Thanks to our longtime friend Bongani Magatyana for visiting us all the way from Cape Town, South Africa! 🇿🇦 We've worked with Bongani, who is a composer, choir director and musician, for over a decade as a culture bearer to learn South African Choral Music. Yesterday, Bongani led a summer workshop to a diverse group made up of current singers from our Neighborhood Choirs and Voice of Chicago, conductors, alumni, Future Music Educators and visiting singers. He taught songs in Zulu and their accompanying choreography, including his original song Mandela. We can't wait to share what we've learned at some of our concerts this year! Bongani is just one of the many culture bearers we work with at Uniting Voices. These innovators and pacesetters in their unique field or genre of music to affirm that our singers have the opportunity to learn from the best and most authentic voices when learning a global music style.
Uniting Voices Chicago
Performing Arts
Chicago, Il 2,815 followers
Formerly Chicago Children’s Choir. Our mission is to inspire and change lives through music.
About us
Uniting Voices Chicago (Josephine Lee, President) is a nonprofit organization that inspires and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to become global leaders through music. Founded in Hyde Park at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement in 1956, Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) has grown from one choir into a vast network of in-school and after-school programs serving thousands of students across the city of Chicago. The organization has impacted the lives of more than 50,000 diverse youth throughout its 65-year history. Since its founding, the choir has focused on building programs that reflect the racial and economic diversity of Chicago. The majority of youth served are from low-to-moderate income homes and participate completely free of charge. All singers in Uniting Voices Chicago programs receive some level of subsidy. High school seniors enrolled in Uniting Voices Chicago have a 100% graduation and college acceptance rate, becoming global ambassadors who carry on our core values in a wide array of professional fields. Under the leadership of President and Artistic Director Josephine Lee, Uniting Voices Chicago has achieved new heights and revolutionized the youth choral arts through innovative creative partnerships and new artistic endeavors. Recent projects include the world-premiere hip-hop musical Long Way Home, written and directed by the renowned Q Brothers Collective, which played to five sold-out houses in 2018; performance in a new staged production of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS under the direction of Marin Alsop in July 2018 with two frequent creative partners: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Ravinia Festival; and collaboration on Chance the Rapper’s GRAMMY winning 2016 mixtape Coloring Book. Uniting Voices Chicago has served as a model for youth choirs across the country including Boston Children's Chorus, Denver Children’s Choir and Indianapolis Children’s Choir.
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http://www.unitingvoiceschicago.org
External link for Uniting Voices Chicago
- Industry
- Performing Arts
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Il
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 1956
- Specialties
- nonprofit, choir, and music education
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Primary
78 E. Washington St., 5th Floor
Chicago, Il 60602, US
Employees at Uniting Voices Chicago
Updates
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Our friends at Ingenuity - Chicago are throwing this back to school event for arts partners, CPS principals and educators! 📚
Arts Partners, CPS Principals & Educators: Join Ingenuity and the CPS Department of Arts Education on Friday, August 23 for an exciting Back 2 School event! 🍎 It's a perfect opportunity to kick off the 24-25 school year, network with colleagues, celebrate new beginnings, and set the stage for a year filled with creativity and achievement. Register now! #BacktoSchool #CPSArtsEducation
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This year, to commemorate 25 years of service to the organization, the Uniting Voices Chicago Board of Directors are proud to honor our President Josephine Lee, world-renowned musician, leader and educator. During her tenure, Josephine has served as the artistic heartbeat and a profound representative of our core values of education, expression and excellence. She has impacted the lives of thousands of young people while elevating the global reputation of Uniting Voices. We look forward to honoring Josephine Lee’s 25 years of visionary leadership. Join us in celebrating her remarkable dedication to our city’s youth at Red Jacket Optional 2024 on Saturday, October 19. Learn more about Josephine, Uniting Voices Chicago and Red Jacket Optional here: https://lnkd.in/gBzN-mnu
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We were honored to play a small part in helping NASCAR make a difference in Chicago last week! 🏁 Thanks to Candace Jordan for the shout-out in this great recap of the event.
Racing to make a difference: NASCAR Chicago Street Race's impact on Chicago
chicagostarmedia.com
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Our talented School Program singers performed at the Polaris Charter Academy Celebration of Learning earlier this year! Polaris is just one of the over 80 schools across Chicago where we provided our world-classic music education program.
Uniting Voices Chicago, Polaris Junior Choir_Benefit 2024
https://vimeo.com/
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📍Showchoir Camps Of America 🎉 A mini-Uniting Voices Chicago reunion for some of our staff and supporters: conductors Farlanda Buchannon and Judy Hanson, program assistant Kevin Rudzinski, and Ambassadors Board member Karena Brown, MSN, RN, CMSRN!
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The 2024-25 season is off to the races! 🏁 In case you missed it on NBC Chicago and Peacock yesterday, singers from Voice of Chicago braved the wind and the rain yesterday to perform an original arrangement of “America the Beautiful” by our conductor-in-residence W. Mitchell Owens. Our singers learned this arrangement in less than a week! Thank you to NASCAR Chicago for having us, and their amazing staff for making the day one to remember for our singers!
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We will see you at the starting line. 🏁🏎 Catch us this Sunday, July 7, performing an original arrangement of "America the Beautiful" at the NASCAR #NASCARChicago Street Race weekend, prior to the Grant Park 165! Our performance will take place 30 minutes prior to race start, tentatively at 3pm CT. The race will air on NBC Chicago and stream on Peacock. Follow along on our socials for the latest updates on performance timing!
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Join our team of superstars. We're #hiring for the following roles: 🌟 Chief Development Officer (Full-time) ✨ Event Production Coordinator (Full-time) 💫 Program Assistant (Austin, Gage Park, West Town Neighborhoods, part-time) Learn more apply: https://lnkd.in/gSepu-wz #nonprofits #development #production
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ICYMI, we're so honored that Amy Tinucci, CFRE has accepted a new role with Uniting Voices as our Chief Operating Officer! Learn more in Newcity.
Today In Culture, Tuesday, June 25, 2024: Hubbard Sets Season With a Fosse | Fifty Years Of The Poetry Center | Valpo Dumps Museum Director
https://www.newcity.com