This seasonal showcase will bring to life the diverse sounds of Chicago's historic Gage Park and Humboldt Park neighborhoods 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.
*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*
Uniting Voices Chicago strives to make music and performance accessible to anyone who wants it. Assistive listening devices are available at the ticketing desk. All public performance areas at Logan Center are equipped to accommodate wheelchair users. To request accommodations, please email info [at] unitingvoiceschicago [dot] org.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Gage Park and Humboldt Park Neighborhood Choir Community Concert
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Curie High School
CONDUCTORS
Dewey Bolz, Hurley School Choir
Farlanda Buchannon, Hedges School Choir
Veronica Román-Meyer, Gage Park & Humboldt Park Neighborhood Choirs & Morrill School Choir
Amanda Wolff, Tonti 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
Paint The Town Red
May 25
11am | Pritzker Pavillion
Join us downtown for our largest and most-anticipated event of the year! Singers from all levels of our programs will come together in song alongside dazzling special guests to celebrate the power of music and everything they’ve learned in our programs over the past year.
Paint The Town Red Giving Day
Support this transformative day that brings together the next generation of global leaders in Chicago! Join in the spirit of togetherness as young people from every corner of Chicago harmonize in the heart of the city with a donation to keep these programs accessible to
all singers.
Concert Program
ALL CHOIRS COMBINED
Ariwo
Ella Andall; arr. Lonnie Norwood, Jr.
English Interpretation: I will make joyful noise. I will be successful. I will be fruitful/productive.
Courage My Friend
Trad. South African anti-Apartheid song; arr. Lonnie Norwood, Jr.
GAGE PARK & HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIRS COMBINED
People Get Ready
Curtis Mayfield; arr. Lonnie Norwood, Jr.
GAGE PARK & HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIRS ALLEGRO & VIVACE
Ay, Jalisco no te rajes
Jorge Negrete; arr. Danny Wallenberg & Lisa Arnold
Translation:
Oh Jalisco, Jalisco, Jalisco
You have your girlfriend who is Guadalajara
Pretty girl, the rarest pearl
Of all Jalisco is my Guadalajara
And I like to listen to the mariachis
Sing your beautiful songs with soul
Hear how those guitarrones sound
And have a tequila with the bravest men
Oh, Jalisco, don't back down!
It comes out of my soul to scream with heat
Open the whole chest to make this cry
How beautiful Jalisco is, word of honor!
GAGE PARK & HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIRS VIVACE
Sembrando Flores
Los Cojolites; arr. Julio Morales
Translation:
My mother told me one day spring blooming
Blooming spring my mother told me one day
My mother told me one day spring blooming
Blooming spring my mother told me one day
With a lot of wisdom to live life
To live life with a lot of wisdom
With a lot of wisdom to live life
To live life with a lot of wisdom
My mom told me, to sow flowers
To go out to the field, to look for love
My mother told me that I should go out into the field
That I go out to the field my mother told me
My mother told me that I should go out into the field
That I go out to the field my mother told me
That I cut a flower to carry it to her saint
To carry it to her saint that I cut a flower
That I cut a flower to take it to her saint
GAGE PARK & HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIRS VIVACE & PRESTO
Como la flor
Abraham Quintanilla III & Pete Astudillo; arr. W. Mitchell Owens III; choreography by Farlanda Buchannon
I know you have a new love
However I wish you the best
If you didn’t find happiness with me
Maybe, someone else will give it to you
Like the flower
With so much love
You gave me, it withered
I’m leaving today, I know how to lose
But, ay ay ay how it hurts me
Ay ay ay how it hurts me
If you see how it hurts to lose your love
With your goodbye, you are taking my heart
I don’t know if I will love again
Because I gave you all the love I could give
GAGE PARK & HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIRS PRESTO
Clear Water
Robert I. Hodges
Selected text from Sea-Fever by John Maysfield
The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
GAGE PARK & HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIRS COMBINED
We Are
W. Mitchell Owens III
ALL CHOIRS COMBINED
We Win
Vincent Bohanan
TODAY'S PERFORMERS
GAGE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR ALLEGRO
Alysia Cruz
Bryanna Gomez
Anthony Timoteo
GAGE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR VIVACE
Fatima Fernandez
Yaretzi Gonzalez
Emily Herrera
Yaritza Lopez
Sebastian Martinez
Geovanny Rico
Yuritzi Soto
HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR ALLEGRO
Veronica DeLew
Lexie Gray
Sadie Huizenga
Seamus O’Shea
Will Riggs
Ida Stein
Elise Thomas
Julia Zieben
HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR VIVACE
Ximena Arriaga Torres
Almond Ball
Mothra Edstrom
Anais Feliciano
Sadie Huizenga
Heaven Johnson
Jada Love Martinez-Ramos
Miriam Mitchell
Jaslani Rosario
Jasmani Rosario
Mayalis Sanchez
Olivia Zeiben
HUMBOLDT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR PRESTO
Aaliyah Anderson
Almond Ball
Piper Huizenga
Isabel Loza
Karina Perez
Izzy Schafer
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
James Hedges Fine & Performing Arts School
Edward N. Hurley Elementary School
Donald L. Morrill Math & Science Specialty
School
Enrico Tonti Elementary School
MUSICIANS
Adrian Ruiz (Piano)
Marquis Carter (Drums)
Dave Hiltebrand (Guitar)
Tim Seisser (Bass)
SPECIAL THANKS
This project is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
This project is supported, in part, by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
Support for Neighborhood Choir programs is provided by Peoples Gas.
We are especially grateful to our Raising Voices campaign donors for supporting the expansion of Uniting Voices Chicago’s programs, including the launch of the Gage Park Neighborhood Choir.
Catholic Charities
Marilu Gonzalez, Regional Director
James Hedges Fine & Performing Arts School
Carmen Medina, Principal
Brenda Pantoja, Liaison
Edward N. Hurley Elementary School
Angel Aguirre, Principal
Chris Darwell, Liaison
McCormick YMCA
David Medina, Membership & Wellness
Director
Donald L. Morrill Math & Science Specialty School
Dawn Sydnor, Principal
Griselda Escobedo, Liaison
Enrico Tonti Elementary School
Gerardo Arriago, Principal
John Robertson, Liaison
Thank you to our Program Assistants Amaranta Flores-Gualtieri & Veronica L. Morales.