A Fall Choral Preview

August 29, 2026, 4:00 pm

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13 musicians (5 women, 8 men) of King Solomon's Singers; men in dark slacks and dress shirts of various solid colors; wome in a combination of blouse/pants or simple dresses all in solid colors, posing in front of the doors of St Josephat Church in Lincoln Park.
King Solomon's Singers (Photo: Hilary Haworth

Grab your calendars for a preview of the wealth of upcoming choral performances across Chicagoland including touring ensembles VOCES8 and The Gesualdo Six and local ensembles Chroma, Consonance, and Bella Voce.

Chroma
We the People
September 2+19, October 16

Bella Voce
How to Fold the Wind
September 19+20

King Solomon’s Singers
Dufay and the Dawn of Renaissance
Septemebr 26

Stare at the Sun
The Passing of the Year
September 26+27

VOCES8
Devotions
October 2

St. Charles Singers
North American Mosaic
October 3+4

The Oriana Singers
Dance, Clarion Air
October 4

Chicago Symphony Chorus
Belshazzar’s Feast
October 8–10

Consonance
Considering Matthew Shepard
October 9+11

The EcoVoice Project
Birds in Plight
October 11

Chicago a cappella
Northern Lights
October 11–25

Vox Venti
We Scaffold Love
October 17

Chicago Chamber Choir
Stand in That River
October 17+18

Chicago Master Singers
Faith, Hope, Love, Joy
October 24+25

La Caccina
Ladies’ Home Journal
November 7+8

Chicago Chorale
When David Heard
November 15

The Gesualdo Six
Fading
November 20

Lyric Opera Chorus
Wagner: Myth & Music
November 20+22

Music of the Baroque
Mass in B Minor 
November 22+23

William Ferris Chorale
Poor Hymnal
December 5

Playlist

Guillaume Dufay: “Amen” from unnamed Mass cycle preserved in Trent Codex 92
King Solomon’s Singers/Tom Crawford

Damien Geter: The Gift to Sing
Chroma

Thomas Tomkins: See, see the shepherds’ Queen
The Oriana Singers

Traditional American, arr. John Rutter: Black Sheep
Karen Rockett, soprano
The St. Charles Singers/Jeffrey Hunt

Caroline Shaw: and the swallow
VOCES8

Craig Hella Johnson: “Ordinary Boy” from Considering Matthew Shepard
Consonance/Michael D. Costello

Veljo Tormis: “Äiutus” from Four Estonian Lullabies
The Gesualdo Six

Sven David Sandstrøm’s Let him kiss me from Four Songs of Love
South Dakota Chorale/Brian A. Schmidt

Lillebjørn Nilsen arr. Gunnar Eriksson: Danse ikke gråte nå
Chicago a cappella/Jonathan Miller

Michael John Trotta: “Dies irae” from Requiem
Chicago Master Singers/John C. Hughes

Sydney Guillaume: Chapo Pou Fanm
La Caccina

David Lang: “what remains” from poor hymnal
Michael Hawes, bass-baritone
The Crossing/Donald Nally

Johann Sebastian Bach: “Et resurrexit” from Mass in B minor
Music of the Baroque/Dame Jane Glover