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2026–2027 Season

  • September 10 - Info meeting for all families and first day of rehearsals
  • October 10 - Mahler 3rd with CUSO (Chamber Choir)
  • December 5, 3 p.m. - CIYC Winter Concert (All choirs)
  • December 7, 8 - CU Symphony evening rehearsals (Concert Choir & Chamber Choir)
  • December 9 - CU Symphony Concert at Krannert (Concert Choir & Chamber Choir)
  • January 21 - Rehearsals resume
  • March 6 - Carmina Burana with CU Symphony (Chamber Choir)
  • April 24, 3 p.m. - CIYC Spring Concert (All choirs)

Let us share the gift of song with you this season!

Preschool Singalongs

Join us at our free drop-in preschool singalongs for children 5 and younger and their caregivers!

  • Dates coming soon

Singalongs are located at the Champaign and Urbana Libraries.

  • Robeson Pavilion Rooms are located at the Main Branch: 200 W. Green St., Champaign
  • Douglass Branch: 504 E. Grove St., Champaign
  • Urbana Library Lewis Auditorium: 210 W. Green St, Urbana

2025–2026 Season Highlights:

  • December 6, 2025 - CIYC Winter Concert, Faith United Methodist Church
  • December 10, 2025 - Concert with Champaign Urbana Symphony Orchestra, Krannert
  • February 17, 2026 - Carnaval! with Lyric Theatre @Illinois
  • April 25, 2026 - CIYC Spring Concert

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.

John Frayne of the News-Gazette wrote of CIYC's Carmina Burana collaboration with CUSO, “It was the most successful concert of this ensemble in my memory.”

CIYC acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.