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1966 \u2013 The Joint Music Program is founded by CMC, HMC, and Scripps College with the establishment of the Concert Choir, combining the CMC\/HMC Stag Glee Club and the Scripps College Chorus Club<\/span><\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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1968 \u2013 Pitzer College enters the Joint Music Program<\/p>\n

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Concert Choir ca. 1970<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1976 \u2013 The Chamber Choir is founded<\/p>\n

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Claremont Concert Choir ca. 1978<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1979 \u2013 The Claremont Chamber Orchestra is founded<\/p>\n

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Claremont Chamber Orchestra ca. 1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1996 \u2013 The Claremont Chamber Orchestra becomes the Claremont Concert Orchestra<\/p>\n

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Claremont Concert Orchestra ca. 2005<\/p>\n

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Claremont Concert Orchestra and Concert Choir ca. 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Claremont Treble Singers replaces the Claremont Chamber Choir in 2018<\/p>\n

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The Choirs and Orchestra of the Joint Music Program perform Beethoven\u2019s 9th Symphony for the 20th Anniversary of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center \/ 60th Anniversary of Garrison Theater in December, 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Photo credit for 2 images above: Esther Mukai 2023<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Directors in the Joint Music Program<\/p>\n

Directors in the Joint Music Program<\/p>\n

1935-1960 \u2013 Doris Caster, Director, Scripps College Choral Club<\/p>\n

Prior to 1960 \u2013 Louis Ronfeldt, Director, CMC Stag Glee Club<\/p>\n

1960-1962 \u2013 Richard Collins, Director, Scripps College Choral Club<\/p>\n

1960-1962 \u2013 Ladell Payne, Director, Stag Glee Club of CMC and HMC<\/p>\n

1962-1966 \u2013 John P. Tate, Founding Director of the Joint Music Program; Director of the combined choirs<\/p>\n

1966-1976 \u2013 John M. Lilley, Director, the Concert Choir<\/p>\n

1976-1977 \u2013 Harold A. Daugherty, Jr., Director, the Concert Choir<\/p>\n

1977-2010 \u2013 Michael Deane Lamkin, Director, the Concert Choir and the Chamber Choir (1977-1997); Director, the Claremont Chamber Orchestra (1979-1996); Director, the Claremont Concert Orchestra (1996-2010)<\/p>\n

1997-2004 \u2013 Anna DeMichele, Director, the Concert Choir and the Chamber Choir<\/p>\n

2004-2005 \u2013 Stephen Gothold, Director, the Concert Choir and the Chamber Choir<\/p>\n

2005-present \u2013 Charles W. Kamm, Director, the Claremont Concert Choir (2005-present), the Claremont Chamber Singers (2005-2017), and the Claremont Treble Singers (2018-present)<\/p>\n

2010-present \u2013 David F. Cubek, Director, the Claremont Concert Orchestra<\/p>\n

Joint Music Program Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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