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On Saturday, October 28, and Sunday, October 29, The Oriana Singers and City Voices will perform Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespers, written in 1610 and considered a masterpiece of the early Baroque period.The Oriana Singers, founded in 1979 by artistic director Bill Chin, is a professional a cappella group of six singers (eight for this concert). They will be joined by City Voices, which is an Oak Park-based amateur community chorus of 30 people started in 2009. In addition, the two groups will be accompanied by a 12-piece chamber orchestra of period instruments.“This piece is something I’ve ...

Early childhood providers in Oak Park and River Forest welcomed Mary Reynolds as the new executive director of the Collaboration for Early Childhood.