Awards & Winners

Chicago Symphony Chorus

The history of the Chicago Symphony Chorus began on September 22, 1957, when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra announced that Margaret Hillis would organize and train a symphony chorus. Music Director Fritz Reiner’s original intent was to utilize the Chorus for the two weeks of subscription concerts that season, performing — George Frideric Handel’s Messiah in December and Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem in April. When Bruno Walter informed the Orchestra’s management that his March 1958 appearances would be his last in Chicago the board president Eric Oldberg insisted that Walter conduct Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem utilizing the new Chorus. During that first season, it would have been logistically impossible for Hillis to audition and prepare a new Chorus for three major works within less than four months. As an interim fix the Apollo Chorus of Chicago was used for the Christmas Messiah concerts.

Awards by Chicago Symphony Chorus

Check all the awards nominated and won by Chicago Symphony Chorus.

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Classical Album L'Enfant Et Les Sortilèges

1997


Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Honored for : Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E Flat Major ( The Symphony of a Thousand)

1991


Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
Honored for : Mass in B minor (Karl Munchinger)

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance Mass in B minor (Karl Munchinger)

1978


Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
Honored for : Missa Solemnis / Mass in C
(Conductor, Choir Director)

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance Missa Solemnis / Mass in C