Uniting Voices Chicago

Uniting Voices Chicago unveils 2024-25 season and opens registration

Uniting Voices Chicago has unveiled its 2024-25 season, promising a series of engaging and diverse performances that aim to inspire and unite the community. Celebrating both emerging talents and seasoned performers, the season offers a rich mix of concerts and special events.

Featured performances this season will include the Uniting Voices youth ensembles’ annual winter concert ‘Songs of the Season’ at Harris Theater, a South American-themed performance ‘Canto Latino: Alma Del Sur’ at Senka Park, and a Black History Month performance at the Chicago Symphony Center called ‘Afrofuturism: The Freedom Metropolis.’ To end the season, the annual ‘Paint the Town Red’ concert will take place at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.

Registration is now open for the Uniting Voices Chicago after-school programs, which welcome youth ages 6-18 to participate in musical training and participate in this season’s performances. Tuition is based on family income and starts at $50 per year.

Uniting Voices Chicago receives largest-ever gift, from anonymous donor

The folks who run Uniting Voices Chicago — a citywide youth choral organization with about 3,200 singers — feel pretty confident that they’ll be able to continue offering such “life-changing” opportunities, after announcing this week that they’ve received a $4 million gift from an anonymous donor — by far the largest gift the non-profit has ever received.

“We are thrilled that we were given this anonymous gift and someone recognizing us from New York City ... that they are recognizing the work that we’re doing,” said the organization’s president, Josephine Lee.

Making History at Lollapalooza with Karol G

Uniting Voices joined Colombian superstar Karol G at Lollapalooza and made history as they accompanied the first-ever Latin female artist to headline the festival in Chicago. Coming together for the first time since their collaborative performance on Saturday Night Live in April, Karol G and Uniting Voices reprised the hit "Mientras Me Curo del Cora" and as a consequence, "the already wistful song turned into a beautiful event as Karol sang the uplifting lyrics backed by the soulful choir."