Inspired Singers
Moving Music
Upcoming Performances
The Musical Magic of Christmas – December 15, 2024
ECU Chamber Singers Caroling Gigs
- Wilder Park Tree Lighting in Elmhurst – Thursday, December 5th at 7:00pm
- Cup of Cheer in Naperville – Friday, December 6th, 11:00am-1:00pm
- Villa Park Senior Luncheon – Thursday, December 12th at 12:00pm
- Liberty Village in Elmhurst – Thursday, December 12th at 3:00pm
- Spring Road Tree Lighting in Elmhurst – Saturday, December 14th at 3:00pm
- Elmhurst Garden Faire – July 2025
Join Us for Two Special “Dine & Donate” Events Benefiting Elmhurst Choral Union!
Support beautiful music while enjoying a delicious meal! The Elmhurst Choral Union invites you to our Dine & Donate Nights at Pints and Anyway’s Pub in December. Mention Elmhurst Choral Union when you order, and a portion of what you spend on food and drinks will go directly to funding our concerts and community outreach.
Date: Thursday, December 5
Time: All Day: Online orders ok, no phone orders
Location: Pints, Elmhurst
Date: Thursday, December 12
Time: All Day: Includes carryouts
Location: Anyway’s Pub, Oakbrook Terrace
Whether you dine in, carry out, or order delivery, your participation helps keep the arts alive in our community. Bring your friends, family, and appetite—and help us make this event a harmony of good food and good deeds! Can’t wait to see you there!
Elmhurst Choral Union is an auditioned volunteer chorus,
singing with a professional orchestra and soloists,
performing classical masterworks and great choral music of all eras.
We are located in Elmhurst, IL, a western suburb of Chicago.
To view Elmhurst Choral Union’s Nondiscrimination & Accessibility and Anti-Harassment Policies, please click here.
Concert Video Clips
Handel's Messiah Presented by the Elmhurst Choral Union & Orchestra
Video recording copyright Elmhurst Choral Union, 2021. Used with permission.
Our Next Performance
The Musical Magic of Christmas
Elmhurst Choral Union presents our holiday spectacular, The Musical Magic of Christmas! Join us as we celebrate this festive season with holiday classics, traditional choral-orchestral works and movie favorites performed with a professional orchestra.
There might even be a special surprise visit from the North Pole!
Pieces include a movement of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, White Christmas, A Christmas Festival, Three Holiday Songs from Home Alone, Christmas Day, Ceremony of Carols and a special performance of March of the Toys performed by our orchestra.
We hope you’ll be able to join us for this joyous celebration of the holiday season!
Some Kind Words
“Soloists + chorus + orchestra = Fantastic!”
“Such a big and sophisticated sound from a volunteer group in a suburban community is very impressive, indeed.”
“Outstanding professional quality of the singers and musicians”
“Excellent choir sound. Great diction and balance. Soloists were also excellent.” “Delightful music, great choir, excellent soloists.”
“Joining ECU has been one of the most important and rewarding parts of my life. Singing, as well as being a volunteer and a board member, has made me appreciate how much it takes to have a successful chorus, to have an excellent director, and especially lucky to be a part of ECU.”
“Large works provide the musicians and the audiences with a sonic understanding and wisdom allied to beauty, relationships, and proportion that nothing else provides in quite the same way. Pieces from other times and places provide ‘living’ (music is live as no other art or artifact) insights into and learning about our sisters and brothers elsewhere.”
“I have sung elsewhere, and there is no place like ECU.”
“Mastery of music, voice & presentation”
“A treat to the ears and spirit”
“This is the best way to begin the Christmas season!!!”
“We are fortunate to live in a community in which such an organization brings together diverse musical amateurs who, under the baton of a talented director, can realize some of the world’s greatest music. Anyone who has had anything to do with an arts organization knows that such longevity doesn’t happen by accident.”
“In Elmhurst! And it’s always great!”