1966 – 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
1968 – Pitzer College enters the Joint Music Program
1976 – The Chamber Choir is founded
1979 – The Claremont Chamber Orchestra is founded
1996 – The Claremont Chamber Orchestra becomes the Claremont Concert Orchestra
(Photo credit for 2 images above: Esther Mukai 2023)
Directors in the Joint Music Program
Directors in the Joint Music Program
1935-1960 – Doris Caster, Director, Scripps College Choral Club
Prior to 1960 – Louis Ronfeldt, Director, CMC Stag Glee Club
1960-1962 – Richard Collins, Director, Scripps College Choral Club
1960-1962 – Ladell Payne, Director, Stag Glee Club of CMC and HMC
1962-1966 – John P. Tate, Founding Director of the Joint Music Program; Director of the combined choirs
1966-1976 – John M. Lilley, Director, the Concert Choir
1976-1977 – Harold A. Daugherty, Jr., Director, the Concert Choir
1977-2010 – 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)
1997-2004 – Anna DeMichele, Director, the Concert Choir and the Chamber Choir
2004-2005 – Stephen Gothold, Director, the Concert Choir and the Chamber Choir
2005-present – Charles W. Kamm, Director, the Claremont Concert Choir (2005-present), the Claremont Chamber Singers (2005-2017), and the Claremont Treble Singers (2018-present)
2010-present – David F. Cubek, Director, the Claremont Concert Orchestra