SJB Musica Lumina concert series continues Sunday, November 19

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The North Shore Choral Society will present Music of the Americas on Sunday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. at St. John Brebeuf Church, 8307 N Harlem Ave, Niles.

The Musica Lumina 2017-18 concert series continues Sunday, Nov. 19, at 3 p.m. at St. John Brebeuf Church, 8307 N Harlem Ave, Niles. This third concert will feature the North Shore Choral Society presenting Music of the Americas. Tickets are available at www.northshorechoral.org or at the door at $25 for adults, $22 for seniors, $10 for students. Children 12 and under are free with a paid adult attending.

Sponsored in part by Relevant Radio, Bugle Newspapers and the Niles Metropolitan Chorus, the ten-concert 2017-18 series is organized by SJB Director of Music Marek Rachelski and includes two commemorative concerts given in honor of the legacy of the Rev. Stanley Rudcki, 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 Handel’s Messiah—5th Annual DIY on Sunday, Tuesday, Dec. 12, at 7 p.m.; and Luigi Cherubini’s Requiem in C Minor on Sunday, March 18, at 3 p.m.

Five additional concerts will feature the Niles Metropolitan Chorus and Musica Lumina Orchestra presenting two performances of Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors at 8 p.m on Friday, Dec. 8, and Saturday, Dec. 9; the Lira Singers presenting Christmas in Poland on Sunday, Dec. 17, at 3 p.m; Musica Lumina presenting Eastern Europe Shines on Sunday, Feb.11, at 3 p.m.; Musica Lumina presenting Composers' Showcase on Sunday, April 29, at 3 p.m.; and North Shore Choral Society presenting Requiems by Faure, Chilcott on Sunday, June 3, at 3 p.m.

Most concerts have free-will donations; some have an admission charge. For information, call 847-966-8145 or visit www.sjbrebeuf.org or www.nilesmetropolitanchorus.