Hear the Voices. Feel the Passion.

A cultural cornerstone of Elgin and the Fox Valley, the Elgin Master Chorale creates a thrilling, emotional experience for audiences at each performance. Celebrate great choral music performed with passionate excellence. See for yourself why audiences are saying, “It’s my choir.” Make it yours, too.

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.