Who We Are
Coriolis is a community-based a cappella ensemble of skilled vocalists dedicated to compelling choral repertoire and the joy of ensemble singing.
Coriolis singers have performed with local ensembles including The Chicago Symphony Chorus, Bach Week, Bach in the City, Chicago Voice Exchange, and Blind Man's Bluff, and with collegiate and professional chamber choirs, chorales, and vocal ensembles across the United States. The ensemble has been coached multiple times by The King's Singers, and sang at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Luebeck, Germany.
Current membership spans more than 50 years in age, including singers who founded the group in 1987.
Members represent a wide variety of careers from business professional to educator, tech talent to professional instrumentalist, property manager to non-profit executive, college student to retiree.
Coriolis singers have performed with local ensembles including The Chicago Symphony Chorus, Bach Week, Bach in the City, Chicago Voice Exchange, and Blind Man's Bluff, and with collegiate and professional chamber choirs, chorales, and vocal ensembles across the United States. The ensemble has been coached multiple times by The King's Singers, and sang at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Luebeck, Germany.
Current membership spans more than 50 years in age, including singers who founded the group in 1987.
Members represent a wide variety of careers from business professional to educator, tech talent to professional instrumentalist, property manager to non-profit executive, college student to retiree.
What We Do
The ensemble's mission is to share the art of choral music across generations, building connections through the beauty and power of the human voice.
Though Coriolis repertoire embraces a broad range of styles and eras, the group is especially drawn to 20th- and 21st-century composers and arrangers, and has a special affinity for American and British choral traditions.
Coriolis performs four concerts per year - see our Concerts page for more information.
Though Coriolis repertoire embraces a broad range of styles and eras, the group is especially drawn to 20th- and 21st-century composers and arrangers, and has a special affinity for American and British choral traditions.
Coriolis performs four concerts per year - see our Concerts page for more information.
History
Coriolis was founded by Gregg Skalinder in 1987 initially focusing on sight singing and learning new music - just for fun. Regular rehearsals developed into informal performances in neighborhood living rooms and eventually advanced to more formal concerts across the North Shore.