Final Elgin Children’s Chorus concert of the season

The Elgin Children’s Chorus will close its 26th season with “Festival of Song” at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20.

The concert will be held at Elgin Community College Visual and Performing Arts Center, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. Tickets are $15 and $12 for seniors and students.

Festival of Song will include songs such as “He Beeped When He Shoulda Bopped,” written by John “Dizzy” Gillespie, and “Dark Brown Is the River” by Audrey Snyder. These will be performed by the Treble and Intermezzo choirs under the direction of Lisa Bettcher and accompanied by Reid Spears.

The Chamber Choir will perform “I Am His Child,” by Moses Hogan, and “A-tisket, A-tasket,” by Ella Fitzgerald.

Favorites the Concert Choir will perform include “Old Abram Brown” by Benjamin Britten, “There is Sweet Music Here” by Alfred Tennyson/Paul Bassler, and Franz Schubert’s “Ave Maria,” under the direction of Jay Kellner, founder and director of the chorus, and accompanied by Edita Eppolito.

The Elgin Children’s Chorus consists of boys and girls, ages 7 through 16, with unchanged voices. Auditions for the 2012-13 Season will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, June 4-5, at Elgin Community College, VPAC. To schedule an audition, call (847) 931-7464, and speak to Beth Boelter, executive director.

For tickets to Festival of Song, call the ECC box office at (847) 622-0300, or order at elgin.edu/arts. For information on the Elgin Children’s Chorus, visit the website at elginchildrenschorus.org.