Singing City Choir

🏳️‍🌈 Singing City is proud to celebrate Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

While our official season has concluded, members of Singing City will join fellow artists from across the region for a powerful and unforgettable performance of Long Live the Queen on Saturday, June 20 at Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater.

Created by composer Andrea Clearfield and drag artist/opera singer Cookie Diorio, Long Live the Queen is a vibrant fusion of cantata, opera, drag, cabaret, and performance art. Featuring LGBTQ+ choruses from across Philadelphia alongside Orchestra 2001, this 90-minute production explores the past, present, and future of the LGBTQ+ experience through music, storytelling, visuals, and spectacular design.

We’re honored that members of Singing City will perform alongside the ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir, Voices of Pride, and the Transcendent Choir of Philadelphia in this joyful celebration of identity, resilience, and community.

📅 Saturday, June 20, 2026
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia

Join us as we celebrate Pride through the transformative power of music and performance!

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Come see the great work that Kendra Leigh Balmer is doing with Singing City: Next Generation! 🎶🎶

Save the date! 🎶 The Community Music Scholars Program (CMSP) Spring Concert will take place Saturday, May 16th at 1 PM! This concert will feature performances by the Philadelphia String Project, Brass & Wind Workshop, CMSP String Orchestra, Chamber Wind Ensembles, CMSP Jazz ensemble, AND Singing City: Next Generation, our new free youth choir collaboration with Singing City Choir!

📅 Saturday, May 16 @ 1:00 PM
📍 Temple Performing Arts Center, 1837 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19122
🎟️ This concert is free and open to the public. It will also be live streamed to our YouTube channel

It’s been an extraordinary year for Singing City—bookended by powerful concerts exploring democracy, liberty, and justice, a return to the stage with the Philadelphia Orchestra for The Lord of the Rings project, a thoughtful look at Langston Hughes, and a joyful holiday celebration at Holy Trinity Church.
Join us as we reflect on the year and look ahead.

You are warmly invited to Singing City’s Annual Meeting
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
6:00 p.m.
Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia

Hear updates from Board President Bonnie Motel and a preview of the 2026–2027 season from Artistic & Music Director Rollo Dilworth. A reception will follow.

All are welcome—choir members, donors, subscribers, and friends.

Please RSVP by Monday, May 11:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeildXYbe37sdnjIDLUCHRZvkBhOYdqkLzyitWYSpfJW-BEAA/viewform

Our website is currently having a moment.
Luckily, our concert is not—and we can’t wait to see you there.

You can purchase tickets for tomorrow’s performance directly through our event page on Humanitix now, or purchase them at the door tomorrow. (We recommend purchasing in advance!)

(Spring Concert) With Liberty & Justice for All With Liberty & Justice for All explores America’s stories through music, video, and narration, asking what those words truly mean today.

This weekend, don’t miss the finale of Singing City’s 2025–2026 season: With Liberty and Justice for All. Under the direction of Artistic & Music Director Rollo Dilworth and featuring more than 100 voices, the program is anchored by Damien Geter’s 1619.

Join us Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the Temple Performing Arts Center—get your tickets at singingcity.org/libertyjustice. Before you arrive, download the program and visit the blog to be inspired by a provocative program essay by S. Chestnut.

https://www.singingcity.org/libertyjustice

What do we hear when we listen to the words “with liberty and justice for all”?

Join Singing City this Sunday for a season finale that brings music, reflection, and community together.

3:00 p.m. | Temple Performing Arts Center
Temple students attend free with ID

Tickets: https://www.singingcity.org/libertyjustice

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a63STgkioHs

Choir members share their reflections on working with the great Helmut Rilling who passed away several weeks ago. Visit our blog to see their comments.

photo: Ted Moon

https://www.sitemodify.com/home/site/a8c85731/blog/honoring-helmut-rilling