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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.

MIC Open House for Adults - December 2, 2023

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

FALL + SPRING

September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
October 7, 14, 21, 28
November 4, 11, 18, 25
December 2, 9, 16
January 6, 13

FALL CONCERT: November 23, 2025

January 20, 27
February 3, 10, 17, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24
April 7, 14, 21, 28
May 5, 12, 19, 26

WINTER CONCERT: March 22, 2026
SPRING CONCERT: May 31, 2026

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FALL – 18 weeks
September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
October 7, 14, 21, 28
November 4, 11, 18, 25
December 2, 9, 16
January 6, 13

FALL CONCERT: November 23, 2025

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FALL –  12 weeks
September 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
October 7, 14, 21, 28
November 4, 11, 18

FALL CONCERT: November 23, 2025

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WINTER –  12 weeks
December 16
January 6, 13, 20, 27
February 3, 10, 17, 24
March 3, 10, 17

WINTER CONCERT: March 22, 2026

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SPRING – 18 weeks
January 20, 27
February 3, 10, 17, 24
March 3, 10, 17, 24
April 7, 14, 21, 28
May 5, 12, 19, 26


SPRING – 10 weeks
March 17, 24
April 7, 14, 21, 28
May 5, 12, 19, 26

 

2025-2026 MIC Chorale Concert Schedule

Sundays at 3:00 PM 
Nichols Concert Hall
1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston
Concerts: Free and Open to the Public.
 
November 23, 2025
March 22, 2026
May 31, 2026 

 

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