This year, to commemorate 25 years of service to the organization, the Uniting Voices Chicago Board of Directors are proud to honor our President Josephine Lee, world-renowned musician, leader and educator. During her tenure, Josephine has served as the artistic heartbeat and a profound representative of our core values of education, expression and excellence. She has impacted the lives of thousands of young people while elevating the global reputation of Uniting Voices. We look forward to honoring Josephine Lee’s 25 years of visionary leadership. Join us in celebrating her remarkable dedication to our city’s youth at Red Jacket Optional 2024 on Saturday, October 19. Learn more about Josephine, Uniting Voices Chicago and Red Jacket Optional here: https://lnkd.in/gBzN-mnu
Uniting Voices Chicago
Performing Arts
Chicago, Il 2,798 followers
Formerly Chicago Children’s Choir. Our mission is to inspire and change lives through music.
About us
Uniting Voices Chicago (Josephine Lee, President) is a nonprofit organization that inspires and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to become global leaders through music. Founded in Hyde Park at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement in 1956, Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) has grown from one choir into a vast network of in-school and after-school programs serving thousands of students across the city of Chicago. The organization has impacted the lives of more than 50,000 diverse youth throughout its 65-year history. Since its founding, the choir has focused on building programs that reflect the racial and economic diversity of Chicago. The majority of youth served are from low-to-moderate income homes and participate completely free of charge. All singers in Uniting Voices Chicago programs receive some level of subsidy. High school seniors enrolled in Uniting Voices Chicago have a 100% graduation and college acceptance rate, becoming global ambassadors who carry on our core values in a wide array of professional fields. Under the leadership of President and Artistic Director Josephine Lee, Uniting Voices Chicago has achieved new heights and revolutionized the youth choral arts through innovative creative partnerships and new artistic endeavors. Recent projects include the world-premiere hip-hop musical Long Way Home, written and directed by the renowned Q Brothers Collective, which played to five sold-out houses in 2018; performance in a new staged production of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS under the direction of Marin Alsop in July 2018 with two frequent creative partners: the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Ravinia Festival; and collaboration on Chance the Rapper’s GRAMMY winning 2016 mixtape Coloring Book. Uniting Voices Chicago has served as a model for youth choirs across the country including Boston Children's Chorus, Denver Children’s Choir and Indianapolis Children’s Choir.
- Website
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http://www.unitingvoiceschicago.org
External link for Uniting Voices Chicago
- Industry
- Performing Arts
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Il
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 1956
- Specialties
- nonprofit, choir, and music education
Locations
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Primary
78 E. Washington St., 5th Floor
Chicago, Il 60602, US
Employees at Uniting Voices Chicago
Updates
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We were honored to play a small part in helping NASCAR make a difference in Chicago last week! 🏁 Thanks to Candace Jordan for the shout-out in this great recap of the event.
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Our talented School Program singers performed at the Polaris Charter Academy Celebration of Learning earlier this year! Polaris is just one of the over 80 schools across Chicago where we provided our world-classic music education program.
Uniting Voices Chicago, Polaris Junior Choir_Benefit 2024
https://vimeo.com/
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📍Showchoir Camps Of America 🎉 A mini-Uniting Voices Chicago reunion for some of our staff and supporters: conductors Farlanda Buchannon and Judy Hanson, program assistant Kevin Rudzinski, and Ambassadors Board member Karena Brown, MSN, RN, CMSRN!
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The 2024-25 season is off to the races! 🏁 In case you missed it on NBC Chicago and Peacock yesterday, singers from Voice of Chicago braved the wind and the rain yesterday to perform an original arrangement of “America the Beautiful” by our conductor-in-residence W. Mitchell Owens. Our singers learned this arrangement in less than a week! Thank you to NASCAR Chicago for having us, and their amazing staff for making the day one to remember for our singers!
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We will see you at the starting line. 🏁🏎 Catch us this Sunday, July 7, performing an original arrangement of "America the Beautiful" at the NASCAR #NASCARChicago Street Race weekend, prior to the Grant Park 165! Our performance will take place 30 minutes prior to race start, tentatively at 3pm CT. The race will air on NBC Chicago and stream on Peacock. Follow along on our socials for the latest updates on performance timing!
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Join our team of superstars. We're #hiring for the following roles: 🌟 Chief Development Officer (Full-time) ✨ Event Production Coordinator (Full-time) 💫 Program Assistant (Austin, Gage Park, West Town Neighborhoods, part-time) Learn more + apply: https://lnkd.in/gSepu-wz #nonprofits #development #production
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ICYMI, we're so honored that Amy Tinucci, CFRE has accepted a new role with Uniting Voices as our Chief Operating Officer! Learn more in Newcity.
Today In Culture, Tuesday, June 25, 2024: Hubbard Sets Season With a Fosse | Fifty Years Of The Poetry Center | Valpo Dumps Museum Director
https://www.newcity.com
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Since our founding during the Civil Rights Movement as Chicago Children’s Choir, we’ve had a simple mission: unite young people from every background through music so they can discover their common humanity. Nearly 70 years later, we’ve continued to do that, just under a new name: the 2023-24 program year was our first full year as Uniting Voices Chicago. So let’s reintroduce ourselves. This year as Uniting Voices Chicago, we impacted the lives of nearly 4,000 youth from every zip code through rehearsals, workshops, performances, tours and more, learn more in our new “We Are Uniting Voices” video on YouTube. With 80% of our work funded through charitable contributions, our life-changing programs would not be possible without the support of our Uniting Voices community. Help us end the fiscal year in a position of strength with a donation before June 30. And thanks to the Van Horne Foundation, you can make double the impact. Every donation made from now until June 30 up to $15,000 will be matched, dollar for dollar. Donate now: https://bit.ly/3RoxbOt
We Are Uniting Voices (English subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/
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It might be summer break for our singers, but our staff is working hard to get ready for the next program year! 🫶 Show 'em a little love today! #staffappreciation