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Share the joy of the season with beloved CMS favorites by Charles Ives, Elizabeth Poston, John Rutter, and others, along with new discoveries by Eleanor Daley, Rosephanye Powell, Kevin Siegfried, and more.
This performance will last approximately one hour and forty minutes, including a 20-minute intermission. There is no pre-concert conversation.
Share the joy of the season with beloved CMS favorites by Charles Ives, Elizabeth Poston, John Rutter, and others, along with new discoveries by Eleanor Daley, Rosephanye Powell, Kevin Siegfried, and more.
This performance will last approximately one hour and forty minutes, including a 20-minute intermission. There is no pre-concert conversation.
January 19, 2025 - Ode to Joy
Featuring voices from Chicago Master Singers, Lux Cantorum, and Chorusmaster John C. Hughes
4pm Concert
James Lumber Performing Arts Center
19351 W. Washington Street
Grayslake, IL 60030
Tickets: Adults: $20 | Seniors/Students: $10
Support the next generation of composers and singers as you meet composer Jake Runestad and hear a concert of his works featuring cello and piano, including Cello Songs and American Triptych. Other pieces will be performed by CMS with singers from Conant High School (Tim Koll, Director) and Glenbard West High School (Andrew Jeffrey, Director).
Pre-concert conversation at 6:45pm, featuring Composer Jake Runestad and Music Director John C. Hughes.
This performance will last approximately one hour and ten minutes.
Join us for a wonderful program to close the 2024-25 season, featuring Johannes Brahms's Requiem and Ola Gjeilo'sDark Night of the Soul. The chorus is joined by the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and vocal soloists Katelyn Lee and Nicholas Miguel.
Pre-concert conversation at 6:45pm Saturday / 2:15pm Sunday, featuring Katelyn Lee, Nicholas Miguel, and Music Director John C. Hughes.
Join us for a wonderful program to close the 2024-25 season, featuring Johannes Brahms's Requiem and Ola Gjeilo'sDark Night of the Soul. The chorus is joined by the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and vocal soloists Katelyn Lee and Nicholas Miguel.
Pre-concert conversation at 6:45pm Saturday / 2:15pm Sunday, featuring Katelyn Lee, Nicholas Miguel, and Music Director John C. Hughes.
Join conductor John C. Hughes for a fun program featuring the phenomenal Monroe Crossing—one of the country's best bluegrass bands. Together, we'll perform Carol Barnett's The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass, as well as other bluegrass/Americana pieces. Don't miss out on this opportunity to participate in a choral concert like you've never heard before
One of today's leading composers, Shawn E. Okpebholo will be joining the Green Lake Festival of Music in 2025 as our featured composer. Spend four days rehearsing Okpebholo's choral music with conductor John C. Hughes, workshopping new pieces, and getting to know him and your fellow singers. Okpebholo is truly a rising star, and this is not a Composer Residency to be missed.
Experience beauty and peace in a program of contemplative works, featuring
Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir. The chorus will also perform works accompanied by pianist Lyudmila Lakisova.
Pre-concert conversation at 6:45pm Saturday / 2:15pm Sunday, featuring Meditation and Mindfulness Instructor Mark Zelkowitz and Music Director John C. Hughes.
This performance will last approximately one hour and ten minutes.
Experience beauty and peace in a program of contemplative works, featuring
Frank Martin's Mass for Double Choir. The chorus will also perform works accompanied by pianist Lyudmila Lakisova.
Pre-concert conversation at 6:45pm Saturday / 2:15pm Sunday, featuring Meditation and Mindfulness Instructor Mark Zelkowitz and Music Director John C. Hughes.
This performance will last approximately one hour and ten minutes.
The Composer Residency collaborates closely with and performs music exclusively by the GLFM’s Composer-in-Residence. The Festival has commissioned a new work from Dale Trumbore, and the Composer Residency chorus will give the world premiere. The remaining repertoire by Trumbore will explore the theme of nature. No audition is required for the 2024 Composer Residency program.
The Choral Institute is a beloved tradition at the Green Lake Festival of Music and welcomes anyone who loves to sing! In 2024, the Choral Institute will perform two works centered on nature: Dominick Argento’s serene Walden Pond with harp and three cellos and Randall Thompson’s beloved Frostiana.
Chicago Master Singers frequently tours overseas. The tours are open to those CMS singers who wish to go, as well as family and friends.
CMS is thrilled to announce that our next performance tour will be to Normandy and Paris from June 27-July 7, 2024. Tour highlights include performances in some of France’s most beautiful churches and during a wreath-laying ceremony at the American Cemetery at Normandy, which is especially meaningful as 2024 will be the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Of course, touring isn’t all work! There will be plenty of free time to enjoy the sights with singers, family, and friends.
An unaccompanied program of French and American choral gems, including works by Maurice Duruflé, Jocelyn Hagen, Jake Runestad, and others. This concert is a prelude to the CMS performance tour to Paris and Normandy in the summer of 2024.
An unaccompanied program of French and American choral gems, including works by Maurice Duruflé, Jocelyn Hagen, Jake Runestad, and others. This concert is a prelude to the CMS performance tour to Paris and Normandy in the summer of 2024.
