Jonathan Miller, artistic director
Patrick Sinozich, music director
Harold Brock, tenor
Matt Greenberg, bass
Elizabeth Grizzell, mezzo
Margaret Harden, soprano
Kathryn Kamp, soprano
Cary Lovett, tenor
Trevor Mitchell, tenor
Amy Pickering, mezzo
Cari Plachy, soprano
Benjamin Rivera, bass
Susan Schober, mezzo
Sherry Veal, soprano
Brian Streem, bass
Influences
Chanticleer
The King's Singers
Chicago Children's Choir
Anonymous 4
Dale Warland Singers
The Real Group
Composers: Gunnar Eriksson; Chen Yi; Bob Chilcott; Giovanni Palestrina; Mathurin Forestier; Jaakko Mäntyjärvi; Morten Lauridsen; Moses Hogan; Robert Applebaum; Ezequiel Vinao; Stacy Garrop; Rollo Dilworth; Tania Leon; Paul Crabtree; Matthew Harris; Kevin Olson; Lennon/McCartney; J. S. Bach
Welcome to Chicago a cappella’s Myspace page. We’re glad you found us – now find out more about us!
The group was born in 1993 as the brainchild of Jonathan Miller, a self-described “recovering musicologist” who grew up singing every kind of music imaginable in the Chicago Children’s Choir. A longtime member of the professional choral scene in Chicago, he dreamed of a small ensemble of top-notch singers that could easily handle anything from complicated Renaissance polyphony to swinging jazz and tear-the-roof-down spirituals. With a group of nine singers (including Jonathan), Chicago a cappella gave its first concert at The Theater Building in Chicago on September 7, 1993.
Pretty soon the ensemble had a loyal following of music fans in Chicago, and since then we’ve toured to 11 states and Mexico and sung for ever-growing audiences at our home concerts in the Chicago area. We’ve also released six CDs, which have gained us even more fans around the country (and around the world!).
Some highlights of Chicago a cappella’s history include giving world premieres of new works (including Chen Yi’s “The West Lake,” which was commissioned to commemorate our tenth anniversary, and five new works this season to celebrate our 15th!); singing at the Ravinia Festival and the Chicago Humanities Festival; performing live on Chicago’s WFMT radio; making a music video for WTTW Channel 11’s “Arts Across Illinois”; appearing as guest choir on two CDs by the British indie rock band Electrelane; and receiving rave reviews from the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Fanfare, and American Record Guide, among many others.
We hope you’ll join us at one of our upcoming concerts. Check out our website at chicagoacappella.org for more information, tickets, and CDs.
I love your beautiful vocals on the songs you feature in this profile.
I stumbled upon your site by accident but I'm glad I did. I would be most interested in seeking out your recordings now that I found out about you. Thanks!
Hello! Thanks to add me to your friendly list. Your style to make music is wonderful. Now, the unique thing that I have left is to enjoy. A kiss from Florencio Varela, Argentina.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR ACCEPTING MY REQUEST AND ADDING ME TO YOUR NETWORK OF FRIENDS. THE VERY BEST TO ALL OF YOU IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU SET OUT TO DO IN LIFE IS MY SPECIAL WISH TO ALL OF YOU FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. ROCK ON FOR ME AND FOR THE LORD, ALWAYS, CHUCK CHAVEZ
Hi Chicago a cappella! Thanks for finding our page and making friends, I've just been having a listen to Waltz for Debby, I've never heard this as an a cappella arrangement before - beautiful. The Swingle Singers wish you all the best! x
Hey, thanks so much for the add and the friendship, I truly appreciate it! I’m back in the US to finish my debut album (feat. Take 6, K. Whalum, A. Laboriel, V. Colaiuta, P. Jackson Jr.). I’ll keep you posted :))
Greetings from a Swiss brother in Nashville,
blessings,
Vlada
http://www. vladamusic. com
Thanks for the add. As a recent transplant from living all my life in Los Angeles, it's great to find good music here in Chicago. Continued success...elisabeth maria
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