Springfield Choral Society

05/19/2026

Mark your calendars for May 30! Details below 👇

Save the date! Join us May 30 at Union Square Park , a FREE Cultural Arts
Festival, 11AM–5PM. Live Salsa Lessons, SYPG 🩰 Ballerinas, Mariachi, artisans, kids’ crafts, food trucks: The Lumpia House + Truck & more.

Thanks to our sponsors for making this possible!

11am Springfield Youth Performance Group
11:30am Asian Indian Women's Organization
12:00pm Mariachi Gabriel s Singer Ayelen
12:45 pm Salsa with Julio Barrenzuela
1:00 pm Springfield Folk Dancers
2:00 pm Springfield Drum Circle
3:00 pm Salsa with Jeff and Jacqueline Martin
3:15 pm Salsa with Julio Barrenzuela
4:00 pm Express your Seoul KPOP Dancers
4:30 pm Springfield Choral Society

Sponsors + InKind
Solution Printing, Inc.
Fae Folk Art Collective Cee Jones
Wild Rose Monica Zanetti Designs
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
Downtown Springfield, Inc.
Fluid Lounge
Hoogland Center for the Arts Angie Shook Satchivi Tim Crawford
Doris Turner for State Senate
Executive Director - Garvey-Tubman Cultural Arts and Research Center
Ward 5 Alderwoman Lakeisha k Purchase
Lisita Jiménez Bandy Jeremy Reed Nancy Nance Angela Griffin

05/08/2026

IT'S OFFICIAL🎉🎉🎉

We have hit ONE THOUSAND Facebook followers‼️

Our page is a GREAT way to stay-up-to-date on our upcoming performances, community programs and singer profiles.

Thanks to all of you for choosing to make us a part of your social media scrolls!

04/28/2026

A HUGE thanks to everyone who came out to our Voices of America festival last weekend ✨🎸

As we approach the country’s 250th birthday, we thought it fitting to honor the wide array of artists and composers who shaped American culture into what it is today— We’re so glad you chose to come along this musical journey with us!

And thank you to the folks at First Presbyterian Church of Springfield, Illinois and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for providing the perfect spaces for us to share this program.

See you all again in December for our annual “Messiah” concert 🎄

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📸: Clare Hart, David Bartold, Amanda Wanless, Linda Younkin, Gabi Dart, Jonathan Prabhu, Joran Gonet-Bachtold

04/25/2026

We’ve got rhythm…..and SO much more 🥁 🎸🎹🎶

Come see for yourself tonight at 7:30 at First Presbyterian Church of Springfield, Illinois!

Tickets will be available at the door or online at:

https://www.springfieldchoralsociety.org/post/voices-of-america-april-24th-25th-2026

04/23/2026

Meet Audra Davison ✨

She’s a mezzo-soprano who also happens to be the YOUNGEST member of our chorus!

Audra will be singing her first SCS concert this Saturday 🎉

If you’d like to hear her sing “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” and other American classic, snag your tix NOW ⬇️⬇️

https://bit.ly/3QkqcZ8

04/23/2026

Sound familiar?

If you attended our spring concert two years ago, you may get hit with some déjà vu this weekend ☁️

To hear our reprise of Shawn Kirchner's "Unclouded Day," come on out to First Presbyterian Church this Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or online at: https://bit.ly/3QkqcZ8

But, hurry! Tix are expected to SELL OUT 🔥

🎥: Heather Colbert Southwell

04/20/2026

We are just a few days away from our VOICES OF AMERICA Musical Festival 🗽

And we want YOU 🫵 *points like Uncle Sam* to come see us:

✅Friday @ 7:30 PM at the Old State Capitol
✅Saturday @ 7:30 PM at First Presbyterian Church

If you haven't yet already, be sure to reserve your tickets online ⬇⬇

https://bit.ly/3QkqcZ8

04/16/2026

SCS Director Jacobsen Woollen, joined by historian Justin Blandford, went on NPR Illinois 91.9 UIS's airwaves recently to talk about our upcoming Voices of America Festival!

If you didn't catch 'em live, you can listen to the full interview at the link below ⬇

Aaaaand if you haven't already, be sure to secure your spots for our small ensemble performance on the 24th, and full chorus concert on the 25th. We can't wait to see you all there!

Tix + more info 👉 https://bit.ly/4tHXorU

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https://www.nprillinois.org/2026-04-09/justin-blandford-and-jake-woollen-speak-on-the-collaborative-effort-voices-of-america-fest

Voices of AmericaJake Woollen, says "We are very excited about this" It's a festival in late in April. presented by the Springfield Choral Society. Justin Blandford says "When you hear Jake's infectious attitude and his vision for the way music can enhance our lives and our roles that we play as cit...

04/10/2026

SCS Board President Jim Kontio wears many hats 🎩

And one of them is….

freelance journalist!

Check out Jim's write-up of our upcoming Voices of America musical festival in the Illinois Times ⬇

And, if you haven't already, be sure to reserve your tickets online before they run out 👉 https://bit.ly/4cbO7RI

You don't want to miss this spectacular program!
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https://www.illinoistimes.com/special-issues/springguide/voices-of-america-festival/

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, communities across the nation are reflecting on the many stories that have shaped who we are. Some of those stories are written in textbooks. Others live in monuments and historic buildings. But many of the most enduring are carried in something...

04/08/2026

Hi, Ally Perko here! 📝

Practicing can be difficult when my dog thinks rehearsal time is actually cuddle/play time. Still, we persist!

I like to download our setlist on Spotify and listen in the car, shower, or while cleaning so the music gets stuck in my head. When I practice for real, I warm up and start with the trickiest spots. I mark them during rehearsal, slow them down, plunk the notes on my keyboard, and sing along until I can do it a ca****la, then with the recording.

My best advice? Go slllloooow at first, speed comes later. Happy practicing!

You can catch Ally on stage at our Voices of America festival April 24-25.

Tickets + info: https://www.springfieldchoralsociety.org/post/voices-of-america-april-24th-25th-2026