History of the Chicago Children’s Choir (Zoom Video)

The Hyde Park Historical Society hosted this event on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 2:00pm

The Chicago Children's Choir (CCC) was founded in Hyde Park in 1956 at the First Unitarian Church, where it rehearsed and performed until 1987.CCC relocated within Hyde Park to the Sinai Congregation (on 54th Street near Hyde Park Blvd) until 1994, when it moved downtown to the Chicago Cultural Center. CC was a Hyde Park institution, performing at most annual Wooded Island Festivals, and Hyde Park Art Fairs. CCC was even included on Astrid Fuller's 1973 mural on 57 Street (above), where it stays, although repainted recently as the children no longer don their famous red jackets. CCC alumna and author Sarah Elizabeth Dennis, Ph.D. will discuss her forthcoming book about CCC's first 40 years (1956-1996) of which 31 were spent in Hyde Park. Learn about the Choir's history and its integral position in Hyde Park's history. Many Hyde Parkers were in the choir as children, have heard the choir sing, or knew the people who formed and led the choir over the first decades.