Bread & Roses Chorus

Bread & Roses Chorus is a women's chorus based in DeKalb, Illinois. We've been singing together for nearly 30 years on a range of topics, including peace, social justice, tolerance, love, and chocolate. Through the enjoyment of our music, we give our audiences reason to think, laugh, and even cry. At our concerts, we pride ourselves on donating the majority of our proceeds to local charitable organizations. Our chorus was formed in 1995 as a result of a regional women's choral festival at NIU. Our gratitude goes to Toni Tollerud and Linda Slabon - if not for them, we would not have even begun. Our name was inspired by the poem "Bread and Roses," written by James Oppenheim, set to music by Mimi Farina. This song's key phrase, "Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses," has become our mantra, so we sing it at every rehearsal, and concert.