Fountain Street Church Oratorio Choir

04/29/2026

Many thanks to our beautiful audience for your support! We loved performing for you!

04/20/2026

It's going to be an exciting evening!

03/10/2026

Do two good things at once! Honor a loved one or a favorite cause with a message in our Memorial Concert program and help us produce an evening of beautiful music chosen for these times. We're singing Ralph Vaughn Williams, Elaine Hagenberg, Jake Runestad and more, including the world premiere of a piece commissioned for this concert. You can donate at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWZYvbOblDzmDuIqoG7LxEkq0e-1SlcGZRcPqIVxoIOTQyOQ/viewform

01/07/2026

Come sing on Saturday!! Fountain Street Church 2nd floor choir room 11:00am - 1:00pm. You don't want to miss this year's program:
Illuminare -- Elaine Hagenberg
Chichester Psalms movement II -- Leonard Bernstein
Flower Into Kindness and The Hope of Loving -- Jake Runestad
Would You Harbor Me -- Ÿsaye Barnwell
A movement of Cantos Sagrados -- James MacMillan
And the world premier of a piece commissioned for this concert!

This is great choral music and if you haven't heard the Cantos Sagrados before, you're going to want to sing the rest of it, too!

12/12/2025

We're putting the finishing touches a 2026 program aimed at helping us all find a light in whatever darkness surrounds us -- choir and audience alike. Rehearsals start on January 10 and continue on Saturdays until the final concert on April 25th. We're planning some vocal workshops at the start of rehearsals to tune us all up! Stay tuned for details. Come light up your winter with us!

08/02/2025

The Fountain Street Church Oratorio Choir and choirs from East Grand Rapids are gearing up for this concert on May 3, 2025, at 7:30 PM, Fountain Street Church. Admission is FREE. Donations are very much appreciated.

05/03/2025

04/29/2025

Hear our director, Dr. Emmanuel De Leon Jr, and two of our soloists talking about Saturday's concert!

We talk to Emmanuel De Leon, Isabel Abbott and Kohl Weisman.

02/22/2025

I was talking with Emmanuel about the Amadou Diallo shooting, movement 3 of the Seven Last Words, and I was frustrated at not being able to remember some of the details. It was quite a while ago after all. So I looked into it and found this weekend is the 25th anniversary of the shooting. You might be interested in this article.

Amadou Diallo was shot by police 41 times.

01/13/2025

Join us! We start rehearsals on Saturday. You can show up at 24 Fountain St. NE on January 18 before the 11:00am start time or sign up here:

Fountain Street Church Memorial Concert 2025