Chicago’s
new-Music
Chamber choir

Stare at the Sun is a professional mixed-voice chamber choir specializing in the curation and commissioning of works by living composers. Works that address issues of social responsibility and the complexities of living in the 21st century. Works of defiant optimism that celebrate human potential, the value of human life, and the possibility that human beings may transcend the limitations of our humble origins and leave the world better than we found it. 

Midwestern Tongues

An exploration of works by composers associated with the Midwestern United States, presented in collaboration with Chicago's Ear Taxi Festival.

October 2025

Extractions

Featuring the world premiere performance of Nick Cline's The Sea Came Up and Drowned, as well as works by Gabriel Jackson and selections from our third annual Call for Scores.

March 2026

The weird, wild world of pelle gudmundsen-holmgreen

In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of his passing, plunge into the deliciously irreverent sonic universe of Composer Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.

May 2026