Inaugural 2022 Concert
Gather in Gratitude
Sunday, November 20, 3:00 pm
Grace United Methodist Church
300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville
This nearly sold-out performance included a variety of choral music selected with the theme of “gratitude”: for home, for love, for the gift of song, for moments in time. The thirty-five auditioned members of NaperVoice sang music from genres including classical, gospel, musical theater, and vocal jazz, by Brahms, Whitacre, Rutter, Runestad, Powell, and other significant composers. A professional percussionist, an award-winning pianist, and a gifted high school violinist accompanied the choir, with kids in the audience invited to learn and play a typical Cuban rhythm on small instruments for one selection. Our talented College/University Student Conductor Intern, Nazarii Mykhailenko, also conducted the choir on one work.
All net proceeds benefited this concert’s designated local charitable organization, Feed My Starving Children.
Spring 2023 Concert: Singing Our Superpowers
Sunday, April 23, 4:00 pm
Grace United Methodist Church
300 E. Gartner Road, Naperville
This program will explore themes of love, faith, wonder, imagination, and hope through vocal works from five centuries by composers including Purcell, Dowland, Massenet, Stroope, Carly Simon, and Dolly Parton. Missa Brevis: Songs of the Enslaved, by Founding Conductor/Artistic Director Philip Spencer, will also have its Naperville premiere. The 35-voice auditioned choir, composed of professional and volunteer singers from twenty Chicago-area communities, will be accompanied by Collaborative Percussionist Shelley May Hutchison, Collaborative Pianist Valerie Lorimer, and students from NaperVoice's college and high school internship programs.
All net proceeds beyond expenses will benefit the local charitable nonprofit Kids Above All, building better lives for kids through therapeutic programs, housing support, and education.
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