Inspirar presents:
Illuminate: Voices In Color

Date: Saturday, September 27th, 2025

Time of Event: 7pm

Location: Grace Lutheran Church: 426 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, SC 29730

Ticket Costs:
1 Adult: $60
2 Adults: $100
1 Table (8 seats): $350

Link to purchase tickets: https://www.inspirarchoir.com/event-details-registration/illuminate-voices-in-color

Description:

Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with vibrant choral performances, a colorful buffet dinner featuring summer produce, an open bar with wine and local beer, and an engaging interactive art installation. Participants will also have the opportunity to bid in a silent auction featuring local Rock Hill businesses. This event is dedicated to supporting the Inspirar Choir’s exciting travel and performance endeavors, helping them share their inspiring voices at the Southern American Choral Directors Association Conference in 2026.

Dress in your most colorful attire to celebrate spectrum and color, and be part of a community event that combines music, art, and philanthropy for a truly uplifting experience.

Gay Men's Chorus of Charlotte Presents:
ICONS

Dates:
Friday, September 12th, 2025
Saturday, September 13th, 2025

Time of Concert: 7:30pm

Location: Arts+ Community Campus: 2304 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28205

Ticket Cost: $12 - $37

Link to purchase tickets: https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=288001&rd=1

Description:

Celebrate Pride with power chords, powerhouse vocals, and pure joy! The Gay Men’s Chorus of Charlotte presents ICONS: Pride Goes Pop—a bold, high-energy concert of anthems that have defined LGBTQ+ visibility and resilience over the past two decades.

This electrifying program features stunning choral takes on modern Pride favorites like Brave (Sara Bareilles), Dancing on My Own (Calum Scott), Follow Your Arrow (Kacey Musgraves), Born This Way (Lady Gaga), and a heart-lifting mashup of True Colors (Cyndi Lauper) and Roar (Katy Perry). You’ll also hear reimagined ballads and bangers from icons like Cher, George Michael, and ABBA—all delivered with the rich, powerful harmonies only GMCC can bring. These aren’t just songs—they’re declarations. Of love. Of identity. Of being seen and heard. Whether you're here to sing along, sway with friends, or soak in the sound of queer joy, ICONS invites you to take your place in the chorus.

Get your tickets, bring your voice, and let’s celebrate what makes our community unforgettable—one pop anthem at a time.

Each performance will also include a Cash Bar!

Caritas A Capella Ensemble presents:
Of Sound and Spirit:
A Choral & Orchestral Celebration

Date: Friday, October 17th, 2025

Time of Concert: 7:00pm

Location: Christ Episcopal Church: 1412 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207

Ticket Cost: Free!

Description:

Caritas A Cappella Ensemble in Concert with the Christ Church Choir of Christ Episcopal Church and the Queens University Chamber Orchestra

Prepare for an unforgettable evening of choral and orchestral brilliance as Caritas A Cappella Ensemble, the Chancel Choir of Christ Episcopal Church, and the Queens University Chamber Orchestra unite for a powerful and moving performance. Under the shared direction of Dr. Jeremy Mims (Caritas), Ben Outen (Christ Episcopal Church), and Peter DeVries, this concert promises a captivating blend of vocal and instrumental mastery featuring Benjamin Britten, Johann Sebastian Bach, Edvard Grieg and more.

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Charlotte Music Club Presents:
71st Performance of Handel's Messiah!

Date: Saturday, December 13th, 2025

Time of Concert: 3:00pm

Location: First United Methodist Church: 501 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC, 28202

Ticket Cost: Free (Donations Appreciated)

Charlotte Music Club

Description:

Charlotte music club is celebrating 100 years of Music Making this year, and our community choir and orchestra will be presenting our 71st performance of Handel’s messiah.

Donations are collected to provide scholarships for local music students.

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Gardner-Webb University Presents their
46th Annual
Choral Clinic!

Date: Monday, October 20th, 2025

Event Location: Gardner-Webb University: 110 S Main St, Boiling Springs, NC 28017

Registration Cost: $30 per student

Registration due date: Monday, September 15th by 5pm

Link to registration form: https://gardner-webb.edu/gwu-choral-clinic/#:~:text=Monday%2C%20October%2020%2C%202025&text=Participating%20schools%20and%20conductors%20are,via%20completed%20application%20and%20payment.

Description:

Participating schools and conductors are invited to nominate as many as eight (8) students for rehearsal and performance. The ensembles are open to as many as 160 choristers each and spots will be reserved via completed application and payment. Please make every effort to select SATB quartets (High School) and SA duets (Elementary/Middle School) to maintain balance. Schools unable to fill out a quartet or duet and schools with more singers than can be balanced evenly will be given opportunity to be grouped appropriately as needed.

