Concert Program
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Beverly Neighborhood Choir Community Concert
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
Conductors
Bailey Haynes, Beverly Neighborhood Choir, Gresham School of Excellence Choir, Langston Hughes STEM Elementary School Choir, Kate Starr Kellogg Elementary School Choir, Mahalia Jackson Elementary School Choir, Edgar Allan Poe Classical School Choir & Elizabeth H. Sutherland Elementary School Choir
Farlanda Buchannon, Austin Neighborhood Choir
About Uniting Voices Chicago
Founded in 1956 at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) empowers and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to find their voice and celebrate their common humanity through the power of music. As a leading non-profit organization, we serve thousands of youth ages 6-18 from every zip code of Chicago through transformative and accessible music education programs and performance opportunities.
After the Show
Paint the Town Red
May 23 | Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park
Paint the Town Red brings together 3,000+ singers from across Chicago and every level of our programs in this free event, our largest of the year. Learn more about this and other exciting events at unitingvoiceschicago.org/upcoming-events
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Registration is now open for students in grade one and up to start in our programs for the 2024-25 program year! Learn more about Uniting Voices Chicago and our sliding scale tuition at unitingvoiceschicago.org/join
Concert Program
BEVERLY - PRESTO & AUSTIN
Lift Ev’ry Voice & Sing
James Weldon Johnson; arr. by Kirk Franklin
ALL
Revelation 19
Jeffrey LaValley
BEVERLY - ALLEGRO
Cielito Lindo
Pedro Infante, Quirino Mendoza y Cortés; arr. Danny Wallenberg, Lisa Arnold
BEVERLY - VIVACE & PRESTO
A Jubilant Song
Sally K. Albrecht
BEVERLY - PRESTO
Prelude to Peace
Z. Randall Stroope
AUSTIN & BEVERLY - ALL
You Loved Me
Karen Clark Sheard & Kirk Franklin
AUSTIN - ALL
Worthy
Trey McLaughlin
BEVERLY - ALL
Golden
Jill Scott
Jesu Ke Yena
Trad. South African Song; as taught by Matlakala Bopape
We Are
W. Mitchell Owens III
ALL
United
W. Mitchell Owens III
Tonight's Performers
BEVERLY - ALLEGRO
Kristian Anderson
Donald Bailey
Grace Burrell
Leland Caston
Caden Cleggett
Zahari Cockroft
Aubri Fryison
London Gregorie
Jaya Henry
Vivian Hobbs
Daniel Jones
Wyatt Lennix
Asia Lewis
Niya Lewis
Amaya Lockhart
Milana Lockhart
Wynter Merriweather
Callia Muhammad
Madison Williams
BEVERLY - VIVACE
Nia Ballard
Sophie Berg
Giselle Brown
Laila Dockery
Chase Griggs
Joniyah Hardeman
Charlotte Herman
Ivan Johnson
Sean Jones
Taylor Jones
Norianna Lasenby
Josiah Mitchell
Sonja Mulchrone
Lincon Reed
Georgina Yata-Claypool
BEVERLY - PRESTO
Lois Amoako
Margaret Cafarelli
Kennedy Grooms
Bridie Kelly
Taraji Lee
Afua Rashid
Kamryn Walker
Kaylee Wellington
Eleyna Williams
Sydney Zamora
AUSTIN - VIVACE
Monsie Calvillo
Simone Cole
Christian Dean
Luther Phillips
Gusta Stampley
AUSTIN - PRESTO
Jayla Conley
Autumn Ingram
Jaedon Ingram
Sydney Ingram
Haley Ivy
Morgan Parker
Sole’ Stampley
MUSICIANS
Piano- Geo Cooper
Bass - Isaiah Webb
Drums - Daniel Piolet
Guitar - Dave Hiltebrand
The Beverly Neighborhood Choir Program is supported, in part, by the following:
CIBC
Crown Family Philanthropies
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Peoples Gas Community Fund
Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation
Special Thanks
Beverly Arts Center
Dr. Carla Carter, Executive Director
Kara Ryan, Assistant Director, Artistic Programming
Gresham School of Excellence
Kimberly Oliver, Principal
Timothy King, Liaison
Langston Hughes STEM Elementary School
Kimbreana Taylor-Goode, Principal
Katherine Courtenay & David Pruitt, Liaisons
Kate Starr Kellogg
Elementary School
Dr. Cory Overstreet, Principal
Mahalia Jackson Elementary School
Tracey Redmond, Principal
Edgar Allan Poe Classical School
Eric Dockery, Principal
Ashley Jackson, Assistant Principal & Liaison
Elizabeth H. Sutherland Elementary School
Margaret Burns, Principal
Anne Gulley, Assistant Principal & Liaison
Thank you to our Program Assistant Tina Villapando.
