Church of the Ascension ChoirRoutinely performs early music in church services throughout the year. Directed by Thomas Wikman, Choirmaster, and accompanied by David Schrader, organist. 
For more info: visit www.ascensionchicago.org.
For current season Church of the Ascension Choir early music performance(s), visit www.ascensionchicago.org, select Music, and download the schedule (PDF file).
Bach Week Festival Chorus
The chorus of the Bach Week Festival in Evanston, Richard Webster, Director.
2007-2008 season Bach Week Festival Chorus early music performance(s) on:
5/2/2008,
5/4/2008,
5/9/2008.
Bella Voce(formerly His Majestie's Clerkes)
"Chicago's Premier Chamber Choir." The mission of Bella Voce is to entertain, inspire, and educate through the performance of choral chamber music. The group is committed to giving top-notch performances of rarely heard music and keeping the art of polyphonic, a cappella singing alive and flourishing. The wide-ranging repertoire includes a cappella literature of the mid- and late-twentieth century, works commissioned from American composers, and sacred music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Bella Voce places a special emphasis on little-known pieces and neglected composers. Andrew Lewis, Artistic Director.
2007-2008 season Bella Voce early music performance(s) on:
4/5/2008...,
Photos of Bella Voce here.
Recordings of Bella Voce here.
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Chicago a cappellaOne of fewer than fifty fully professional vocal ensembles in the U.S., Chicago a cappella continually seeks to break new ground in programming, repertoire, and the highest level of professional choral singing. The group draws its repertoire from two primary areas: choral singing’s first "golden age" (1480-1620), and music of our own time, written since 1970. Their inventive programs are often based on a historical or cultural theme, and sometimes intersperse spoken readings among their musical selections.
Recordings of Chicago a cappella here.
Chicago Chorale
The Chicago Chorale, Bruce Tammen, conductor, performs choral masterworks of the sixteenth through twenty-first centuries. Based in Chicago's historic Hyde Park-Kenwood neighborhood and committed to performing throughout the Chicago area, the Chorale offers audiences sensitive, thought-provoking performances of great choral music, some of it familiar and well-loved, some of it little known, unusual, or new. The 50-voice choir offers qualified singers the opportunity to sing with a thoughtful and disciplined ensemble, and works to broaden and enrich the choral music audience through a variety of educational outreach activities.
For more info: visit www.chicagochorale.org/.
2007-2008 season Chicago Chorale early music performance(s) on:
11/3/2007,
12/9/2007,
3/15/2008.
Grace Episcopal Church Madrigal ChoirUnder the artistic direction of Dr. Dennis E. Northway, the Madrigal Choir sings regularly at worship services at Oak Park's Grace Episcopal Church and gives concert performances several times each year. The Choir's core repertoire consists of unaccompanied motets and madrigals from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries. Each December, the Choir presents a holiday Boar's Head Feast, a Renaissance celebration of Christmas. Gravitacion
Gravitacion is Millikin University's faculty medieval and renaissance vocal ensemble. Formed through a mutual respect for medieval and renaissance repertoire, the members of Gravitacion embrace the understanding that early music has many possibilities for vocal color, poetic expressions, and connection with audiences. While historically informed, Gravitacion is committed to achieving meaningful music experiences for the modern time, combining scholarship, passion, and humor.
2007-2008 season Gravitacion early music performance(s) on:
2/8/2008...,
4/10/2008....
Sample audio clips of Gravitacion here and at the group's website.
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Oriana Singers
Chicago's "premier a cappella chamber choir." The Oriana Singers have been performing their "breathtaking range" of a cappella songs from classic to fun since 1979 and have sung everything from Renaissance madrigals to Broadway classics in hundreds of concerts around the U.S. and abroad. The group has performed at the Ravinia Festival and the Chicago Civic Opera House, and are regular guest artists of the world famous Joffrey Ballet of Chicago.
For more info: call 773-262-4558; or e-mail thevoice@oriana.org.
2006-2007 season Oriana Singers early music performance(s) on:
10/1/2006,
11/10/2006,
11/11/2006,
11/12/2006,
3/11/2007....
Photos of the Oriana Singers
here and
here.
Rockefeller Bach SoloistsSchola Antiqua of Chicago
Schola Antiqua of Chicago is the city's premier organization dedicated to the study and performance of western liturgical chant and early polyphony dating from the ninth through fifteenth centuries. Since its inception in 2000, the ensemble has performed its own editions of sacred and secular music of the Middle Ages at numerous venues around the Chicago area. Under the direction of esteemed medieval musicologist Calvin M. Bower from Notre Dame, the organization promotes an understanding of early liturgical music through its performances, research, and education concerning this significant body of musical repertory through innovative programming and publications. Schola Antiqua are artists-in-residence at the University of Chicago.
2007-2008 season Schola Antiqua early music performance(s) on:
4/18/2008....
Photos of Schola Antiqua
here,
here, and
here.
Sample audio clips of Schola Antiqua here.
University of Chicago Motet Choir Performs a wide variety of a cappella literature from the Renaissance to the present day.
2007-2008 season Motet Choir early music performance(s) on:
5/16/2008....
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