Daniel Wallenberg, conductor | Gregory Shifrin, pianist
The Music Institute of Chicago Chorale is a community chorus that provides an opportunity for adult singers with prior experience to study and perform the best in sacred and secular choral music. Since it began in 1987, the Chorale has one continuing goal: to perform the finest sacred and secular choral music with the highest of standards in a community setting.
Under the leadership of Conductor Daniel Wallenberg, the Chorale has developed a wide range of repertoire, including motets, madrigals, part-songs, folk songs, and larger choral-orchestral works by Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart, Duruflé, and many others. Throughout the years, the Chorale has collaborated with local choirs and symphony orchestras and has produced two fully costumed Elizabethan madrigal dinners. In addition, the Chorale has collaborated several times with the Music Institute’s voice faculty for concerts of opera and Broadway music.
New to MIC and want to join the Chorale?
Schedule your audition today!
New Member Auditions
1490 Chicago Avenue (enter on Grove)
Please call 847.905.1500 ext. 100, or email Patrick O'Malley.
MIC Chorale Rehearsal Schedule
Rehearsals take place at MIC's Evanston Campus (1490 Chicago Avenue) on Tuesday from 7:30-9:30 pm
FULL SEASON
Fall & Spring: September 3-May 27 (36 weeks)
SPRING
Spring 2025: January 28-May 27 (18 weeks)
Spring 2025: March 25-May 27 (10 weeks)
MIC Chorale Concert Schedule 2024-2025
All concerts take place at:
Nichols Concert Hall | 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston
Free and open to the public (unless otherwise noted)
“I Will Give My Love an Apple” | Sunday, March 16, 2025 at 7:30 pm
A celebration of folk songs from around the world.
Faure's Requiem | Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 3 pm
Requiem by Faure and the Mass in F minor by Josef Rheinberger featuring Brian Schoettler, organist of the First United Methodist Church in Evanston and MIC faculty
Summer Sing-Along | Wednesday, July 30, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Repertoire this year includes: Beethoven's Mass in C and Haydn's Little Organ Mass.
Join the Music Institute Chorale for rehearsal and a sign-along under the leadership of conductor Daniel Wallenberg.
$15 Sing-along only (for those who wish to sing)
$77 Rehearsals & Sing-along
General audience only, free.
2024-2025 Past Concerts...
“Clap Your Hands” | Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 3 pm
Featuring music for choir and brass, including Daniel Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata.
“Gather Ye Round” | Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 3 pm
The MIC Chorale joins forces with multiple choirs and instrumental ensembles for an all MIC celebration of the canon.