Music Institute Chorale Concert: “Gather Ye Round”
Multiple choirs and instrumental ensembles for an all-MIC celebration of rounds from around the world.

Nichols Concert Hall at Music Institute of Chicago
1490 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
United States
Free admission.
Available via livestream for those unable to attend in person.
The Music Institute Chorale presents, "Gather Ye Round." This free concert has the Chorale joining forces with multiple choirs and instrumental ensembles for an all-MIC celebration of rounds from around.
Daniel Wallenberg, conductor | Gregory Shifrin, pianist
Music Institute Recorder Ensemble Patrick O’Malley, director
Students from the Music Institute of Chicago
Special guests:
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation Choir | Daniel Wallenberg, conductor
Evanston Children’s Choir | Gary Geiger, conductor
Uniting Voices Chicago Rogers Park Neighborhood Choir | Elisbeth Baker, conductor
Voices in Plainfield | Oksana Rodak, conductor
Gather Ye Round Children’s Choir | Gary Geiger and Daniel Wallenberg, conductors
2024 - 2025 Concert season:
All concerts take place in Nichols Concert Hall
November 24, 2024 | 3:00 pm
“Clap Your Hands” - Music for choir and brass, including Daniel Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata
February 9, 2025 | 3:00 pm
“Gather Ye Round” - Multiple choirs and instrumental ensembles for an all-MIC celebration of the canon
March 16, 2025 | 7:30 pm
“I Will Give My Love an Apple” - A celebration of folk songs from around the world
June 1, 2025 | 3:00 pm
Requiem by Faure and the Mass in F minor by Josef Rheinberger featuring Dr. Brian Schoettler, organist of the First United Methodist Church in Evanston and MIC Organ Department Chair.
Daniel Wallenberg, Music Institute Chorale Director at 847.905.1500