Mahler 4 with Holland Symphony, Johannes Muller Stosch conducts. Buy Tickets

Chicago Soprano Michelle Areyzaga and collaborative pianist Dana Brown are thrilled to present their new album, “Were I With Thee,” featuring words penned by women and set by American composers, inspired by the Emily Dickinson poem, “Were I With Thee.” Buy Tickets

The Augustana College Department of Music presents “Messiah,” George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” will be performed by the Augustana Oratorio Society, conducted by Dr. Jon Hurty, director of choral activities. Soloists are Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Steven Soph, tenor; and Jessye Wright, mezzo soprano. A professional orchestra will accompany the performance. Messiah, the beloved baroque masterpiece that has moved audiences for nearly three centuries with its soaring choruses and profound musical storytelling of hope and redemption, has been performed by the Augustana Oratorio Society since 1881. Musicians of the Augustana Oratorio Society include community members, Augustana students, members of the Augustana Choir, and the Augustana Choral Artists. More information about the performance can be found here. Ages: All Ages Tickets Phone: 309-794-7306

Featuring True Concord Choir, Chamber Players & Will Liverman, baritone. In partnership with Tucson Desert Song Festival. Here's One by William Grant Still with soloist Michelle Areyzaga. Selections from Copland’s Old American Songs, Music of the Sacred Harp Tradition, Classic Hymns and African American Spirituals Ages: All Ages

Featuring True Concord Choir, Chamber Players & Will Liverman, baritone. In partnership with Tucson Desert Song Festival Here's One by William Grant Still with soloist Michelle Areyzaga Selections from Copland’s Old American Songs, Music of the Sacred Harp Tradition, Classic Hymns and African American Spirituals. Ages: All Ages

Featuring True Concord Choir, Chamber Players & Will Liverman, baritone. In partnership with Tucson Desert Song Festival Here's One by William Grant Still with soloist Michelle Areyzaga. Selections from Copland’s Old American Songs, Music of the Sacred Harp Tradition, Classic Hymns and African American Spirituals Ages: All Ages

A Festival of Lessons and Carols Hear the angelic voice of soprano Michelle Areyzaga singing “O Holy Night” and the Grace Anglican Fellowship choir conducted by Fr. Alan Heatherington. This year’s special guests are violinist Yang Liu and his wife at the keyboard, Olivia I-Hsuan Tsai. Ages: All Ages

Candlelight Carols with Featured Artist Goran Ivanovic, guitar Featuring work by Gustaf Nordqvist, Donald Fraser, Alf Houkon, Stephen Paulus, Norman Luboff, Jeffrey Van, Jeffrey Van, Ben Parry, Hugo Cole, arr. John Rutter, Javier Busto, Goran Ivanovic, Ola Gjeilo, arr. Willcocks/Boyd, and arr. Andrew Carter with soloist Michelle Areyzaga, soprano. Ages: All Ages

Candlelight Carols with Featured Artist Goran Ivanovic, guitar Featuring work by Gustaf Nordqvist, Donald Fraser, Alf Houkon, Stephen Paulus, Norman Luboff, Jeffrey Van, Jeffrey Van, Ben Parry, Hugo Cole, arr. John Rutter, Javier Busto, Goran Ivanovic, Ola Gjeilo, arr. Willcocks/Boyd, and arr. Andrew Carter with soloist Michelle Areyzaga, soprano. Ages: All Ages

Saturday, October 18, 2025 | 7:30 p.m. & Sunday, October 19, 2025 | 3:00 p.m. Featured Artist: Stephen Yhl, Piano Featuring works by Charles Stanford, Johannes Brahms, Lee Kesselman, Jake Runestad, Stuart Churchill, Dan Messe, and Shawn Kirchner. Ages: All Ages

Composer Showcase featuring Kaia String Quartet premiering new works by Rosśa Crean, Ty Bloomfield, Justin Weiss, Lee Kesselman, and Graham Meyer. As part of 2025 Ear Taxi Festival. Ages: All Ages

“Chasing Light,” which includes soprano Michelle Areyzaga and baritone Sidney Outlaw taking on the world premiere of Stacy Garrop’s “Fredrick and Susan B.” Also on the program are works by Rene Orth, Julia Wolfe, and Aleksandra Vrebalov. This will be the World Premiere of Stacy Garrop's new 24 minute song cycle “Fredrick and Susan B.” for soprano (or mezzo) and baritone. The text will be sourced from correspondence, papers and speeches of Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony. With the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (CA), Cristi Macelaru Music Director Ages: Not sure

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The Chicago premiere of Gwyneth Walker's cantata The Great Lakes. Pre-concert talk with composer at 3pm moderated by WFMT's Oliver Camacho. With full orchestra and soloists Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Sadie Cheslak, alto; Oliver Camacho, tenor; and David Govertsen, bass. Ages: Not sure

