About Us

Capital City Chorus (CCC) is Indiana's premiere show chorus for women. This local chapter of Sweet Adelines International (SAI) was founded in 1956 and has entertained audiences throughout the Midwest with its special brand of four-part harmony.

A driving goal of CCC is to be a Fabulous Performing Chorus! Weekly rehearsals, private vocal instruction for members, dance lessons, public performances and competition with other barbershop groups help the chorus reach toward that goal. Performances feature a wide variety of music, including old standards, Broadway show-stoppers, contemporary pop and country, gospel, patriotic numbers and jazz -- which give audiences a high-quality, high-energy performance that will leave them smiling and humming a familiar tune.

The 100+ members of the group come not just from the Indianapolis area, but from Muncie, Bloomington, New Castle, Lafayette and Fort Wayne. Rehearsals are held at All Souls Unitarian Church, 5805 E. 56th St., every Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Every rehearsal includes group voice lessons and choreography training. Vocal coaches are brought in for additional rehearsals to educate and train our singers.

The group is sponsored in part by the Indiana Arts Commission and is recognized by the Indianapolis Business Journal as "one of the top 25 arts organizations in Central Indiana."

Indianapolis 500 Festival Memorial Service on Monument Circle, sharing the spotlight with Wynonna Judd.

Some Additional Facts

• CCC is an Indianapolis chapter of Sweet Adelines International, a worldwide organization of 30,000 women singers. For more about SAI, visit www.sweetadelineintl.org.
  
  
• CCC performs at local events, such as the 500 Festival Memorial Service, the Scottish Cathedral Concert Series and the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center.
  
  
• Recent achievements:
  • October, 2007 - Competed in the Sweet Adelines International Competition in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, placing 12th in the world.
  • July, 2006 - Chosen to represent Sweet Adelines International at the World Harmony Jamboree as part of the Men's Barbershop Harmony International Convention in Indianapolis.
  • April, 2006 - Second-place medalist in five-state region. Score qualified Capital City to compete in the 2007 Sweet Adelines International competition to be held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Sept. 2005 - Named by Indianapolis Business Journal as one of the top 25 largest Indianapolis-area Performing Arts Organizations.
  • 2005 -- Second-place medalist in five-state region.
  • 2004 Sweet Adelines International competitor (Indianapolis).
    Ranked second of the world’s 2003 second-place choruses and fifth overall.
  • 2003 -- Chosen to represent Indiana in the National Festival of the States, a music festival in Washington, DC.
  • 2003 -- Second-place medalist in five-state region.
  • 2002 Sweet Adelines International competitor (Nashville, TN).
    Placed 20th in the world.
  • 2001 -- Second-place medalist in five-state region.
  • 2000 Grand Champion of the Buckeye Invitational.
    International barbershop contest for men’s and women’s choruses and quartets.
    
    
• Provides educational programs to the youth of Central Indiana:
  • Young Women in Harmony -- an in-school music education program for middle, junior and high school students.
  • Interchangeable Parts -- an in-school program that takes CCC members into schools for interactive sessions on barbershop harmony.
  • A Cappella Festival -- a full day of student learning and performance for Central Indiana students in grades 6 through 12.
    
    
• Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization committed to advancing the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance.
  
  
• Supported in part by the Indiana Arts Commission.