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2022 ACDA Southern Region Conference
2022 ACDA Midwestern Region Conference

Special E v en ts/C onc er ts
Special Events/Concerts

Anima – Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus The Apollo Chorus of Chicago

The Apollo Chorus of Chicago performs the master-
Anima–Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus celebrated works of the choral repertoire in concert halls and cathe-
its 55th season in 2019-2020 and is one of the lead- drals all over the Chicagoland area. Recently the Chorus
ing children and youth choral organizations in North has performed Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Bach’s Mass in b mi-
America. Recent national awards include the ASCAP nor, Orff ’s Carmina Burana, and Mozart’s Requiem. Apollo’s
Adventurous Programming award from Chorus Amer- annual performances of Handel’s complete Messiah have
ica, the Tribute Award from Chicago A Cappella, the become a beloved holiday tradition for Chicago fami-

Non-Profit of the Year Award from the Glen Ellyn lies. Apollo embraces new masterpieces and has featured
Chamber of Commerce, the Dale Warland Singers contemporary composers Eric Whitacre, Eleanor Daley,
Commission Award from Chorus America and the and Stephen Paulus. Apollo has frequently been invited
American Composers Forum, and the Margaret Hillis to perform with top orchestras and conductors around
Award for Choral Excellence from Chorus America. the Midwest.

Charles Sundquist was named artistic Stephen Alltop has built a career based on
director of Anima–Glen Ellyn Children’s excellence in several disciplines, conduct-
Chorus in 2018. Sundquist relocated to ing both orchestral and choral ensembles,
the Chicago area from New Jersey, where and performing as a keyboard artist. The
he was director of choirs at Mountain 2020-2021 season marks his twenty-fourth
Lakes High School and Princeton High School. Sund- year as music director of the Apollo Chorus of Chicago.
quist has prepared choirs for performances of Bach’s Under his direction, the Apollo Chorus has expanded
St. Matthew Passion at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin in its collaborations to include appearances with the Chi-
collaboration with the G. F. Händel school, Stravinsky’s cago Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orches-
Symphony of Psalms with the Kostroma Symphony out- tra, Ravinia Festival, Peninsula Music Festival, and The
side of Moscow, and Prokofi ev’s Alexander Nevsky at the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Princeton University Chapel.

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