Concert with Baritone William Powers of Mid-century Modern movie music (Rogers and Hammerstein, Rogers and Hart, and others of the great musical film genre). William Billingham, piano. Ages: Not sure

he critically acclaimed St. Charles Singers, led by founder and music director Jeffrey Hunt, will conclude its 40th anniversary season with concerts April 12-13 featuring the world premiere of a new work written for the ensemble by renowned English composer Sir John Rutter. The mixed-voice chamber choir’s season-finale program, “The Passing of the Year,” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 12, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at Baker Memorial United Methodist Church, 307 Cedar Ave. in downtown St. Charles. Joining the choir as guest choristers to celebrate its landmark season are soprano Michelle Areyzaga and baritone Evan Bravos. Both are accomplished professional singers who hail from the far western suburbs and have close ties to the St. Charles Singers. Soprano Michelle Areyzaga, a former St. Charles Singer and an alumni of Kaneland High School, will be featured at the St. Charles Singers concerts on April 12-13. Courtesy of Elliot Mandel Areyzaga, a former member of the St. Charles Singers, passed her audition for the choir while still a student at Kaneland High School in Maple Park, Illinois, and performed with the ensemble for a decade before embarking on a successful solo career. Praised for her “radiant and all-encompassing soprano” (Chicago Tribune), Areyzaga is held in high regard throughout the United States and abroad for her “appealing, expressive soprano” (New York Times). Areyzaga will solo in Kenneth Leighton’s a cappella “A Hymn of the Nativity,” which the choir performed when she was a member of the soprano section in the late 1980s and ‘90s. Ages: All Ages

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Recital of Emily Dickinson songs for Musicians Club of Women with Dana Brown. Contact Maria Lagios directly for tickets. Ages: Not sure

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A festival of Lessons and Carols. Free. Ages: Not sure

St. Michael Catholic Church, 310 S Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton, IL 60187 Ages: Not sure

New Covenant Church, 1 Bunting Lane, Naperville, IL 60565 Ages: Not sure

Fourth Presbyterian Church 126 E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611 Ages: Not sure

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Song settings by composer Lita Grier and art songs from the period, curated by Carl Ratner, with pianist and music director Dana Brown, soprano Michelle Areyzaga, narrator Paul Geiger as Edgar Lee Masters, and others Ages: Not sure

Concert with Baritone William Powers of Mid-century Modern movie music (Rogers and Hammerstein, Rogers and Hart, and others of the great musical film genre). William Billingham, piano. Ages: Not sure

Michelle will perform as soloist in Mozart's Requiem with The Wooster Symphony Orchestra and the Canton Symphony Chorus, with Jeff Lindberg conducting. Ages: Not sure

Michelle sings Dyson: Hierusalem, conducted by Timothy Boles. Ages: Not sure

Michelle joins the NIU concert choir and philharmonic orchestra as soloist. Ages: Not sure

Terra Nostra, the world-premiere recording of Stacy Garrop’s groundbreaking oratorio, explores humanity’s relationship with the earth, including climate change. An enormous artistic undertaking and a true collaborative effort, the album features the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Northwestern’s Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir), and professional vocal soloists (soprano Michelle Areyzaga, mezzo-soprano Leah Dexter, tenor Jesse Donner, and bass-baritone David Govertsen), all conducted by Stephen Alltop. Ages: Not sure

Jewish Women Composers ensemble singing, conducted by David Berger. Ages: Not sure

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The Apollo Chorus of Chicago will be joined by the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra in presenting Bruckner’s Psalm 150, Te Deum and several motets. Ages: Not sure

The Apollo Chorus of Chicago will be joined by the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra in presenting Bruckner’s Psalm 150, Te Deum and several motets. Ages: Not sure

A celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Anton Bruckner with his majestic and soul-inspiring Te Deum for soloists, chorus, and full orchestra. Ages: Not sure

Michelle sings an all-Bernstein program with pianist Welz Kauffman. Ages: Not sure

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A Chicago holiday tradition since 1976, this year’s DIY Messiah brings together a world-class conductor and soloists, along with an organ and string quartet accompaniment, and actively encourages audience members to step into the role of the chorus in a thrilling performance of George Frideric Handel’s masterpiece, Messiah. DIY Messiah will once again be led by world-renowned Maestro Stanley Sperber, who is returning for his twenty-second year. Among those scheduled to perform are soprano Michelle Areyzaga and countertenor Ryan Belongie. Ages: Not sure

Winner of the American Opera Society's 1999 Eleanor Pierce Sherwin award, Areyzaga returns for the Society's Holiday Celebration concert. Ages: Not sure

Conducted by Delta David Gier. Ages: Not sure

Conducted by Delta David Gier. Ages: Not sure

Michelle makes a special guest appearance at Loyola University's Family Weekend Concert singing Leonard Bernstein's Make Our Garden Grow with the university orchestra and choirs, conducted by Colin Holman. Ages: Not sure

Selections from Michelle and Dana's latest album Were I With Thee, including works by Gwyneth Walker, Lee Hoiby, Wayland Rogers, Patrice Michaels, and Richard Pearson Thomas. Ages: Not sure

Concert with Baritone William Powers of Mid-century Modern movie music (Rogers and Hammerstein, Rogers and Hart, and others of the great musical film genre). William Billingham, piano. Ages: Not sure

Live from WFMT with pianist Jamie Shaak, hosted by Kerry Frumkin. The performance features works by Stacy Garrop, Lee Hoiby, Jake Heggie, Miguel Del Aguila, and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Ages: Not sure

An Evening of Musical Rarities with pianist Jamie Shaak and friends Michelle Areyzaga, Maria Lagios, the Kontras Quartet, Elizandro Garcia Montoya and Grace Hong. The program features works by Lee Hoiby, Jake Heggie, Miguel Del Aguila, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Chicago-based composer Stacy Garrop. Ages: Not sure

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, Elmhurst Choral Union, and Elinor Detmer violin. Stephen Alltop is the Music Director & Conductor. Ages: Not sure

Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Serenade to Music Ages: Not sure

Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and Serenade to Music Ages: Not sure

A showcasing of Bernstein's theater and opera excerpts with collaborative pianist Dana Brown Ages: Not sure