Uniting Voices Chicago

Last call: Early Bird registration ends soon! 🐣

Registration for our Neighborhood Choir Programs, Dimension and Voice of Chicago is open now. Register today and the only thing you’ll have to do for the rest of the summer is get excited for the start of the season in August.

The Early Bird discount ends on June 7, so don’t wait another second! Head to unitingvoiceschicago.org/after-school to learn more and register.

Empowering our singers to make friendships that cross neighborhood lines is a core part of what we do. ❤️

And no better example of that than our Community Concert that brought together the Austin and Humboldt Park Neighborhood Choir Programs with our citywide ensemble for changing voices, Dimension! Relive that magical night with these photos.

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And just like that, the Bridging America Tour 2026 is over!

Our final tour stop in Denver truly hit new heights! Singers from the Beverly, Englewood and Lincoln Park/DePaul Neighborhood Choir Programs formed friendships within our programs and with other choirs, and made many other lifelong memories, including:
🏔️ lunch at Denver’s Union Station
🎶 an afternoon of shopping and dining in the RiNo Arts District
🏔️ a connection with Denver East High School, bonding through learning a gospel song in parts
🎶 a standing ovation at our collaborative concert with Denver Children’s Chorus and Denver Choir League
🏔️ a workshop with powerhouse South African singer Nomvula Minelli
🎶 an immersive exploration of MeowWolf Convergence Station
🏔️ attending the Spirituals Project Spring Concert, where the singers got to see the premiere of a new commision by their conductor Mr. .norwood

Our Neighborhood Choir Program singers lit up the stage at Paint the Town Red!

P.S.: registration is open now if your young person wants to join our movement.

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Our School Program singers were all smiles at the morning session of Paint the Town Red 2026!

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Today is Paint the Town Red Giving Day! 🎉

Whether you're celebrating with us at Navy Pier or cheering us on from home, check out our three ways to participate.

And if you'd like to make a gift to support our music education and youth empowerment programs, you can make double the impact! All donations made today will be matched by our generous donor D. Elizabeth Price.

Double your impact: https://bit.ly/4nHQTnb

The Alabama/Mississippi stop of the Bridging America Tour was a trip full of new connections and history lessons!

Singers from our Austin and Humboldt Park Neighborhood Choirs, along with Dimension, did a deep dive on the Civil Rights Movement as they visited many important locations, including:
- the historic 16th St. Baptist Church and Kelly Ingram Park in Birmingham, AL
- Homewood, AL, where new friendships blossomed between our singer and three local ensembles
- the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in Jackson, MS
- Northside Baptist Church, where we sang “People Get Ready” with Northwest Rankin High School
- the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery, AL 
- the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, AL, where our students sang “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round” while following in the path of many marches before them

We are so excited to welcome .i.s.a.f.i.s.c.h.e.r to Paint the Town Red!

Join us this Thursday, May 21, at 5:30pm at Navy Pier for an evening of pop-up performances from our Neighborhood Choir Programs and Dimension! The night will conclude with a spectacular set from Grammy Award winning artist and star of 20 Feet from Stardom, Lisa Fischer, alongside our very own, world-renowned Voice of Chicago!