Paul Lindblad Choristers
Paul Lindblad Choristers is a professional children's choir for children from second grade through high school that promotes musical literacy and performs quality repertoire with a high level of artistry. It also offers a concert series which spotlights the best in children's musical performances.Paul Lindblad Choristers provides a warm, welcoming, and nurturing environment, stressing character-building concepts of honesty, self-reliance, leadership and concern for others. Through personalized attention children are helped to develop and discover real joy in singing, and thereby develop a lifelong love for music.
Musical experiences of Paul Lindblad Choristers are designed to involve all the musical resources of the children at their individual level. In a sequential manner, principles of ear training, sight singing, musical analysis and artistic performance of music from many varied periods and styles are learned.
Representative composers from all major periods of music history are studied and performed. These include Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Twentieth Century. Corresponding musical style and history of the selections are learned by the children.
The choristers have the opportunity to perform for many businesses, church, civic and school organizations. Past performances include Carl Orff's Carmina Burana with the Symphony and Chorus of Oak Park and River Forest, and the Wheaton Symphony Orchestra; and appearances at the Daley Plaza Noontime Concert Series (by invitation of the Mayor's office of Chicago). Past concert tours include Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri (St. Louis Cathedral), Washington D.C. (the National Cathedral), Virginia (Bruton Parish Church), and Mexico (Saltillo and Monterrey Cathedrals) and England (Canterbury, Ely, Lincoln, and Lichfield Cathedrals; Westminster Concert Hall and the Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, London; St. Martins of the Bull Ring Church, Birmingham; and Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon). Members of Paul Lindblad Choristers have appeared on cable television networks TLN and HBO as well as on an hour-long television broadcast in Mexico.
How We Teach
Music is a language which every child has the right to learn. Becoming literate in this language gives the child a constructive means of expressing himself as well as giving the child access to her heritage. We utilize an approach to music known as the Kodály Method. The primary aim of this method is to make every child musically literate by using the folk songs of America. From the folk songs the bridge is made to the classics which establish our musical vocabulary and open the door to our country's musical culture. We teach music using the same techniques used in teaching mathematics and reading. In a simple, sequential way the child learns to read and write in his own language.
Contact and Booking Information
To contact the Choristers for more information or to schedule a performance:
Paul Lindblad Choristers
1861 Maple St.
Des Plaines, IL 60018
847-420-9200
Email: info@PLChoristers.org
