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Neighborhood Chicago Children's Choirs Sing at Bethel UCC June 3
All are invited when the Austin and Englewood Neighborhood Choirs of the CCC join Bethel musicians and congregation for worship June 3.
Bethel United Church of Christ in Elmhurst invites you to join us on Sunday, June 3 at 10 a.m. when the Austin and Englewood Neighborhood Choirs of the renowned Chicago Children’s Choir join the Bethel congregation for a morning of festive and uplifting worship in a service of unity through word and music themed One Body, One Spirit, One Chicago. Young people from the neighborhood choirs, under the direction of Keshena Luckett and Lonnie Norwood Jr. and accompanied by Bethel musicians, will sing throughout the service, inspiring worshipers with selections from a variety of musical genres including world music, spirituals and contemporary songs. Everyone is invited to join choir members, their families and the Bethel congregation for brunch following this special service.
Bethel United Church of Christ is located at 315 E. St. Charles Rd. in Elmhurst. Church facilities are fully accessible, and parking is available behind the church. Please enter from St. Charles Rd. or Huntington Lane off Poplar. Call the church at 630-279-4040 for more information.
Founded as a single choir in Hyde Park at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in 1956, today Chicago Children’s Choir (CCC) serves 4,800 youth who represent all 57 Chicago zip codes. The CCC’s mission is to unite youth from diverse backgrounds to become global citizens through music. Over the past 61 years, that simple yet powerful mission has grown exponentially, with programs in 85 city schools, 10 neighborhoods, an ensemble for boys with changing voices and the world-renowned Voice of Chicago.
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Under President and Artistic Director Josephine Lee, Chicago Children’s Choir has undertaken many highly successful national and international tours, most recently to Italy, Cuba, India and South Africa, and has been featured in nationally broadcast television and radio performances, including NBC’s Today, Oprah and the PBS series From the Top: Live from Carnegie Hall and was featured in the Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award-winning documentary Songs on the Road to Freedom (2008).
CCC regularly collaborates with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago and Ravinia Festival as well as Yo-Yo Ma, Eddie Vedder and Chance the Rapper on his Grammy Award winning mixtape, Coloring Book.
