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P e r f orming
Performing ChoirsChoirs

Dallas Street Choir Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Highland Park Chorale

The Dallas Street Choir was established in October
2014. Its mission is to provide a musical outlet for those The Highland Park Chorale is a group of choral pro-
affected by homelessness. To date, the organization fessionals sponsored by the music ministry of Highland

has served nearly 2,000 individuals. In its short histo- Park Presbyterian Church dedicated to the performance
ry, the Dallas Street Choir has sung at the Dallas Win- of great sacred music at the highest artistic level. They
spear Opera House, the Moody Performance Hall, and have performed at regional and national ACDA confer-
the George W. Bush Presidential Library. In 2016, they ences and are regularly featured at Moody Performance
traveled to the East Coast singing at Carnegie Hall and Hall in the Dallas Arts District.
the Washington National Cathedral. The Dallas Street
Choir performed for the ACDA National Conference in Greg Hobbs has served as music director
Kansas City and the Texas Choral Directors Association for Highland Park Presbyterian Church
in San Antonio. and conductor of the Highland Park Cho-
rale since 2005. Committed to great sacred
Jonathan Palant is associate professor and music at the highest artistic level, he has
director of choral activities at the Univer- performed large-scale choral orchestral works as well as
sity of Texas at Dallas and is founder and chamber a cappella choral works in various capacities in
conductor of both Credo, a 140-member Dallas. He studied at the Florida State University; led
community choir, and the Dallas Street music ministries in Georgia, Florida, and Illinois; and
Choir, a musical outlet for those affected by homeless- earned a doctorate in conducting from Northwestern

ness. In addition, Palant is director of music at Kessler University.
Park United Methodist Church. In late 2017, the Dallas
Morning News named Palant one of nine “Texan of the
Year” finalists; and in 2016, Musical America named

him one of their “Innovators of the Year” for establish-
ing the Dallas Street Choir.

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