-place medalists to the coveted International Champion gold medals in only three years! This feat was not due to luck, for these were seasoned performers in prominent quartets before forming the Chicago News. The NEWS have had the pleasure of singing hundreds of shows from coast to coast in the U.S., Canada and in Europe. They've been heard and seen on the nation's radio and T.V. stations, including the Phil Donahue Show. Along the way they have shared the stage with such famous singing groups as the HILOS, the Kingston Trio, the Four Freshmen, the King Singers and the Singers Unlimited before hanging up their pitchpipe in 1985. The idea of a possible redux grew several years ago when they came out of retirement at the request of a Florida chapter to do a show honoring the NEWS, immediately followed by another show at the famous Chicago Theater for the Chicagoland Association of Barbershop Chapters.

Chicago Symphony Chorus

Chicago Voice Exchange

CVX is an entertaining award-winning five-member a cappella group based in Chicago. CVX is a three -time winner of the Midwest Harmony Sweepstakes competition, and has entertained crowds at venues such as sports events (Cubs, Sox and Bulls games, the World Cup), holiday events, festivals, industry conferences and bake sales.

One of the first actions of the group was to argue long and hard about what the name of the group should be. There were a whole host of possible names: WeWopDoo (from Peter Harlan, master of cheese), New Caboose, Vox Populi, Digital Voice Exchange, Five Guys named Moe, etc. Eventually, a compromise was reached with Chicago Voice Exchange. Hurrah.

Chicora Voices

Based in historic downtown Greenville, Chicora Voices offers an exciting program of rehearsals, concerts, social events, community service and travel opportunities. In addition to Chicora Voices' own concerts, the choirs collaborate with other choirs and orchestras in the region and nation. Chicora Voices has been featured in performances at Carnegie Hall; the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, SC; Holiday at Peace; the Greenville Symphony Orchestra and Greenville Chorale productions; the Children in Harmony Festival at Walt Disney World; and recent tours in New York City, Washington, DC, and Orlando, Florida.

Founding directors, Alan Reed and Laura Jean Reed provide musical leadership for the program. Alan and Jeanie have directed successful choirs of young people in the Upstate for over thirty years and are committed to making Chicora Voices a great fit for young people who love to sing.

Chiefs Of Staff

There's a nice close-up photo of one of the gold medals won in 1988 by this quartet from Des Plaines, IL on the back of 'Solid Gold,' and it's a beautiful thing-an apt match for the beauty of the performance that it takes to win one of them! There's also some great pix of the guys in Irish green outfits, in WWI military uniforms and in a nice group picture. 12 songs, some favorites: 'Looking at the World Through Rose Colored Glasses,' 'What Kind Of Fool Am I,' the very funny 'I Used To Call Her Baby/Baby Face/I Want A Girl Medley,' 'It's A Great Day for the Irish/It's A Long Way to Tipperary/MacNamara's Band Medley,' 'They Were All Out Of Step But Jim,' 'Lonesome, That's All,' Ricky Nelson's 'Mary Lou' and 'Kiss Me One More Time.' 'Solid Gold' is a finely-crafted, spirited collection from a hugely talented quartet who were named 1988's International Champs!

Children's Choir of Central Virginia

The Children's Choir of Central Virginia was established to serve children and youth from Charlottesville and Crozet, as well as surrounding cities and towns. Our goal is to provide a full range of youth choir programs for ages six to eighteen.

We hope to regularly host a children's choir festival, invite well-respected and established clinicians to work with the youth choir, and offer professional development opportunities for other choral music educators. The children will have the opportunity for local, national, and international tours.

Children's Chorus of Maryland

To truly and fully enjoy making music with others, singers want to be fluent in the language of music, as well as in vocal training. Choral music education, especially for children, should always lead to music literacy (the ability to read and write music). We believe that music literacy is a basic tool of self-expression and enjoyment that everyone can enjoy

Children's Chorus of Rio Rancho

Children's Chorus of Rio Rancho is introducing the next generation to the merits of collaborative music, nurturing a love and respect for an interactive musical experience, and providing an inclusive environment where they can experience the joy of creating and sharing music with singers of all backgrounds, styles, cultures, orientations, abilities, identities and their community.

Children's Chorus of Springfield

Children's Chorus of Washington

Now in its 15th year Anniversary season, the Children's Chorus of Washington (CCW) has taken its place among the finest children's choral ensembles in the country, and is recognized for its program and artistic excellence. CCW comprises three performing ensembles and its 170 young singers, ages 9-18, represent over 100 public and private schools in the greater Washington, DC area.

