This seasonal showcase will bring to life the diverse sounds of Chicago's Lincoln Park 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.
*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.
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Lincoln Park/DePaul Neighborhood Choir Community Concert
Saturday, May 13, 2023
UIC Forum
CONDUCTORS
Lonnie Norwood, Jr., Lincoln Park/DePaul Neighborhood Choir
Dewey Bolz, Associate Conductor, Lincoln Park/DePaul 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 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
United
W. Mitchell Owens III
LINCOLN PARK/DEPAUL NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR ALLEGRO
I’ve Baked a Cake
Al Hoffman, Bob Merrill & Clem Watts
Bahay Kubo
Trad. Filipino folk song; arr. Paolo Cruz
El Coquí
Trad. Puerto Rican folk song
Koloi
Trad. South African Zulu folk song
Tue, Tue
Trad. Ghanaian folk song; arr. Lonnie Norwood, Jr.
When I Rise Up
J. David Moore; poetry by Wendell Berry
You’ll Never Walk Alone
Richard Rogers & Oscar Hammerstein II
LINCOLN PARK/DEPAUL NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR VIVACE
Sisondela
Trad. South African Xhosa song
Ngena ngonyama
Trad. South African Xhosa song
Panis Angelicus
Claudio Casciolini (1697-1760)
Ty ze mene Pidamanula
Trad. Ukranian folk song
LINCOLN PARK/DEPAUL NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR PRESTO
Na Miôlakôlaka
Trad. Malagasy hymn from Madagascar
Di Sapozhkelekh
Trad. Yiddish folk song
Titles
Isaac Watts
Masterpiece
Jazmine Sullivan; arr. Lonnie Norwood, Jr.; choreography by Farlanda Buchannon
ALL CHOIRS COMBINED
I Love Everybody
American Civil Rights freedom song; arr. Lonnie Norwood, Jr.
TODAY'S PERFORMERS
LINCOLN PARK/DEPAUL NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR ALLEGRO
Arasi Arivarasu
Raina Barkoff
Thea Black
Penelope Charboneau
Eric “EJ” Coly
Anujin Cunningham
Timothy David
Cadence Dorsey
Eliana Dykens
Chloé Ericsoussi
Cecilia Gavan
Orla Gerben
Aaliyah Gilbert-Meyer
Zoë Goldsher
Jared Gong
Aarna Guhya
Charlotte Hawwa
Lucas Hitchell
Hanna Hlavacek
Lola Klauminzer
Suhail Kuznetsov
Beatrice Mann
Leyla Mbanefo
Axel McGrane
Deirdre McGrath
Brooke McGuire
Noelle Pavlak
Clara Potts
Sophia Ring
Delia Roffe
Amelia Tipton
Tomas Trachter
Grace Turner
Jack Wegner
LINCOLN PARK/DEPAUL NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR VIVACE
Julia Appleby
Sienna Arango
Lila Arch
Drew Blackburn
Lucy Bolos-Hartman
Grace Brothers
Angela Carlson
Kathryn Carter
Sophia Chandler
Brooke Colucci
Thomas Cunningham
Grace Davidson
Rycken DuBois
Sevilla Dykens
Parker Felker
Alaina Finegold
Ojas Gupta
Miles Hawry
Penelope Hoffman
Penelope Holland
Stella Jeno
Joslyn Kaynor
Vikram Konkimalla
Alayna Mack
Mia Marsella
Amaris Meda-Bahena
Aibhlin O’Brien
Helena Sheikh
Georgina Sinclair
Emma Trachter
Isla Van der Bijl
Zoey Wax
Sybella Zhao
Gracyn Zuker
LINCOLN PARK/DEPAUL NEIGHBORHOOD CHOIR PRESTO
Lexie Antoine
Agnes Barlow
Charleston Blackburn
Rosa Boraz
Daelyn Calloway
Ava Carlson
Ash Cherkasov-Cohen
Stella Corotis
Crystal Cruz
Anika Datta
Annie DeMarea
Kathryn Dolan
Ava Donado
Lila El-Mofty
Lila Finegold
Mercedes Gong
Ayla Kaynor
Ūla Kerelis
Margaret Larson
Nora Lerner
Raiva Lessing
Annabel Love
Vivienne Lynch
Landyn McClain
Bennet Lee McConkey
Eleanor McGuire
Katlyn McVey
Solah Montenegro
Myah Morris
Carin Murphy
Elizabeth Neveu
Mia Pensinger-Sok
Annabelle Quiles
Caroline Rogers
Stephanie Salajean
Hannah Sperling
Ari Stanton-Thomas
Naava Stein
Samantha Steinlauf
Ramey Swan
Maeve Tarpy
MUSICIANS
Sarah Zegree (Piano)
Frank Check (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.
DePaul University, Holtschneider Performance Center
Dr. Susanne Baker
Community Music Division
UIC Forum
Thank you to our Program Assistant Kevin Rudzinski