Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas

CCGD's mission is to give Dallas-area children the experience of musical artistry and excellence in a group that reflects the diversity of the Metroplex and to enrich audiences with the best in children's choral literature.

During the course of the year, choristers have the oppurtunity to learn the music of the major periods of Western Civilization - Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and the 20th Century.  Through skilled, beautiful singing, children begin a journey of self-discovery as they learn the music, thoughts and feelings of cultures that span centuries and continents.

Through the rehearsal and performance of distinctive choral literature, the CCGD and YCGD give young people the vocal, musical and artistic skills necessary to express themselves in song.  Choristers receive instruction in how musical elements - melody, rhythm, harmony, timbre, dynamics, form, style, history, and performance practice - work together.  Choristers learn how to use their personal instruments - their bodies and voices - in expressive, artistic ways.  Informed performances transform young singers.  They experience music through singing with their whole beings.  Their relationships to the production of sound  into art, of bodies into instruments, transcend the actual notes and words on the page.  Through singing, they touch the music, and the music touches them.  This experience enriches all those involved in the process, including the avid concertgoer, the parent, and, of course, the child.