Meet composer Elaine Hagenberg and hear a concert of her works, including her new major work, Illuminare, performed by CMS with the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra. Other pieces will be performed by CMS with pianist Lyudmila Lakisova and singers from area schools.
Including beautiful arrangements of traditional carols, beloved CMS favorites, and new discoveries, accompanied by organ, brass, and percussion.
Including beautiful arrangements of traditional carols, beloved CMS favorites, and new discoveries, accompanied by organ, brass, and percussion.
Featuring Bach's Magnificat, Händel's Dixit Dominus, and Vivaldi's Beatus Vir, with the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and vocal soloists Katelyn Lee, Carolyne DalMonte, Chelsea Lyons, Ryan Townsend Strand, and Harrison Hintzsche.
Featuring Bach's Magnificat, Händel's Dixit Dominus, and Vivaldi's Beatus Vir, with the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and vocal soloists Katelyn Lee, Carolyne DalMonte, Chelsea Lyons, Ryan Townsend Strand, and Harrison Hintzsche.
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s birth: Five Mystical Songs, Serenade to Music, and Dona Nobis Pacem.
Vocal soloists will be
Soprano Michelle Areyzaga,
Mezzo-Soprano Margaret Fox,
Tenor Klaus Georg,
and Baritone Keven Keys.
This performance will last approximately
one hour and thirty minutes,
including a 20-minute intermission.
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s birth: Five Mystical Songs, Serenade to Music, and Dona Nobis Pacem.
Vocal soloists will be
Soprano Michelle Areyzaga,
Mezzo-Soprano Margaret Fox,
Tenor Klaus Georg,
and Baritone Keven Keys.
This performance will last approximately
one hour and thirty minutes,
including a 20-minute intermission.
Including beautiful Christmas carols and newer works, featuring the highly lauded Christus
Natus Est by Cecilia McDowall.
Featuring vocal soloists
from the chorus.
This performance will last approximately
one hour and thirty minutes,
including a 20-minute intermission.
Including beautiful Christmas carols and newer works, featuring the highly lauded Christus
Natus Est by Cecilia McDowall.
Featuring vocal soloists
from the chorus.
This performance will last approximately
one hour and thirty minutes,
including a 20-minute intermission.
Featuring the Requiem,
Solemn Vespers,
and Ave Verum Corpus.
Vocal soloists will be
Soprano Michelle Areyzaga,
Mezzo-Soprano Kim Leeds,
Tenor Klaus Georg,
and Baritone Keven Keys.
This performance will last approximately
one hour and forty minutes,
including a 20-minute intermission.
Featuring the Requiem,
Solemn Vespers,
and Ave Verum Corpus.
Vocal soloists will be
Soprano Michelle Areyzaga,
Mezzo-Soprano Kim Leeds,
Tenor Klaus Georg,
and Baritone Keven Keys.
This performance will last approximately
one hour and forty minutes,
including a 20-minute intermission.
The Composer Residency will perform audience favorites like Through Love to Light and newer works such as Deep Peace and Alleluia. This year’s Composer Residency will also give the world premieres of two new pieces, including one commissioned by the GLFM especially for this occasion.
This year’s theme is “Heavenly Music,” and the repertoire includes not only Schubert’s lovely Mass in G to be performed with professional soloists and orchestra, but also music that contemplates humanity’s place within the cosmos.
Chicago Master Singers’ spring performances will be a celebration of cathedral music featuring Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Tarik O’Regan’s Dorchester Canticles, as well as music by Benjamin Britten and Gerald Finzi.
Chicago Master Singers’ spring performances will be a celebration of cathedral music featuring Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Tarik O’Regan’s Dorchester Canticles, as well as music by Benjamin Britten and Gerald Finzi.
Chicago Master Singers’ Christmas concerts include traditional favorites by Sir David Willcocks, John Rutter, and Philip Stopford, and newer works by Stephen Paulus, Abbie Betinis and Ola Gjeilo, with organ and harp accompaniment.
Two performances: Saturday, December 11 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, December 12 at 3:00 PM.
Chicago Master Singers’ Christmas concerts include traditional favorites by Sir David Willcocks, John Rutter, and Philip Stopford, and newer works by Stephen Paulus, Abbie Betinis and Ola Gjeilo, with organ and harp accompaniment.
Two performances: Saturday, December 11 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, December 12 at 3:00 PM.
The season premiere of Chicago Master Singers features works by Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre, Franz Schubert and others. With a theme of “Reflection,” this program lifts the human spirit with hope for a brighter future arising out of loss.
Two performances: Saturday, November 6 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 7 at 3:00 PM.
The season premiere of Chicago Master Singers features works by Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre, Franz Schubert and others. With a theme of “Reflection,” this program lifts the human spirit with hope for a brighter future arising out of loss.
Two performances: Saturday, November 6 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, November 7 at 3:00 PM.
Green Lake Festival of Music
Repertoire
Sure On This Shining Night
O Come Let Us Sing Unto the Lord
Ov'è, lass', il bel viso?
Se per havervi, oime
The Prayer
Ya eres mia
Slow, Slow Fresh Fount
Soneto de la Noche
Dirait-On
O Magnum Mysterium
