This seasonal showcase will bring to life the sounds of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood through a concert featuring original music, exciting choreography and multimedia presentations.
Learn more about the Hyde Park Neighborhood Choir.
Tickets are $10* per person, available for purchase at the concert. All seating is general admission. Doors open 30 minutes prior to 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*
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.
Trey Baker is a twice-Emmy nominated storyteller and award-winning spoken word artist. As an artist, Trey performs around the country and internationally while having the opportunity to lead creative design and storytelling campaigns for brands such as Jordan, Nike, Chicago Bulls, WNBA, NBC Universal and more. Trey has performed for and been awarded by President Obama for his youth activism and leadership in storytelling. He also serves as the Special Advisor to the Obama Foundation’s My Brother’s Keeper Alliance.
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Hyde Park Community Concert
Tuesday, May 7 2024
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
Conductors
Magdalena Delgado, Hyde Park Neighborhood Choir, Bret Harte Math & Science Magnet Cluster School Choir, Kozminski Community Academy Choir, Murray Language Academy Choir, Beulah Shoesmith Elementary 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 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
ALL
It Don’t Mean a Thing
Duke Ellington; arr. Bailey Haynes; choreography by Farlanda Buchannon
Jubilate Deo
Michael Praetorius
ALLEGRO
Mò Li Hua
Trad. Chinese folk song; arr. Jill Gallina
ALLEGRO & SCHOOL PROGRAM SINGERS
Sir Duke
Stevie Wonder
VIVACE
Step it Down
Trad. Gullah Ring Play; arr. Lonnie Norwood
Paruparong Bukid
Trad. Tagalog folk song; arr. Martin Ellis & Henry Leck
PRESTO & TOUR SINGERS
Jesu ke yena
Sotho church song; arr. Matlakala Bopape
Sto mi e milo
Trad. Macedonian song; arr. Daniel Hughes
Love Theory
Kirk Franklin; arr. Bailey Haynes; choreography by Bailey Haynes
SPOKEN WORD BY TREY BAKER
How to Get to Free
Trey Baker
Believe
Trey Baker
ALL
Ain’t gonna let nobody turn me ‘round
Civil Rights Movement song; arr. Mollie Stone
We Are
W. Mitchell Owens III
TONIGHT’S PERFORMERS
ALLEGRO
Leyla Adelman
Dallas Claggette
Micaela Correa
Lucy Doughty
Jahcilyn Fulton
Lilah Glogower
Zahara Granger
Mars Hall
Laura Hieronymus
Isabel James-Downie
Madeline Laurence
Emilie Liu
Satya Logan
Leah Papczun
Sumana Paranjape
Lashawn Pritchett
Nyan Raiji
Jonas Rennert-May
Elliott Ridgway
Kainoah Rutledge
Riley Sams
Natalie Schmitz
Ava Sherman
Eleanor Shirrell
Cameron Stieber
Olivia Warren
Ray Weitzman
Vespasia Wells
Yiran Xiong
VIVACE
Marta Allesina
Gaia Ansah
Aya Burns
Samika Dangi
Cadence Dorsey
Mayumi Felder
Jahlani Fulton
Livia Harrison-Smit
ChiNasa Jones
Willa Ludwig
Addison McClain
Ciara Nebot Heelan
Charissa Nieh
Lena Nixon
Cedelle Owusu
Lena Rappaport
Avi Ruby
Celia Talbott
Avery Veldman
Kyndal Whitmore
PRESTO
Success Abiola-Fagba
Morgan Boyd-Shields
Isis Culbert
Vera Cyrenne
Christian Davis
Jaylah Fulton
Reed Francez
Victoria Gonzalez
Sophia Hieronymus
Esther Jen
Morgan Robinson
Helena Smith-Donald
Katelynn Walters
MUSICIANS
Piano - Chieko Garling, Joaquin Garcia
Bass - Tim Sessier
Drums - Mitchell Owens
Guitar - Dave Hiltebrand
Trumpet - Millie Ahearn
Saxophone & Flute - Kyle Madsen
The Hyde Park Neighborhood Choir Program is supported, in part, by the following:
CIBC
Crown Family Philanthropies
Green Bay Packers
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Peoples Gas Community Fund
Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation
Special Thanks
First Unitarian Church of Chicago
Michael Knowles
Adam O’Dell
John Rice
Bret Harte Math & Science Magnet Cluster School
Charles Bright, Principal
Kozminski Community Academy
Bernadette Glove, Principal
Kapria Robinson, Assistant Principal
Murray Language Academy
Harrison Baker, Principal
Cicely Perry, Liaison
Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School
Kai Murray, Principal
Yolanda Anderson, Liaison