In response to requests from parents, Founder and Artistic Director Joan Gregoryk established this outstanding performance-based choral music education program for children from the greater Washington area in 1996. In Europe, the tradition of children's choral music is centuries old. In the United States, the artistry embodied in the voices of children and the rich musical literature written for them has only been recently been recognized.

Childrensong of New Jersey

ChildrenSong of New Jersey founded and directed by Polly Murray, is a choral music education and performance program based in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Established in 2000, the program serves children in three choirs between the ages of 8 and 18 from Camden, Burlington, and Gloucester counties. The organization's mission is to provide quality music instruction with the goal of attaining the highest level of artistic excellence in choral music performance.

The Choir endeavors to enrich the lives of children from all religious, racial, cultural, and economic backgrounds. A special effort is made to serve children who have limited opportunities for such experiences due to the circumstances of their schooling. Need-based scholarships are available.

Children’s Choir of Texas

Ching Ching Chorus

Ching Ching Chorus has been singing beautiful music and performing in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1981. The chorus covers a range of repertoire from classical to contemporary. Membership is open to any person with a passion for singing.

Chisholm Trail Chorus

Our unique blend of 4-part acappella harmony in the barbershop style fills our hearts and souls like no other musical genre. We offer leadership and educational opportunities as well as spectacular performance and entertainment possibilities.

Choir Bar

Not only do we believe that everyone can sing, we believe that everyone should sing. There's no sheet music, no judgment, no solos and no pressure. We're here to sing alongside the best people on Earth.

Choir of the Sound

Choir of the Sound is a Puget Sound community choir, performing primarily in Shoreline and Seattle.

Established in 1977, Choir of the Sound blends music, talents, and passion to provide exceptional performances for our community. Choir of the Sound is routinely recognized for its impressive performances of major choral works and other classical music, which it presents each year in its Winter concert. In addition, the choir uses a unique blend of staging, lighting, and choreography to turn its Holiday and Spring Pops shows into musical-theater-style productions.

Choir of Trinity Wall Street

Performing contemporary gospel with a touch of jazz and blues, The World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir is synonymous with power vocals, glorious sound and infectious energy. For over two decades they have been America's premier gospel choir and have toured the globe thrilling audiences with the inspirational power of black gospel music.

Deeply rooted in the history of the African-American slave trade, black gospel music can be traced back to the 1700s when African slaves brought their unique African musical heritage to America and combined it with their new faith - Christianity. Out of the hardship and the trials of slavery, this unique musical tradition came to be, and forever changed music as we know it. Blues, Soul, and Rock-and-Roll...they all have origins in black gospel music. Harlem Gospel Choir presents modern gospel classics as performed in the black churches of Harlem today.

Harlem Gospel Choir have performed alongside superstars such as Bono, Diana Ross, The Gorillaz, Andre Rieu, Damon Albarn, Pharrell Williams and most recently with JamieXX, Raury, KBS Korean Traditional Music Orchestra and Lang Lang, Lou Gramm of Foreigner, Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, Sia, Yolanda Adams, The 1975, Ibeyi, Nile Rodgers, Kathy Sledge and at the 2018 Grammy Award Show with Sam Smith. They have performed for three Presidents (President Obama, President Carter and President Nelson Mandela), two Popes (Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI), Ban Ki-Moon, and the UN General Assembly. They have recorded with Keith Richards, The Chieftains, and Trace Adkins among others.

Harlem Gospel Choir embodies the spirit of American Gospel. Every concert is infectiously enthusiastic; a roller coaster ride of singing and dancing; a gospel celebration! The Choir's rich harmonies & dynamic sound are "UNFETTERED & JOYOUS". Their harmonious songs of love and hope and inspiration will touch the depths of your soul, lift your spirit, and take your breath away!

Choir School of Delaware

A unique after-school program that combines professional choral training, piano & voice lessons, leadership development, academic tutoring, and mentoring

Choir School of Newport County

An innovative partnership of Emmanuel Church, Trinity Church and the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Newport, for all of Newport County, Rhode Island

Choo Choo Chorus

Welcome to the Choo Choo Chorus, a place to join in song, fellowship, and fun! We are 30+ male voices blended in four-part barbershop harmony with romantic melodies and entertaining humor that appeal to a wide variety of audiences.

