Traditional CMS Christmas Concert Just Three Weeks Away! Buy tickets now to lock in choice seats
The 100-voice Chicago Master Singers, under the direction of Alan Heatherington, will present its traditional Christmas concerts accompanied by musicians from the Ars Viva Orchestra on Friday, December 8, at 7:30 pm, and Sunday, December 10, at 7:00 pm. The venue is the beautiful and reverberant Divine Word Chapel at Techny Towers.
A prelude for oboe and harp will set the tone, followed by the traditional processional “Once in Royal David’s City.” The concert will feature arrangements of traditional carols by Stephen Paulus, Philip Stopford, John Rutter and other distinguished composers. Some newer and lesser-known works that have become classics of the season include Morten Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium,” Peter Warlock's "Bethlehem Down," and Kenneth Leighton's "A Hymn of the Nativity."
Tickets can be purchased online at www.chicagomastersingers.org/tickets. To order tickets offline, call CMS toll-free at 1-877-TALKCMS (825-5267) and leave a message. Single ticket prices range from $15 (with student discount) to $48. Senior and group discounts are also available. Purchasing tickets in advance is recommended as the Christmas concerts often sell out.
Please allow plenty of time to park, pick up your tickets and find your seat. There is no pre-concert lecture at the Christmas concerts.
Chicago Master Singers' popular Christmas CDs, recorded live in the Divine Word Chapel at past Christmas concerts, will be on sale at the concerts on December 8 and 10.
Another unique item available for purchase is a cookbook of treasured family recipes from members of Chicago Master Singers. The CDs and cookbook make wonderful gifts. You can buy them at the concert or any time online. Simply go to www.chicagomastersingers.org and click on “STORE.”
To wrap your gifts, you can now buy Christmas wrapping paper, new this year and specially designed by CMS singer and graphic designer Gayle Heatherington. Rolls of the beautiful paper will be available for purchase at the concert. Proceeds benefit CMS.
When doing your online holiday shopping, start with Amazon Smile. Just go to www.Smile.Amazon.com and choose Chicago Master Singers as the organization you would like to support. Then shop and CMS will automatically receive 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases as a donation. Then please save Smile.Amazon.com in your list of favorites and use it whenever you shop on Amazon. It’s a free and simple way to support your favorite chorus.
Chicago Master Singers concerts are held at Techny Towers 2001 Waukegan Road
Techny/Northbrook, IL 60082
Chicago Master Singers' popular Christmas CDs, recorded live in the Divine Word Chapel at past Christmas concerts, will be on sale at the concerts on December 8 and 10. 
Chicago Master Singers concerts are held at Techny Towers
