Summer Sing


Thanks to everyone who joined us for the 2024 Summer Sing, with a special thanks to soloists Carolyne DalMonte, Soprano, and Nicholas Miguel, Baritone.

​We shared a joyful evening of singing Brahms's Requiem and look forward to performing this magnificent piece at our May 2025 Season Finale concerts ​with the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra. 
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Summer Sing: Brahms's Requiem
​Wednesday, June 12, 2024
7-9 pm
Countryside Unitarian Church in Palatine

Previous Choral Workshops

Workshop sessions since 2017 are listed below. Many thanks to all of these presenters for sharing their expertise!

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  • Vocal Health Essentials for the Choral Artist - Lori Sonnenberg
  • The Hidden Vowel: Creating Beautiful Vocal Color - Nicholas Miguel
  • ​Singing and Weeds: Thoughts from a Gardening Conductor - Jerry Blackstone 
  • The Spiritual and Gospel Music: Performance Techniques - Keith Hampton
  • How Does a Composer Compose for Choir? - Stacy Garrop 
  • ​Making Those Consonants Pop: Achieving Excellent Choral Diction - Kurt Hansen 
  • Can You Hear the Overtones? Strategies for Great Choral Intonation - John C. Hughes
  • Keeping Your Voice Healthy: Best Practices for Singing and Speaking - Theresa Brancaccio
  • Singing “Baroquely” - Julia Davids and Martin Davids
  • Taking Your Singing to the Next Level with Vocal Coaching - Richard Boldrey
  • Protecting Your Vocal Health - Robert Bastian​

Since our first workshops in Spring 1989, other clinicians have included choral conductors, voice teachers, and professional soloists such as:
 
Cynthia Anderson​
​Neva Bailey
Karen Brunssen
William Chin
Richard Cohn
Alan Heatherington
Anne Heider
Cheryl Frazes Hill
Jeffrey Horvath
John Melcher
Patrice Michaels
Myron Myers
Rebecca Patterson
Martha Swisher
Daniel Wallenberg
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