The Choo Choo Chorus is the performing unit of the Chattanooga Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. While preserving and expanding the presence of barbershop harmony in the greater Chattanooga area, we also try to encourage harmony in local affairs. We sing for Memorial Day and Veterans Day at the National Cemetery, at nursing homes and retirement centers, for special events like the grand opening of the remodeled Chattanooga City Hall, etc., mostly for free. We earn our operating budget by singing at events like private parties or corporate events, and we put on a Christmas show every year for the benefit of a local charity. Singing Valentines and our annual shows are our major fundraisers.

We also compete twice a year with other choruses from Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.

Chopin Singing Society

The Society was founded in 1899 by Boleslaus Michalski, a Polish immigrant, who served as organist at St. Adalbert's Basilica. It was there that the Society first found a home. The Society soon moved to its own premises located at 1210 Broadway. Subsequently, it purchased property at 18-24 Kosciuszko Street where it was located for over sixty years.

The Society was incorporated as a cultural and educational Society in 1914. The incorporators were Joseph Dulski, father of former Congressman Thaddeus Dulski (also a Chopin member) and Lawrence Nagowski, long-time treasurer of the Society. From that period until 1949 the Society enjoyed growth and a high level of excellence in its choral work. In 1912, the Society won first place as best men's chorus in the International Singers' Alliance Competition. In 1990, the choir won first place as best overall Chorus.

Chor Anno

Chor Anno is a mixed choir of 32 singers, most of whom direct choirs in schools, colleges, and churches in four northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Wyoming. It was fun coming up with a name for this group and we admit it's a slight stretch with the Latin translation to say "Chor Anno" means "The annual choir." So, we argue...it's a name, not a translation!

Chora Nova

Since its founding in 2006, sixty-voice Chora Nova has become an important part of the San Francisco Bay Area's cultural fabric. Based in Berkeley, California, it is known as a chorus that presents innovative programs featuring a mix of well-known and unusual works. Our singers come from all parts of the San Francisco Bay region and from all walks of life. This diverse group has grown in skill and quality under the leadership of Dr. Paul Flight, who has been it Artistic Director since its inception. The chorus presents three concerts per year, in November, March, and May. Auditions are required for entry into the chorus

Choral Aires Chorus

Choral-Aires is an a cappella barbershop chorus of more than 100 energetic women ranging in age from 20's to 80's and all with diverse backgrounds, careers and interests. We're teachers, business women, nurses, students, artists and retirees. We're single women, wives, mothers and grandmothers! We garden, quilt, sing in a band, volunteer and travel all over the world. Some of us even hunt for Bigfoot! We differ in many ways. What brings us together? Is it the music? Friendships? The sparkly costumes? Absolutely! But most of all it's the exhilaration of doing something we love, the satisfaction of doing it exceptionally well, and the joy of sharing it with others.

Choral Art Society of New Jersey

Choral Art Society of New Jersey originated as The Suburban Symphony Chorus in September of 1962 under the direction of Peter Sozio. In September 1963, Evelyn Bleeke became director and in 1964 the chorus formed an independent organization under its present name and has grown in membership, earning the accolades of the public and critics since its beginning. Mrs. Bleeke served the organization as Director for 32 years prior to her retirement in May of 1995. She was followed by Thomas Booth and Kathleen Healy-Wedsworth and most recently James S. Little, who served for 14 years. In 2012, as the group progressed into its second half-century of singing, Martin Sedek was appointed Music Director.

The chorus is a group of avocational singers dedicated to the study and performance of the great choral masterpieces, performing works spanning many centuries and styles. Most of the major oratorios, cantatas, and masses of the master composers have been presented during its fifty-two years. The group's diverse performances include Orff's Carmina Burana, Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Handel's Solomon, and most recently, one of the first U.S performances of Bob Chilcott's Requiem. Each year the chorus sponsors a community Messiah sing at the beginning of the Christmas season for the enrichment of the community.

Choral Art Society of the South Shore

The Choral Art Society of the South Shore - a welcoming, non-auditioned chorus-engages, inspires, and enriches its members and greater community by pursuing excellence in our wide-ranging and challenging musical programs.

The Choral Art Society of the South Shore welcomes singers of all ages, with a wide range of musical experience. Though formal training in music is helpful, it is not a requirement to sing.

Choral Artists of Michigan

The CAM Chamber Singers are comprised of local vocal music artists that sing professionally throughout the communities of Metro Detroit; members are drawn from the choristers of the Michigan Opera Theatre and paid choral scholars. This ensemble performs choral masterworks and features new works by living composers. The Community Chorus is a choral ensemble open to community members that are passionate about the choral art. The choir enrolls a diverse membership, and they perform varied works.