CBA Ode to Joy

DEPAUL COMMUNITY CHORUS

Founded in 1989 and directed by Stephen Blackwelder, the DCC is a true “community” chorus comprised of 140 singers of all ages, ethnicities, spiritual perspectives, and varying levels of musical experience. The wide range of repertoire performed includes choral literature of the great composers from the 16th century to the present and also folk songs, spirituals, and music from stage and screen. The DePaul Community Chorus is part of DePaul University’s Community Music Division, which is dedicated to providing the highest quality music instruction to all interested individuals regardless of age, ability, cultural or national origin, or financial circumstance. In addition to their annual appearances at Christmas at DePaul, the DCC presents three concert performances each year in the DePaul Concert Hall (including one choral masterwork with full orchestra). In past seasons the Chorus has performed Mozart’s Requiem and C Minor Mass , Haydn’s Creation and Mass in Time of War , Mendelssohn’s Elijah , Brahms’ Requiem , Beethoven’s Mass in C , Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms , and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana –all with professional soloists and orchestra. The DCC has appeared at Symphony Center, the Shedd Aquarium, the Daley Center Plaza Noontime Concerts Series, and sung with the DePaul University Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Margaret Hillis. If you are interested in joining the DePaul Community Chorus or attending future concerts, please visit our website at www.depaulcommunitychorus.org to learn more.

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