Welcome to St Charles Singers
"One of those wonderful, down-home Midwestern American ensembles offering solid technique and shimmering, well-balanced choral textures." — American Record Guide
Meet Our New Executive Director
Kristina Pasterak
Welcome to St. Charles Singers 26th season. I am pleased to be the first Executive Director of this wonderful organization. I have followed the Singers with great interest since my arrival in the Chicago area in 2002 and I look forward to being an integral part in shaping St. Charles Singers’ future. Last year’s 25th season was a grand celebration of St. Charles Singers’ special role in the world of choral music and this season looks to be a spectacular start to the next 25 years!
In the New Year, St. Charles Singers will begin a five-year musical exploration of all of W. A. Mozart’s sacred choral works with The Mozart Journey. The first of 21 concerts will be offered in January 2010 and features music written by the young Mozart (8-12 years old). The Mozart Journey continues throughout upcoming seasons, highlighting Mozart’s work, his life, and the cities in which he lived and composed.
In March, St. Charles Singers will join the Elgin Symphony Orchestra in three performances of Vivaldi’s Gloria. (Tickets for these performances are available through the ESO.)
St. Charles Singers closes the 2009-2010 season with An Evening of English Choral Music featuring guest conductor and composer John Rutter in May. John Rutter, conductor of the world famous Cambridge Singers, is considered by many to be the most prominent and well-known conductor and composer of English choral music today. What an extraordinary opportunity to be able to experience this collaboration without travelling to the U.K.
Won’t you join us for this concert season of great performances and beyond with The Mozart Journey? We look forward to sharing the best in choral music with you and throughout the Chicagoland area.
Kristina M. Pasterak
Executive Director
An attendee at our December 2008 Candlelight Carols concert writes:
"My wife and I would like to express to you and the St. Charles Singers our warmest thanks for the program you presented this last week at the Baker Memorial UM Church. Since living in Cambridge for three years and being inspired by the great choral tradition which marks the city, we have been in some despair thinking that we would never find the likes here in Chicago. The Kings College Choir comes infrequently! But then we heard the St. Charles Singers. We remarked that this was by far the best choral event we have been to since moving to Wheaton in 1996 – we well understand why you were invited to Ely. Thank you and the singers for your joyful and careful labor of love. We look forward to hearing you again."
