Now offering free preschool drop-in singalongs!
Sat. Jan. 7 | 10AM | Champaign Library Robeson Pavilion Room CSat. Jan. 14 | 10AM | Champaign Library Robeson Pavilion Room CSat. Feb. 4 | 10AM | Champaign Library Robeson Pavilion Room BSat. Feb. 25 | 10:30AM | Douglass Library Meeting RoomSun. Mar. 5 | 3:30PM | Champaign Library Robeson Pavilion Room CSat. Mar. 25 | 10:30AM | Douglass Library Meeting RoomSat. Apr. 1 | 10AM | Champaign Library Robeson Pavilion Room ASat. Apr. 15 | 10AM | Champaign Library Robeson Pavilion Room C- Sat. May 6 | 10:30AM | Douglass Library Meeting Room
- Sat. May 20 | 10AM | Champaign Library Robeson Pavilion Room C
2022-2023 Season Highlights:
November 5, 2022 Cellular Songs Collaboration with Meredith Monk
December 3, 2022 3PM CIYC Winter Concert, Faith United Methodist Church
December 7, 2022 7:30PM with Champaign Urbana Symphony Orchestra, Krannert
April 23, 2023 1:30PM Concert at Champaign Public Library
April 29, 2023 3PM CIYC Spring Concert
April 30, 2023 3PM Chichester Psalms with UI Symphony Orchestra
May 2, 2023 7:30PM Lyric Theatre@ Illinois Opera Scenes
Let us share the gift of song with you this season!
2021-2022 Season Highlights:
December 4, 2021 CIYC Winter Concert, Faith United Methodist Church
December 9, 2021 Performance with Champaign Urbana Symphony Orchestra, Krannert
April 10, 2022 Performance with Illinois Wesleyan University
May 7, 2022 CIYC Spring Concert, Faith United Methodist Church
Other Recent Highlights:
CIYC embraced pandemic singing with a combination of virtual and in-person activities meeting best practice safety standards. In collaboration with other choirs across the country, CIYC premiered After the Rain and Reunion, written by female composers Sarah Quartel and Karen Siegel.
Recent collaborations with the Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra included:
- Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana (October 2019)
- Joys of the Season (December 12, 2019)
- Works by Gabriel Fauré (April 18, 2020, cancelled)
John Frayne of the News-Gazette wrote of our Carmina Burana collaboration with CUSO, “It was the most successful concert of this ensemble in my memory.”