Join the Evanston Civic Chorus - January 3, 2019

All community members high school age and older are welcome to join the Evanston Civic Chorus this winter.

The a cappella concert will be on February 8th.

First rehearsal is on January 3rd at EMS.  Starting on January 10th the rehearsals will be at DMS for several weeks.

More information about membership in the chorus is available on the member information page.

by Sara

December 20th ECOC Fundraiser at Aspen Cinemas

Did you enjoy our recent Handel's Messiah concerts in Kemmerer and Evanston?

Join the ECOC this Thursday, December 20, 2018, at Aspen Cinemas for a Movie Night fundraiser.  The theater will be donating 50% of all concession sales to ECOC, starting at 4:00 p.m. on that day.


by Sara

ECOC to join with Kemmerer Community Choir for Handel's Messiah 2018

The Evanston Civic Chorus is happy to collaborate with the Kemmerer Community Choir and the Evanston Civic Orchestra for this year's performance of Handel's Messiah. Both the Kemmerer performance on December 1st and the Evanston performance on December 3rd are free.  Note that in Kemmerer the start time is 6:00 p.m. and in Evanston it is 7:00 p.m.  Refreshments will be served.


by Sara

Join the choir this fall - Rehearsals start soon!

The Evanston Civic Chorus welcomes new singers this fall.  Rehearsals will mostly
focus on preparations for the performances of Handel's Messiah on December 1st in Kemmerer and December 3rd in Evanston, but some of the time in early September will be devoted to preparing for a community performance.  On Saturday, September 22nd, the chorus will sing a couple of songs for the women's conference sponsored by the Calvary Chapel Evanston church.

All high school students and adults are welcome to join the chorus; auditions are not required.  Just come to the first rehearsal on September 6th from 6-8 pm at Davis Middle School and sign up.

More information about the Messiah production, the required score, directors, etc. is available on the Evanston Messiah website.

by Sara

May 7th Concert - "Together"

The Chorus is singing some beautiful songs at our spring concert coming up soon, including "Dirait-on" and "Oh, My Love's Like a Red, Red Rose."  The orchestra is playing some great orchestral works that are very familiar, including "The Moldau" by Smetana and a movement from Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony."  The exciting finale of the concert will be a combined orchestra and chorus piece, "Dry Your Tears, Afrika" by John Williams. See you on May 7th, 7:00 p.m. at Davis Middle School. The concert is free, and families are invited.

by Sara 

A Cappella Night! - March 26th

The Beatles, Billy Joel, Josh Groban, and OneRepublic - These are just some of the artists whose music you'll hear at A Cappella Night on Monday, March 26th at 7:00 p.m. at Evanston Middle School.

The Evanston Civic Chorus will be singing a couple of popular hits as an ensemble, with the rest of the program filled out by the Evanston Men's and Women's Choruses and small groups.  This is going to be great family entertainment, with songs for everyone.  Refreshments will be served, and the concert is free.

by Sara

University of Wyoming Collaborations

Evanston Men's Chorus - February 9, 2018

Both Evanston Men's Chorus and Evanston Women's Chorus have had fun collaborations with University of Wyoming choirs this year.

On February 9th, the men opened for the Arts Inc. Concert Series, UW Singing Statesmen concert by singing "We May Not Be Vampires."  The UW choir then joined the Evanston singers, which included some young men from the high school choirs,in singing "Brothers, Sing on!"

Evanston Women's Chorus - March 7, 2018

Evanston Women's Chorus hosted a joint concert on March 7th.  The EMS Jazz Choir began the concert with two songs, "Cantar" and "J'entends le Moulin," followed by the Evanston women singing "Long Time Traveller" and "Happy Together."  The UW Bel Canto Women's Chorus then joined Evanston on stage to sing "Scarborough Fair."  The UW women then finished out the concert with the program they were taking to the ACDA Northwestern Division conference in Portland, Oregon later in the week.(More Photos)

by Sara

Spring Rehearsals Begin February 1st

The Evanston Civic Chorus will resume rehearsals on February 1st, 6-8 pm at Davis Middle School.  They welcome new members!

The Evanston Men's Chorus and The Evanston Women's Chorus will rehearse individually as well as together for the combined Evanston Civic Chorus songs.  They are looking forward to a couple of performances this spring.  First, they will host an a cappella concert on March 26th.  All types of a cappella music will be performed by the Evanston Civic Chorus and small ensembles from within the organization and the community.  On May 7th they will combine with the Evanston Civic Orchestra for a spring concert.

The Evanston Civic Chorus - Fall Concert 2017

by Sara