2023-2024 Season: Utopia
Join La Caccina for our 12th Season, Utopia, and enjoy a season of transcendent music that explores the heavens we long for, and those we create for ourselves. This three-concert season invites audiences on a journey from the turbulence of change in Begin Again, through the tranquility and joy of the season in The Sky of Winter, to a place of rest at last in The Destined Isle. Subscribe to all three concerts to secure the best seats in the house and ensure you don’t miss a note of this exciting music.
Begin Again
It’s true that change is constant in our world today. But some changes reshape the very fabric of our lives. In Begin Again, La Caccina sings of these earth-shattering transformations and asks, “How do we move forward when everything around us is different?”
Featuring music by Mia Makaroff, Stacey V. Gibbs, Orlando di Lasso, Alberto Grau, Jonathan Dove, and La Caccina Artistic Director Carling FitzSimmons, this program will also include world premieres by Chicago composer Elizabeth Rudolph and our 2023-2024 Hearing in Color Young Composer-in-Residence, Nyandeng Juag. Though the music on this concert spans the centuries, each piece unites around a single idea: even in the face of overwhelming transformation, we must find beauty, move forward, begin again.
November 10, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Church of the Holy Family (1080 W. Roosevelt Rd. ~ Chicago, IL)
November 11, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Grace Episcopal Church (924 Lake St. ~ Oak Park, IL)
The Sky of Winter
In December, we turn our eyes upward in The Sky of Winter, a concert that celebrates heaven above and heaven on earth. Featuring music from around the globe, this program is full of beautiful pieces to celebrate the whole winter season, taking listeners throughout the holidays and to the dawning of the new year. From the ethereal splendor of Gustav Holst’s Ave Maria to the joy of Cristian Grases’s Abreme la Puerta, this music will usher our audiences into the peace of the season and provide an escape from the busy world outside.
December 16, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (708 W. Belmont Ave. ~ Chicago, IL)
The Destined Isle
For our final concert of the season, La Caccina celebrates the rich musical heritage of Ireland in The Destined Isle, a program of Irish folk music arranged specifically for treble voices. This concert features some of our favorite songs from past seasons like Michael McGlynn’s Siúil a Rúin and David Mooney’s Téir abhaile 'riú, as well as well-known songs like The Last Rose of Summer and Danny Boy in new arrangements. Join us for a pint and a bite to celebrate the conclusion of a great season of music-making, but be sure to grab your tickets fast - these performances usually sell out!
May 17, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Mrs. Murphy and Sons Irish Bistro (3905 N. Lincoln Ave. ~ Chicago, IL)
May 18, 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Kibbitznest Books, Brews, & Blarney (2212 N. Clybourn Ave. ~ Chicago, IL)