The Chapel Hill Choral Club was founded in 1921 under the auspices of the Chapel Hill Community Club. In the early 1930s, the Community Club allowed the Music Department of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill to assume overall direction of the Choral Club. In practice, this meant that the musical director was from the Department, the president was from Chapel Hill, and the singers were from the University as well as surrounding communities. From 1949 to 1963, Professor Joel Carter (1913-2000) was the Club's musical director.
From the guide to the Chapel Hill Choral Club Records, 1925-1966 (bulk 1948-1963), (Southern Historical Collection)