Stare at the Sun, a Chicago-based chamber choir, is presenting a concert exploring the ways in which human beings form meaningful interpersonal connections as well as the means by which we partition ourselves from one another. With performances on May 18 and 19, You Through Me explores the issue of human migration and the ways […]
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Dreamsong with Vox Venti – Chicago
The closing concert of Vox Venti‘s second season under the direction of ed Frazier Davis explores the concept of dreams -some fantastical, others grounded in the here and now. Works include compositions by Eriks Esenvalds, Adolphus Hailstork, Caroline Mallonee, Andre Thomas, Mari Esabel, Eric Whitacre and Ralph Vaughan Williams, plus the 1st and 2nd prize winners […]
William Baker Festival Singers & Vox Venti in Concert – Chicago, April 28
The Kansas City-based William Baker Festival Singers will conclude their Chicago residency in a joint performance with the Chicago-based Vox Venti, under the direction of Ed Frazier Davis. There will be one performance only, Sunday, April 28, 3:00 PM, at the St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church, 1424 N Dearborn Street, Chicago, IL 60610. Admission is free with donations gratefully […]
St. Charles Singers To Launch 40th Anniversary with ‘Past As Prologue’ April 20-21
The St. Charles Singers’ season finale concerts April 20-21, 2024, will mark the start of the internationally recognized chamber choir’s 40th anniversary celebration with a program featuring songs about nature, especially flowers, and romantic love. “We’ll be presenting a heartfelt musical bouquet to our audiences,” says Jeffrey Hunt, the choir’s founder and artistic director. As […]
St. Charles Singers To Launch 40th Anniversary with ‘Past As Prologue’ April 20-21
The St. Charles Singers’ season finale concerts April 20-21, 2024, will mark the start of the internationally recognized chamber choir’s 40th anniversary celebration with a program featuring songs about nature, especially flowers, and romantic love. “We’ll be presenting a heartfelt musical bouquet to our audiences,” says Jeffrey Hunt, the choir’s founder and artistic director. As […]
Evanston’s Bach Week Festival to Conclude Farewell Season with Mass in B Minor
Evanston’s Bach Week Festival will conclude its 50th anniversary and final season with a performance of J. S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor, BWV 232, at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 5, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, 50 years to the day that the festival launched on May 5, 1974. Richard […]