Great music comes from people from all backgrounds and cultural experiences and has the power to connect and unite. Yet, a musical landscape exists today that does not reflect that rich tapestry. EMC acknowledges this and pledges a continual effort to address and sow the seeds of inclusion through an intentional outreach in our search for talent in our membership, patronage, board leadership, and through a repertoire that widens our musical lens and reflects the world around us. It is our desire that EMC’s energized focus and unswerving goals on diversity and inclusion ensures that our audiences and the communities we serve and engage, experience the magic and richness of a shared humanity from the music we present.
Author: Elizabeth Niemeier
Join EMC for Musical Treasures: Revered and Revealed
Government Issue
Featuring - The Government Issue Orchestra and
the Elgin Master Chorale
Narrated by Clifton Truman Daniel
Saturday, July 8, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Harper College Performing Arts Center, Palatine, IL
Free to the General Public
Experience this musical salute to our Greatest Generation and their triumphs and struggles throughout the Allied Forces war effort. This ten-part, historical oratorio by Michael James Karasis will by narrated by Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of the former President.
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Messiah
Selected Christmas Choruses including "Hallelujah" Chorus
Featuring - Bella Voce Sinfonia
also presenting Matinas do Natal
by José Maurício Nunes Garcia
Sunday, November 6, 2022, 3:30 p.m.
Blizzard Theatre, Elgin Community College
Call 847.622.0300
Witness the beauty and majesty of George Frideric Handel's renowned oratorio, as we celebrate the holiday season through one of the greatest choral works of all time. On this same program, the Chorale will present Matinas do Natal by José Maurício Nunes Garcia (1767 - 1830), a noted Brazilian composer of African descent and one of the earliest classical composers of the New World.
Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Spectacular
Featuring - Elgin Master Chorale
Friday, December 9, 2022, 8:00 p.m. / Raue Center
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 7:30 p.m. / Hemmens Center
Sunday, December 11, 2022, 2:30 p.m. / Hemmens Center
Call 815.356.9212 (Raue Center)
Call 847.931.5900 (Hemmens Center)
An Elgin Holiday Tradition! ESO’s Holiday Spectacular is a concert
of favorite seasonal music for the whole family.
Elgin Youth Choir's Winter Fantasia
Featuring - EMC Chamber Singers
Sunday, December 18, 2022, 3:30pm
Immanuel Lutheran Church, East Dundee
The Elgin Youth Choir joins with the EMC Chamber Singers for an intimate concert of favorite seasonal music.
Latin Movement
Featuring - BFH (formerly Ballet Folklorico Huehuecoyotl)
Friday, February 10, 2023, 10:00 a.m.
Blizzard Theatre, Elgin Community College
By invitation only
Our tenth annual Education Connections concert, Latin Movement, is a musical celebration of regional Mexican folksongs and dance. This free concert is our gift to 4th - 6th grade students of Greater Elgin.
Gail Borden Sunday Afternoon Concert
Featuring - EMC Chamber Singers
Sunday, March 26, 2023, 2:00 p.m.
Gail Borden Public Library, Main Library, Elgin, IL
Join the EMC Chamber Singers for a preview of selections from our upcoming concert of
The Ordering of Moses. A collection of Mexican Folksongs from our recent Educational Connections Concert, Latin Movement, will also be performed on this program.
The Ordering of Moses
Featuring - Elgin Symphony Orchestra
Special Guest - Elgin Youth Choir
Saturday, April 15, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Blizzard Theatre, Elgin Community College
Call 847.622.0300
Join us for this sweeping oratorio by R. Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943), a noted composer of African descent. The text, from scripture and folklore, is a retelling of Moses leading his people out of captivity and into the Promised Land. The first performance of this work at the Cincinnati May Festival in 1937 was simulcast to a national radio audience and ended in controversy. This season's Carnegie Hall revival has reintroduced contemporary audiences to this grand work.
Government Issue
Featuring - The Government Issue Orchestra and the Elgin Master Chorale
Narrated by Clifton Truman Daniel
Saturday, July 8, 2023, 3:00 p.m.
Harper College Performing Arts Center,
Palatine, IL
Free to the General Public
Experience this musical salute to our Greatest Generation and their triumphs and struggles throughout the Allied Forces war effort. This ten-part, historical oratorio by Michael James Karasis will by narrated by Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of the former President.
EMC DIVERSITY STATEMENT
Great music comes from people from all backgrounds and cultural experiences and has the power to connect and unite. Yet, a musical landscape exists today that does not reflect that rich tapestry. EMC acknowledges this and pledges a continual effort to address and sow the seeds of inclusion through an intentional outreach in our search for talent in our membership, patronage, board leadership, and through a repertoire that widens our musical lens and reflects the world around us. It is our desire that EMC’s energized focus and unswerving goals on diversity and inclusion ensures that our audiences and the communities we serve and engage, experience the magic and richness of a shared humanity from the music we present.