June 22nd Concert – Locally Grown: Songs from and about Chicago

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Join us for our last concert of the season on Saturday, June 22nd at 7pm at St. Gregory the Great Church in Chicago’s northside Edgewater neighborhood. We are extremely excited to perform three world premieres.  ”On the Breakwater” by Eric Malmquist, “Clark Street Bridge” By Elizabeth Lim, and “Sanctus” by Edward F. Davis. The concert [...]

Where In the World Is…? Fundraiser – April 6, 2013

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Call For Scores – Wicker Park Choral Singers

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We are currently accepting submissions of scores for us to perform at our upcoming summer concert on Saturday, June 22, 2013. The concert theme is on the subject of our Chicago community. We are interested in seeing works from upcoming composers that fit one of two criteria: The composer currently or has previously lived in the Chicagoland area or the piece is somehow related to the city of Chicago –neighborhoods, landmarks, history, architecture, people, anything at all. Application Deadline is Sunday April 28th by Midnight (Central Time Zone). Submit electronically to mark@wickerparksings.org.

Program Notes for “It Takes a Village”- Follow Along!

I It Takes a Village ……………………………….. Joan Szymko II Dort’n, Dort’n ……………………………………. arr. Robert DeCormier Noel Ayisyen ……………………………………… Emile Desamours III Pueblito, mi Pueblo ……………………………. Carlos Guastavino The Spheres ……………………………………….. Ola Gjeilo IV This Marriage …………………………………….. Eric Malmquist Wana Baraka ……………………………………… arr. Shawn L. Kirchner V Walk Together Children ………………………. arr. Moses Hogan Bogoroditse Devo [...]

FINAL CHAPTER: My Choir, Your Choir, Chicago’s Choir: A History of Wicker Park Choral Singers, 2008 – 2012

I dropped my pencil.  “WHAT?” I shouted. “Yeah, she’s in charge of marketing the choir, for obvious reasons, and so when we were looking for a way to promote our next concert, she said she could handle it.  Said she could get a crack reporter on the story.  You in particular.  Whether you liked it [...]