Sing with the
Queen Charlotte Chorus

Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Rehearsal Location: Pineville United Methodist Church, fellowship hall: 101 S. Polk St. Pineville, NC, 28134

Cost to attend: Free

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Description:

Come sing with us! The Queen Charlotte Chorus is looking for women of all ages who love to sing. We rehearse every Tuesday evening from 6:30 - 9:00pm. All of our rehearsals are open to visitors. No music training is required - you just need to be able to carry a tune! We perform for the public regularly and compete in a five-state region every spring as part of Sweet Adelines International.

Over 30,000 women all over the world have discovered the joy of a cappella singing through Sweet Adelines. You may choose to audition after four visits. The audition song is from our current repertoire, so you will already have one song under your belt! Our members hail from all over the Charlotte region - some of us drive over an hour to get to rehearsal each week! We are educators, business professionals, medical personnel, accountants, moms; all sisters because we share a passion for singing and performing.

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Recurring Events

NC ACDA Fall Conference, 2025
Deeply Rooted

Website: https://www.ncacdaonline.org/2025-fall-conference

Dates: October 10th - 11th

Conference Location: Queens University of Charlotte: 2319 Wellesley Ave, Charlotte, NC 28274

Link to Register: https://www.ncacdaonline.org/2025-fall-conference/registration


Event Registration Costs: Early Bird

Regular Member: $103

Retired Member (as directed by ACDA, member must be retired from ALL choral positions): $70

Young Professional (first three years after undergraduate): $70

Student (currently pursuing undergraduate or graduate degree): $45


Event Registration Costs: After September 1st


Regular Member: $128

Retired Member (as directed by ACDA, member must be retired from ALL choral positions): $95

Young Professional (first three years after undergraduate): $95

Student (currently pursuing undergraduate or graduate degree): $45

  • Description:

    The North Carolina chapter of the American Choral Directors Association is holding its 2025 Fall Conference! The conference will take place at Queens University of Charlotte and is open to ALL ACDA members. This Event boasts a number of awe-inspiring performances, learning experiences for those looking to grow their skill as directors and / or choral musicians, and unique opportunities for choir students to collaborate and perform together. so what are you waiting for? register today!

    The conference Includes:

    • Performances by auditioned ensembles from throughout the state, bringing high quality music making and repertoire to life for all who wish to hear.

    • interest / Professional Development Sessions for choral directors and educators alike looking to gain new ideas and insights to bring back to their own choir rooms.

    • Lab Choir Open to all conference attendees to Learn and make music together with our clinician and local gospel choir.

    • NC Sings! Where students 4th grade and up can join with other students from across NC to learn and make music together under amazing guest clinicians.

    • Collegiate Festival Chorus where college students can combine together, under a fabulous guest clinician, and use their singing skills and musical abilities to put on an incredible performance for conference goers and audience members.

    • Conducting Masterclass where Attendees can listen and observe as the year's chosen applicants Lead the Showcased choir while Working with a clinician and conductor of renown to grow their conducting skills and abilities.

Featured Events!

Collegiate Festival Choir:

The North Carolina Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (NC ACDA) invites collegiate conductors to select students to participate in the third annual Collegiate Festival Chorus. The 2025 clinician is Dr. Frances Fonza from Southeastern Louisiana University.

Registration Cost: $55 / Student
More registration info will be Made available in August

  • Music:

    • Wangol by Sten Kallman

    • In Bright Mansions Above arr. by Roland M. Carter

    • Joy Never Leaves by Christopher Harris

    • Hallelujah You're Worthy by Judith McAllister
      (Will be taught by rote)

NC Sings!

The North Carolina Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (NC ACDA) invites North Carolina conductors to bring singers to participate the 2025 NC Sings! event, on Saturday, October 11, 2025, in conjunction with the Fall NC ACDA state conference on the campus of Queens University in Charlotte.

NC Sings! is an annual one day choral festival for singers where all of the music is learned on site. That's right, no extra rehearsals ahead of time to teach the notes. School, church, and community choir conductors select and register motivated singers, and the master conductors do the rest. The choirs will begin rehearsals at 8:30 am, and present a concert at 4:00 pm. All rehearsals and the performance will take place on the campus of Queens University.

Date: Saturday, October 11th

Registration Cost: $40 / singer
Registration Deadline: Friday, September 12th

Link to more info, registration, and clinician bios: https://www.ncacdaonline.org/2025-fall-conference/nc-sings-2025

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