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- KC Arts BeatAugust 2026
Schubert Sunday — Hot Town, Singing in the City
Original article
- KC Arts BeatAugust 2026
Choral Foundation Presents Summer Singers 2026
Original article
- VoyageKCMarch 2026
Daily Inspiration: Meet William Baker
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- Chicago TribuneFebruary 2025
Concerts for Sir Andrew Davis
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- The IndependentDecember 2025
Young and old, meek and bold: carols resonate with a hope that knows no boundaries
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- KC Arts BeatOctober 2025
An end to malice and strife: The William Baker Festival Singers perform Vision of Peace
Full story
- KC Jewish ChronicleSeptember 2024
Summer Singers of Kansas City perform Ernest Bloch’s “Avodath HaKodesh”
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- Classical KCSeptember 2024
Kansas City’s classical musicians celebrate Hispanic heritage
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- KC Arts BeatAugust 2024
Pulling out all the stops: rare Jewish liturgical work gets hearing at Helzberg
Full story
- KC StudioAugust 2024
Summer Singers of Kansas City celebrate 25th anniversary with seldom heard masterwork
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- Kansas City StarJuly 2024
This music educator, with help from generous Kansas Citians, is changing lives in Kenya
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- Lee’s Summit TribuneJuly 2024
Summer Singers of Lee’s Summit performs tenth annual concert
Original article
- KC Jewish ChronicleApril 2024
Jewish works to be featured in Kansas City choral performance
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- The IndependentSeptember 2023
Voces Diversas: Arts groups lay groundwork for stronger Hispanic voices
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- The American PrizeSeptember 2023
Dr. William Baker — 2nd Prize National Winner, 2023 Dale Warland Award
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- Dos MundosSeptember 2023
Area choir sings the music of Latin America
Original article
- Lee’s Summit TribuneJuly 2023
Summer Singers of Lee’s Summit remembers the Holocaust in music and art
Original article
- Kansas City StarKansas City Star
‘Beautiful, captivating and compelling’: Kansas City chorus presents a masterwork
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- Kansas City StarKansas City Star
‘The music is emotionally intense.’ Summer Singers rise to challenge of this cantata
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- The IndependentThe Independent
CHORAL COMMITMENT: Festival Singers of KC marks 20 years of great music
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- KSHBKSHB 41
Latin American choir shares culture through music by highlighting Spanish music and composers
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
- Atlanta ShowguideFall 2026
New South Festival Singers in Atlanta Showguide
Original article Opens the publisher’s site.
The William Baker Choral Foundation is a 501(c)(3) arts organization presenting choral music and education in Kansas City, Atlanta, Chicago, and Iowa. Founded from Atlanta’s 1985 Festival Singers and established as a foundation in 1990, it now includes fifteen ensembles, more than twenty-five nationally released recordings, the Jane Sullivan Choral Resource Library, conducting internships, and the Institute for Healthy Singing & Voice Research. Headquarters: 5450 Buena Vista Street, #100, Roeland Park, Kansas 66205. EIN 48-1214336.
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Fact sheet
- Founded
- Atlanta, 1985 · Foundation, 1990
- Cities
- Kansas City, Atlanta, Chicago, Forest City
- Ensembles
- 15
- Recordings
- 25+
- EIN
- 48-1214336
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Concert stills
William Baker Festival Singers
William Baker Festival Singers, Helzberg Hall, Kansas City
New South Festival Singers, Atlanta
Ensembles
William Baker Festival Singers
Kansas City Bronze
Summer Singers of Kansas City, Helzberg Hall
Summer Singers of Lee’s Summit
Northland Summer Singers
Summer Ringers Academy
Voces Festivas
New South Festival Singers
Zimria Festivale Atlanta
Summer Singers of Atlanta
Cobb Summer Singers
Vox Venti
Quotes
“…a singing family.”
The Kansas City Star
“…brilliance and sensitivity.”
KC Metropolis, on the German Requiem
“…inspiring and exhilarating.”
The (New Orleans) Times Picayune
“Ernst Bacon Award for Service to American Music”
“American Prize in Choral Performance — National Second Place”
“Petrichor International Music Competition Semi-finalist, Large Ensembles: Orchestras/Choirs”
William Baker Festival Singers
Press contact: Mail@choralfoundation.org