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Community Chorus of Detroit

The CCD is Metro Detroit's dynamic, independent chorus. The CCD is currently a State of Michigan non-profit corporation with federal 501c3 status.

Welcoming singers from 30+ zip codes, we build community and invigorate our city through great choral music. The Community Chorus of Detroit is dedicated to serving the Metro-Detroit area, with an emphasis on the city of Detroit, by providing opportunities for the enjoyment of musical excellence to a community of both choristers and audience members, richly diverse in every way. The CCD is committ

ed to maintaining the highest levels of artistic and professional integrity through its selection of great music, its leadership and organizational development, its rigorous expectations, and its outreach, while providing an outstanding overall experience for its choristers. Our History

The Community Chorus of Detroit was founded in 2010, when the current CCD coordinator, Diane Linn, contacted renowned University of Michigan professor, Dr. Jerry Blackstone, Conducting Department Chair at U-M, to offer her vision of a community chorus in Detroit, to be conducted by a graduate student in choral conducting from the university. It is of note that the U-M conducting program, under Dr. Blackstone’s leadership, is regarded as the premier graduate-level conducting program in the US. Dr. Blackstone put Diane in contact with Joseph Baldwin at Northwestern University, who would begin work on his graduate studies in choral conducting at U-M in the fall of 2010. Joseph’s experience and interests were ideal for the position, and over the summer Joseph and Diane planned for the new chorus – initially named the Detroit Waldorf Community Chorus – and a fall concert program, to culminate in two holiday concerts at the Detroit Waldorf School in Detroit’s historic Indian Village. Joseph and Diane were in complete agreement about establishing a standard of excellence for the chorus in all areas, musical and organizational, that would allow it to become a great musical ensemble. The Detroit community enthusiastically embraced the idea of the new chorus from the start, with a full complement of singers and great attendance for the CCD’s inaugural concerts. While the chorus draws from a wide geographic area including the entire city of Detroit and many of its suburbs, with some members driving an hour to attend rehearsals, the group is proud to be located in and making a difference in the city of Detroit. The chorus is warmly welcoming, with a membership that is representative of the larger community – diverse in every way possible – and through music, the harmony in this diversity creates a meaningful bond of friendship. The original vision of a community chorus that would grow to become a major musical presence offering the finest in choral music in Metro Detroit has resulted in a dynamic collaboration that now includes an outstanding, professional-level group of volunteer staff members, and – singing in the heart of Detroit – a community chorus whose energy and future know no bounds.

08/23/2026

Random “waiting” photos…..2026 Spring Concert….both singers and ticket holders. Yes, we are all secretly waiting for the first Fall rehearsal in September 13, 2026 at 1:30pm.

08/22/2026

Dress rehearsal…2026 Spring Concert
Blink!! The expectation of a long summer break! Blink!!! See you soon!

08/21/2026

Collaboration, folders, stretching, ready! Rehearsal time!

08/20/2026

Not that you want to think “snow” while you enjoy the last days of August…

Sheet Music: https://beckenhorstpress.com/in-the-bleak-midwinter-fo...

08/19/2026

A recommendation from CCD Director Dr. Maki-Schramm for your November calendar.

We're hitting the road soon to start our 26/27 season! Head to our website for more details and we hope to see you at one of our concerts!

08/18/2026

As the new 2026-27 College year begins….CCD wishes all good things to our Cass Tech graduates on their new adventures…..and may they include music! We are looking for weekly updates on their progress from their moms.
A special thanks to our CCD alto, Janet Brown, for her guidance to our High School CCD singers for all of the past years.

08/17/2026

Remembering our 2025 Christmas Concert…..from tickets to reception.
Wonderful conducting and singing.
A full house audience!
See you all again in 2026!

concert

08/16/2026

Four more weeks!!!
See you at CCD’s first fall rehearsal!
September 13, 2026 1:30-4pm
Christ Church Detroit
New to CCD? The first two practices are “Open Rehearsals”. Come try us out before you pay your registration fee.

08/15/2026

Who?? Dr. Mark Gizzard from Illinois State University, where he is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Music Theory and Choral Studies
He is known for his many popular arrangements for choral groups.

CCD will be singing his “How Great Our Joy” for our 2026 Christmas Concert. Will you like him?
Give it a listen…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaX1Vy_Ea0w

And his credentials?

DMA Choral Music.

University of Illinois
Urbana, IL
MM Choral Conducting

Illinois State University
Normal, IL
MM Composition

Illinois State University
Normal, IL
BA Music, Composition

Millikin University
Decatur, IL

08/14/2026

2026 Spring Concert Reception Clean-Up!
Thank you!!!!

Address

Detroit, MI

Telephone

+13133318406

Website

http://www.communitychorusofdetroit.com/

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