This is what Englewood sounds like.
This seasonal showcase will bring to life the sounds of Chicago's historic Englewood neighborhood through a concert featuring original music, exciting choreography and multimedia presentations.
Tickets are $10* per person, available for purchase at the concert. All seating is general admission. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime.
*Uniting Voices Chicago has a pay-what-you-can policy, allowing guests to pay as much or as little as they like per ticket, including requesting free tickets if desired*
St. Benedict the African Catholic Church is located right off I-90 and I-94 and is about 15 minutes from the Red Line at 63rd and the Green Line at Halsted. Parking is located north of the church building with entrances on Stewart and Harvard streets.
Uniting Voices Chicago strives to make music and performance accessible to anyone who wants it. To request accommodations, including priority seating, assistive listening devices or large print programs, please email info [at] unitingvoiceschicago [dot] org.
Englewood Neighborhood Choir is supported in part by Egwele & Co.
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Englewood Neighborhood Choir Community Concert
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
St. Benedict the African Church
Conductors
Lonnie Norwood, Englewood Neighborhood Choir
Elisabeth Baker, Jesse Sherwood Elementary School Choir
Farlanda Buchannon, Joshua D. Kershaw Magnet School Choir
Bailey Haynes, Barbara A. Sizemore Academy School 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
Feel Inspired?
Like what you heard tonight? Want to be a bold voice for change and an ambassador for your community? Following tonight’s concert, students in grades 3 and up are invited to take part in a vocal placement and be ready to start in our programs for the very next rehearsal. Learn more about Uniting Voices Chicago and our sliding scale tuition at unitingvoiceschicago.org/join
Black History Month: Sankofa Speaks
February 27 & 28 | Chicago Symphony Center
Sankofa is an Akan Ghanaian word meaning “to go or return and retrieve what was lost.” With this pillar program Uniting Voices Chicago uses performance to raise the visibility of authentic Africana music including selections from Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Trinidad and Tobago, and South Africa, plus a rich legacy of African American music from the United States. Special guests include master djembekhan Sekou Conde and renowned soprano Audrey DuBois Harris.
Concert Program
Englewood Neighborhood Choirs Combined
I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown
Afehyia Pa
Trad. Ghanaian carol; arr. Kwadwo Donkoh
Translation:
Season’s greetings!
If the year has met us
Let’s celebrate!
Good is what is right
Curses must leave
Englewood Neighborhood Choirs Combined and School Programs
Ariwo (Song to Ògún)
Ella Andall
Courage, My Friend
South African anti-Apartheid song
Englewood Neighborhood Choir Vivace
De Colores
Trad. Mexican folk song; arr. Lonnie Norwood, Jr.
Translation:
In colors, in colors
The fields are dressed in the spring.
In colors, in colors
Are the little birds that come from outside.
In colors, in colors
Is the rainbow that we see shining.
And that is why I love
The great loves of many colors
Englewood Neighborhood Choir Allegro/Vivace Combined
Sarveshaam Svastir Bhavatu
Hindu mantra; arr. Lonnie Norwood, Jr.; inspired by the recording of Regula Curti & Roland Frey
English Interpretation:
Peace
May there be an abundance of well-being in all,
May there be an abundance of peace in all,
May there be an abundance of fulfillment/fullness in all,
May there be an abundance of auspiciousness/promise in all
Jingle Bell Swingin’
James Pierpont; instrumental by Swing Shift; arr. Lonnie Norwood, Jr.
Tonight’s Performers
Englewood Neighborhood Choir Allegro
Sariyah Beloch
Shalom Burr-Briggs
Abrielle Lett
Juan Palomares
Albert Rhodes
Taliyah Robinson
Torrin Robinson
Miguel Tidmore
Cadero Streeter
Caneja Streeter
Englewood Neighborhood Choir Vivace
Cassidy Banks
John Curney
Shawn Garrett
Victoria Palomares
School Choir Programs
Barbara A. Sizemore Academy
Joshua D. Kershaw Magnet School
Jesse Sherwood Elementary School
The Englewood Neighborhood Choir is made possible, in part, by support from Egwele & Company and the Lyon Family Foundation.
Special Thanks
St. Benedict the African Church
Thank you to our Program Assistant Veronica Morales.
Barbara A. Sizemore Academy
Nakia Thurmond, Principal
Karla Lyles, Liaison
Joshua D. Kershaw Magnet School
Jennifer Clayton, Principal
Aileen Lopez, Liaison
Jesse Sherwood Elementary School
Alice Buzanis, Principal
Angela White, Assistant Principal