The choral group ILLUMINARE will be performing at Holy Trinity on Sunday, June 4, at 4 p.m., presenting "Shall We Gather," a concert of a cappella sacred choral music

The concert will include chant as well as works by Palestrina, Allegri, Poulenc, Jenkins, Tavener, Todd and others.

A freewill offering will be received to benefit the ensemble.

ILLUMINARE was formed in 2007 (under its former name, The Salem Youth Chorus) to give teen and collegiate age singers the opportunity to experience and perform great sacred choral literature. Over the span of ten years, the ensemble attracted singers outside of that age bracket. The ensemble was rechristened in 2017 as ILLUMINARE. Translated from Latin, the verb, illuminare, means to light or to enlighten.

ILLUMINARE has performed at Cathedrals and churches in the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The ensemble has twice sung Choral Evensong at The Washington National Cathedral in DC. Likewise for several years, ILLUMINARE has made guest appearances for Choral Evensong at Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland. The group has been a guest choir since 2010 for the annual Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Youngstown. In 2010, the group traveled to Cathedrals in England, Ireland and Wales for concerts and Choral Evensong.

Thanks to Steve Repasky, our interim organist, for suggesting Holy Trinity as a site for this Youngstown-based group to perform.

Join us for this afternoon of music.