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Sounds delicious: Wicker Park Choral Singers holiday concert will be easy to digest.

CHICAGO (November  14, 2011) –Wicker Park Choral Singers begins its fourth season with a series of free concerts of Eat, Drink, and Be Merry – a choral celebration of the holiday season featuring a musical stew of gastronomically-inspired works.  The program will be on offer Saturday, December 10th at Wicker Park Lutheran Church in Chicago [...]

“From neighborhood choir to Oprah, Wicker Park singers keep Wesleyan roots” – Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine

When Mark Tomasino ’06 founded the Wicker Park Choral Singers (WPCS) in 2008, he never dreamed it would land them a spot on America’s longest-running daytime television talk show. But that’s exactly what happen on Sept. 14, when he and three other IWU alumni appeared on the farewell season of The Oprah Winfrey Show, performing [...]

“Choral singers create haven in Wicker Park group” – Chicago Sun Times

If Wicker Park had a soundtrack, it would be indie rock. At least that’s a safe guess, given the number of 20- and 30-somethings who fill the bars and clubs in the hip, Northwest Side neighborhood centered at… See the full Sun Times story…

“Choral Group Debuts in Wicker Park” – Chicagoist

Mark Tomasino, President and Artistic Director of the Wicker Park Choral Singers , founded the non-profit ensemble in February upon realizing… More