CPCC Music from the Best of Broadway, June '09

The Columbia Pike Community Chorus (CPCC) was established  in  2004 with a vision to provide an opportunity for people of all ethnicities, belief systems and musical abilities to come together with their neighbors in an experience that would promote harmony, friendship and fun.  Open to all, with or without vocal training, the Chorus welcomes new and returning singers from around the metropolitan area.  Since its inception, the CPCC has performed in 15 concerts, including six The World Sings… programs of global music reflecting the ethnic diversity of this area; two Black Heritage Museum of Arlington benefit concerts, Songs of the Soul and Changed My Name; An Evening With Amadeus with the Arlington United Methodist Church orchestra; A Celebration of Mozart with the McLean Youth Orchestra; Holiday on the Pike at the Arlington Cinema ‘n’ Drafthouse; the first annual Taste of the Pike international festival; A Place for YOUth, a Children’s Defense Fund benefit; the Christmas portion of Messiah; and Music from the Best of Broadway.  They have had as their guests the Washington-Lee High School Madrigals, the Arlingtones Barbershop Chorus, and many area soloists and instrumentalists. 

 

MusiKids The World Sings December, ‘08

The Columbia Pike MusiKids

In 2007, the Columbia Pike MusiKids was established to provide a musical community and venue for young music-lovers.  Participation is open to children in grades K through 5; no auditions are required.  The MusiKids have performed here four times to date, in The World Sings Peace and The World Sings December with the CPCC, A Place for YOUth with five other area youth and children’s choirs, and most recently Music from the Best of Broadway.