CHILDRENS CHORUS OF WASHINGTON
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Mission Statement
The Children's Chorus of Washington nurtures artistic excellence and empowers young singers by celebrating our shared humanity and the value of every voice.
About This Cause
Children’s Chorus of Washington (CCW) provides outstanding music education and performance opportunities for children in grades K-12 in the nation’s capital region, regardless of background, economic status, or prior experience. Through its auditioned ensembles and chorus classes CCW fosters students’ growth as musicians and leaders by emphasizing artistic excellence, personal responsibility, and working together toward a common goal. Internationally recognized and critically acclaimed for its outstanding artistry, CCW collaborates frequently with our community’s leading arts organizations and artists, and maintains an active performance schedule that reaches thousands of audience members in marquee and neighborhood venues across the city and beyond. Each year, over 250 students in Greater Washington benefit directly from CCW instruction. CCW is committed to providing choral music education to the broader DC community through its partnership with DC Public Schools and need-based scholarships for its auditioned ensembles. CCW was founded in 1995 by Joan Gregoryk, and is now under the artistic leadership of Margaret Nomura Clark. CCW made its debut at The Kennedy Center in November 1996 in a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony with The Washington Chorus. Since then, CCW has distinguished itself as one of our country’s premier youth choruses by producing its own concerts, commissioning works by leading composers, partnering with our community’s leading adult choruses and orchestras, and touring nationally and internationally. Recent appearances include WETA’s Songs of the Season, Britten’s War Requiem with National Symphony Orchestra and The Choral Arts Society of Washington at The Kennedy Center; the National Anthem at Nationals Park, and a featured performance in the US Army Band’s American Holiday Festival. CCW is the recipient of numerous grants and awards, including Best Choral Group by the Washington Area Music Awards in 2012, the Greater Washington Area Choral Excellence Award for Best Educational Outreach in 2012 and 2014; an Increased Access to Music Instruction grant from the DC Deputy Mayor for Education in 2016; grantee of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Arts Innovation and Management Program in 2018 and 2020; and one of the best small charities in the Greater Washington region in the 2019/2020 Catalogue for Philanthropy.