We sing for peace and justice, protection of our fragile environment, diversity, women’s empowerment, and acceptance for all
Your voice is needed!
Interested in singing with us? We'd love to have you! We are a diverse group of singers of all levels and will give you lots of support with part-learning tracks and rehearsals designed to make learning music easy and enjoyable. Rehearsals for our next June concert begin February 8th and are held regularly on Sunday evenings 6-8pm. After the third rehearsal of a semester (February 22, 2026) we ask that potential singers meet with our Director for a brief audition. Learn more details here, or reach out to us at brchorusinfo@gmail.com with any questions. Hope to see you soon!
Thank you to all who attended!
Be the Light
Saturday, December 6 at 3pm
Our December concert was a joy to share with everyone! So much wonderful feedback and so many new to our group saying they’ll be back for the next concert. Please mark June 6, 2026 on your calendar and check out the information about our next concert below. Thank you to everyone who attended in person and tuned into our livestream!
The concert pieces are now on YouTube here.
Mark your calendars for our Spring 2026 concert!
Still, I Rise!
Songs of Courage, Hope, and Strength
Saturday, June 6 at 3pm
Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N Annie Glidden Rd, DeKalb, IL
Featuring a special pre-concert performance by
HARAMBEE PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
2:30pm
The members of Harambee have often partnered with and enhanced our concerts with their wonderful global beats. We are THRILLED to not only have them joining us on some of this concert’s pieces, but to give them center stage for their own feature! Please plan to come early to enjoy this amazing group. For more info about Harambee, visit their FB page, here.
Join us as our chorus lifts its voices in harmony, offering songs that rise from struggle into strength. The music celebrates resilience—stories carried in sound. Peace flows through melodies that soothe and sustain, and hope shimmers in every note, lighting the way forward. Together, our voices weave a tapestry of courage and care. An afternoon of harmony, healing, and unshakable spirit. For this time when we alll need each other to rise!
Thanks to all who attended our Spring concert to benefit Youth Outlook. We really appreciate your support of them, and us. It was an amazing afternoon of music, followed by a nice reception to celebrate our 30 years as a chorus. We also announced that Sherri Lasko will be our new permanent director begining with our 2025-2026 season! We are so excited that we got to know her as one of our volunteer directors this last semester, and so humbled that she is just as thrilled to direct us. At the end of our concert there was a “passing-of-the-torch” moment where Sherri asked our former director of 28 years, Peggy Safford, a few questions about the history and future of the group which was very special. Update: Here is a photo of a few of us from Bread & Roses Chorus and Youth Outlook delivering our donation.
Bread and Roses Chorus was founded 30 years ago with a unique mission: to build a singing community that would deliver messages of peace and justice, protection of our fragile environment, diversity, women’s empowerment, and acceptance for all.