St. Charles Singers Announces 2026–27 Season
The St. Charles Singers has announced its 42nd concert season, featuring four programs that explore home and belonging, holiday tradition, choral connection, and the natural world. The 2026–27 season includes a first-time collaboration with Chicago’s Kontras Quartet and the fourth annual Choral Connections concerts.
Dancing Tree Featured in WFMT’s “New Releases”
WFMT has featured St. Charles Singers’ Dancing Tree: Choral Landscapes among five albums in its August 25 “New Releases” roundup. The feature highlights the album’s world-premiere recordings of works by John Rutter and Jake Runestad and shares Music Director Jeffrey Hunt’s reflections on Rutter’s music and its connection to nature and English folk music.
St. Charles Singers Announces 2025-26 Season
The St. Charles Singers has announced its 2025-26 season, the Chicago-area vocal ensemble’s 41st. The four-program slate opens in October 2025 and concludes in June 2026, culminating in a Italy concert tour.
St. Charles Singers Unveil 2025-2026 Concert Season
The St. Charles Singers, led by founder and music director, Jeffrey Hunt, embarks upon its fourth decade with a season of concerts often venturing into repertoire new to the mixed-voice chamber choir and its audiences.
John Rutter: Man of the World
Jeff Hunt and the choir are featured in BBC Music Magazine’s September issue in an article celebrating the worldwide appeal of John Rutter’s music for his 80th birthday.
St. Charles Singers to launch 41st season with Irish folk songs
The St. Charles Singers, led by founder and music director Jeffrey Hunt, will open its 41st concert season in October with “Time to Explore,” a program that illuminates how classical composers have availed themselves of folk melodies.
St. Charles Singers explore new works alongside familiar favorites in 41st season
The St. Charles Singers’ season-opener concert, “Time to Explore,” illuminates how classical composers have availed themselves of folk melodies. Some of the works are rarely heard and all but two are new to the choir’s repertoire.
St. Charles Singers Unveil 2025-2026 Concert Season
“The new season is filled with musical discoveries that our choir will relish and that will surprise and delight our listeners.”