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Niles Chorus Seeks New Members for 2015-2016 Concert Season
If you like to sing and live in the greater Niles area, here's your chance to join a top chorus, make new friends and have fun.
Niles Metropolitan Chorus seeks new members for 2015-16 season
Like to sing? There’s still time to join The Niles Metropolitan chorus and perform in the Musica Lumina concerts during the 2015-2016 series.
“Based at St. John Brebeuf (SJB), the chorus is now accepting new members,” said SJB Music Director Marek Rachelski. “All area residents are welcome to join us in this ecumenical endeavor. Our 2013 and 2014 seasons were great successes, but we know there are more singers in the area that might not know about us yet and want to reach out to them.”
Rehearsals are on Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in SJB’s Music Rehearsal Room with access via the east parking lot of the church located at 8307 N. Harlem Avenue, Niles.
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Sponsored by Relevant Radio and Bugle Newspapers, the nine concert 2015-16 series organized by Rachelski will include three commemorative concerts given in honor of the legacy of the Rev. Stanley Rudki, the former chair of the Niles College Department of Fine Arts, who founded the Niles Concert Choir and Niles Symphony Orchestra in the 1960s. They are Magnificats on Sunday, October 25, at 3 p.m., a Do-it-Yourself Messiah on Tuesday, December 1, at 7 p.m., and Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K. 427, on Sunday, March 20, at 3 p.m.
The first concert of the season – Perspectives on Love and War – is Sunday, Sept. 27 at SJB. The 3 p.m. performance will feature tenor Christopher Reames, and include music by Benjamin Britten, Gerald Finzi, Olivier Messiaen, and Vaughn Williams.
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Five additional concerts will feature New Traditions Barbershop Chorus with the Purdue University Men’s Glee Club on Oct. 10 at 8 p.m., Quintet Attacca on Sunday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m., Avanti Guitar Trio on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 3 p.m., Kantorei: The Singing Boys of Rockford on Sunday, April 24 at 3 p.m. and Musica Lumina Ensemble: Music from the Slavic World on Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m.
There is no charge for the performances except for Oct. 10 which is a ticketed event. At all other concerts, a free will donation is requested.
For more information about the chorus, call 702-806-8421 or email Rachelski at newmru@hotmail.com.
For more information about the concert series, call 847-966-8145 or visit www.sjbrebeuf.org.
