Chapel Hill Choral Club Records, 1925-1966 (bulk 1948-1963)

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Chapel Hill Choral Club Records, 1925-1966 (bulk 1948-1963)

The Chapel Hill Choral Club operated under the aegis of the Music Department of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Its members were drawn from both the University and the surrounding communities. From 1949 to 1963, Joel Carter, a professor in the Music Department was the Club's musical director. The collection contains rosters of singers, attendance records, practice schedules, local newspaper clippings, lists of new arrivals to the area, miscellaneous letters, and event programs, with the contents varying somewhat for each musical season.

About 500 items (0.5 linear feet)

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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 (1...

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