With Malice Toward None

November 2, 2025 | 3:30pm | Blizzard Theater at Elgin Community College Arts Center

Inspired by Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, this powerful program explores justice, unity, and national healing. Featuring Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, Florence Price’s moving Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, and Randall Thompson’s stirring Testament of Freedom, the concert reflects on the endurance of American democracy and the hope that binds us together.

That This Nation Shall Live

April 19, 2026 | 3:30pm | Blizzard Theater at Elgin Community College Arts Center

Our title for this Spring concert is philosophically rooted in the timeless words of the Gettysburg Address. With a program centers on Terra Nostra by Chicago composer Stacy Garrop—an expansive oratorio that asks us to consider our planet, our legacy, and our responsibility to future generations.