05/06/2026
We're back at Nighthawk this Saturday, May 9th! Come on out and listen, dance, play, sing along, whatever brings you joy!
Chicago Choro Club
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Founded by Julie Koidin in 2015, the Chicago Choro Club organizes
rodas de choro (Choro jam sessions) for interested musicians of all levels of experience.
The Chicago Choro Club was founded in September 2015 by Julie Koidin, with a mission to spread the joy of Choro, a Brazilian music tradition and cultural treasure, to the Chicago music community and beyond. Julie had visited Choro schools in Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and other cities throughout Brazil, and, seeing Choro Clubs outside of Brazil in cities like Paris, Toulouse, and London, wanted to
05/06/2026
04/21/2026
Many of us in the Chicago Choro Club attend this brilliant workshop every year. Come join us and fellow aspiring chorões from all over the world this fall as we dig into this rich tradition with masters from Brazil, Israel, and California!
04/02/2026
02/25/2026
John Beard, Ben Pernick, and David Chelimsky from the Chicago Choro Club attended the first of a new series of rodas de choro up in Madison at Muso Madison last night and had a blast meeting and playing with some local choro enthusiasts! They're hosting these the 4th Tuesday of every month, and we look forward to going up there now and then and hosting some of them at our rodas in Chicago!
02/08/2026
Great fun this Sunday morning, roda'ing in Chicago. Today we played:
- Ingênuo
- Vou Vivendo
- Trombone Atrevido
- Uma Noite no Sumaré
- Eu Quero é Sossego
- Cadência
- Caminhando
- Receita de Samba
- Assanhado
- Machucando
We also spent some time talking about how to cue a transition when you want to take the melody, including learning a classic baixaria, typically played on guitar, leading to a minor key that you can play on almost any instrument (maybe not pandiero or tamborim) as a cue. Good times!
Next week, we'll be holding a roda de choro at Nighthawk in Chicago on Saturday afternoon from 1pm to 3pm. I'll post about that separately. Come join us!
01/08/2026
Come on out to our January roda de choro at Nighthawk, this Saturday, Jan 10, 1pm to 3pm. We'll have John Beard on 7-string guitar, Sabra Weber on flute, David Chelimsky on cavaquinho, and Adam Haus on pandeiro, along with other chorões and choronas from the Chicago Choro Club and the broader community of Chicago musicians
Come to listen, come to play, come to indulge in music and community. We'd love to see you!
01/04/2026
Feliz ano novo! Here's the Chicago Choro Club easing into the new year in Chicago with Desprezado. Here's the whole list of tunes we played:
- Desvairada
- Cochichando
- Uma Noite no Sumaré
- Diplomata
- Benzinho
- Seu Lourenço no Vinho
- Assanhado
- Murmurando
- Trombone Atrevido
- Desprezado
- Um a Zero
- Lamentos
- André de Sapato Novo
10/27/2025
Chicago choro musicians and fans!
We've got our first roda de choro at the Nighthawk Chicago tonight, Monday, October 27 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. This is all acoustic, so just bring your instrument and a music stand if you need one (or play tunes you know from memory!).
https://nighthawkchicago.com/
https://www.instagram.com/nighthawkchicago/
4744 N Kimball Ave, Chicago
Hope to see you there!
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10/13/2025
Thanks everybody for making so much fun music today!
09/04/2025
Choro Alegre, with Heitor Garcia, Edinho Ge**er, John Beard, and David Chelimsky, are hosting a roda de choro the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month at Sabor a Café Steakhouse Niles.
This Sunday, September 7th, they'll be celebrating Brazilian Independence Day with special guest Jim Barbick on flute and saxophone. If you play choro, come on out and join them on stage. If not, come on out and enjoy them with some delicious Colombian food and drink!
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