Vox Venti
Executive Director, Ed Frazier Davis and Artistic Director, Matthew Recio
Fifth concert season
Est. 2022
Vox Venti, founded by Executive Director Ed Frazier Davis in 2022 and led by Artistic Director, Matthew Recio, is a semi-professional choral ensemble of 40 singers, chosen by competitive audition, from the Chicago-land area. Each season, they present four concerts of unique, diverse, and emotionally powerful choral repertoire. Vox Venti takes pride in performing a limitless variety of choral styles with equal diligence and mastery, but has a special affinity and passion for music by living composers. This unique ensemble is proudly dedicated to commissioning one new choral work by a composer from an underrepresented demographic for each concert. Vox Venti has a mission to build a more balanced and diverse choral music canon through support of modern choral composers and is very proud to premiere the first and second place winners of the Institute for Choral Creativity annual composition contest. Vox Venti translates from Latin to “Voice of the Wind,” representing both the ability of the human voice to emulate a vast range of timbres and the diversity of the Windy City.
Faculty and Staff
Audition information
Audition required
Audition is required for membership. Auditions for the 2026–2027 season are available by appointment.
Upcoming concerts
October 2026
- 4:00 PM
Vox Venti
We Scaffold Love
St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL
A program tracing the architecture of love — how we build it, lose it, and raise it again — with works by Jocelyn Hagen, Steven Sametz, Dale Trumbore, and Reena Esmail, anchored by Sven-David Sandström’s Four Songs of Love.
December 2026
- 4:00 PM
Vox Venti
Winter’s Light
Resurrection Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
Cherished holiday arrangements by John Rutter, Ola Gjeilo, and Ed Frazier Davis, with reflective works by Eric Whitacre, Dale Trumbore, and Bo Holten.
March 2027
- 4:00 PM
Vox Venti
This Land Is…
Wicker Park Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL
A program on belonging and home, built around Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands and Shawn Kirchner’s Heavenly Home, with music by Matthew Recio, Alex Berko, Florence Price, and Shawn Okpebholo.
May 2027
- 4:00 PM
Vox Venti
I Set Myself Free
St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church, Chicago, IL
Vox Venti presents I Set Myself Free, inviting us to stand in our choices and keep light burning against the dark.
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Ed Frazier Davis: QUINTESSENCE - Vox Venti
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