Sun 8/4 @ 4PM
I have to admit that Cleveland’s kids’ chorus the Singing Angels seem a trifle odd to me as an alumni of the Chicago Children’s Choir. We sang Handel, Britten, Hindemith and Mozart, leavened with a few Japanese, Israeli and German folk songs, the latter borrowed from the Vienna Choir Boys which our director modeled the Chicago choir on (adding girls).
We didn’t dance or do show tunes but we did perform with the Chicago Lyric Opera.
The Angels, on the other hand, have a wide streak of Glee in them.
Founded in 1964 by Bill Boehm — about eight years after the Rev. Christopher Moore started the Chicago Children’s Choir at a Unitarian church on the city’s south side — the group has evolved into a full-scale show chorus that has performed at a catalog of community events and festivals and with celebrities like Celine Dion, Kenny Rogers and Wayne Newton.
Ranging from third grade through high school, they do full-production performances with choreography, based on a repertoire of Broadway and pop tunes, upbeat patriotic songs, and barbershop-style harmonies.
They’ll be performing on the big stage at Cain Park — Evans Amphitheater – in a return engagement. And it’s free. So if you like upbeat shows performed by kids who are both enthusiastic and well-trained, you’ll want to check it out.
http://www.cainpark.com/index.aspx?page=96&recordid=6463
Photo: the Singing Angels at Cain Park, 2011