The Community Renewal Chorus' 46th annual Winter concert
The Community Renewal Chorus (CRC) will present its 46th annual Winter concert, on Sunday, January 3, 2016 at 7:30 p.m., at St. Alphonsus Church, 1429 W. Wellington Avenue, Chicago, IL, under the direction of Brian Bloye, Director & Jenne Lennon, Assistant Director. The concert theme, “A Whisper on the Night Wind” will feature the combined voices of the Community Renewal Chorus with multiple strings in a diverse program of musical traditions and will be sure to be a warm ending to the holiday season.
Come enjoy a diverse repertoire of selections as the Community Renewal Chorus performs a tapestry of classical works, arrangements of carols, spirituals, gospel, holiday classics, and freedom songs from around the world. Featured in this special performance will be “The Star: A Christmas Scene” arranged by Jon Washburn and drawn from “Special Starlight” by Carl Sandburg & “Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis De Deo” by Franz Joseph Haydn, performed together with multiple strings. Also included will be gospel and spiritual favorites “Precious Lord” by Thomas Dorsey & “I’m Gonna Sing ‘Til The Spirit Moves In My Heart” by Moses Hogan, and South African freedom song “Freedom is Coming.”
About the Community Renewal Chorus
For over four decades, the Community Renewal Chorus, a not-for-profit organization made up of singers from throughout the Chicago metropolitan area, has been bringing communities together to celebrate the music of different cultures while sharing a message of hope and harmony through diversity. As one of the few community musical groups in the United States whose diversity of members truly reflects the face of urban America, CRC demonstrates that a diverse group of people can work together to produce beautiful music, and seeks to end prejudice and discrimination by promoting understanding among individuals of all traditions and beliefs.
For more information about the concert and the group, contact The Community Renewal Chorus at www.crchorus.org, call 773-403-4245 or email clf@umich.edu. Also find us on Facebook, Twitter @cr_chorus, YouTube, and Meetup.com.
Date and Time
Sunday Jan 3, 2016
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CST
Sunday, January 3
7:30PM
Location
St. Alphonsus Church
1429 W. Wellington Avenue
Fees/Admission
Admission is free to the public with a Free-will offering being taken during the concert. Attendees encouraged to bring new, thermal socks, hats or gloves to be shared with youth and adults struggling with homelessness and poverty in Chicago, through The Night Ministry.
