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Our Community
Alumni & Supporters of Cass Tech Harp & Vocal
For more than a century, Cass Tech Harp & Vocal has been shaped by the people who passed through it and the community that continues to support it. This directory honors our alumni and supporters — a living record of the voices, stories, and relationships that carry the program forward.
If you are an alum or supporter, we invite you to add your name to our Community Directory. Submissions are reviewed before being published, and joining includes subscription to our email list for occasional updates about the program, the Centennial Celebration, and its continued legacy.
Arielle DiVita
Supporter - Website Designer
DiVita Creative Group
Current Location:
Royal Oak, MI
Reflections:
Proud CT Alum - Although I’m not an alum of the Harp & Vocal program specifically, I am a proud Cass Technician, and being part of this project feels deeply personal. Cass Tech’s musical legacy has shaped generations of Detroit artists, including members of my own family. My parents attended Cass Tech, my great-grandfather taught music there, and I grew up surrounded by Detroit-based professional jazz musicians who were also CT alumni. That legacy means something to me.
After living in California for ten years, it was an honor to return home to Detroit and reconnect with fellow CT alumni and contribute to this incredible program by designing the Harp & Vocal website. I’m grateful for the opportunity to give back to a school and a city that helped shape who I am.
Through my company, DiVita Creative Group, I work in marketing, branding, website and graphic design, and event coordination. I serve businesses of all kinds, but there is something especially meaningful about working with Detroit artists and organizations.
Anything I can do to celebrate and promote Detroit’s rich musical heritage and Cass Tech’s extraordinary contribution to it, I will.
Candace Lin Jenkins
Alum
Wayne County Clerk's Office-Juvenile Court Services
1974-1978
Harp and Vocal
Current Location:
Detroit, Michigan
Reflections:
Being a "H&V" girl was a privilege that I will cherish forever. My maternal grandmother's favorite instrument was the harp and she was thrilled that I belonged to a musical group that was accompanied by the harp. I grew as a musician and made friends with like-minded women that are still a part of my life today. I was one of the last groups that was directed by Velma Froude and one of the first groups directed by Patricia Terry-Ross.
