Heart of Illinois Chorus

We would be happy to have you visit us!  Please join us at one of our weekly rehearsals at 7 p.m. on Tuesday nights in the Performing Arts Center at Illinois Central College in East Peoria, Illinois.  Give us a call and we'd be happy to have someone accompany you to a rehearsal if you would like that.  Or just stop by to watch or sing with us!

What is the process to become a member?
You will need to attend at least 4 out of 6 rehearsals and pass a vocal audition on a song learned in that time without reading music.  On your first visit, one of our leaders will assign you to one of the four barbershop voice parts (Lead, Bass, Tenor, or Baritone).  You will be given plenty of help to learn!  In addition to being assigned to an experienced singer in your voice part to help you, you'll also get an audio CD containing your part as well as sheet music.  If you don't read music, that's OK...most of our members learn from the CD.  Your audition will be done privately for our director and a few other leaders while singing with someone from each of the other 3 voice parts.  You'll be given a membership application upon passing the audition.  The Heart of Illinois chorus is part of Sweet Adelines International, a world-wide non-profit organization of women singers...singing Divas!  If you would like to learn more about this, check out our website.

How much personal time will it take?
In addition to weekly rehearsals throughout the year, there are 2 annual shows in May and November.  We also participate in a Sweet Adelines regional competition in March or April each year, and have about 2 Saturday retreats per year to focus on preparing for that.  We tend to perform in and around the Peoria area about 2-4 times per year for local festivals, business events, charitable events, as well as participating in Christmas and arts festival events.   

To learn more about us, please call (309) 689-3538 and leave a message or email us at hoiheartschorus@yahoo.com .