Chicago’s Ear Taxi Festival has announced its slate of artists and performances appearing at the 2021 festival, which runs from Sept. 15 – October 4, 2021.

This year’s theme, “Hear Chicago,” once more celebrates the diversity and richness of styles that make Chicago a city for music lovers of all kinds. For this article, OperaWire has focused specifically on vocal performances. Here is a rundown of all the ensembles and organizations that will be appearing at the festival.

Fourth Coast Ensemble

Performance Date: Sept. 19, 2021

MAVerick Ensemble

Performance Date: Sept. 21, 2021

Louis and Oscar’s Fashion Show, featuring Jenna Lyle and Riley Leitch

Performance Date: Sept. 23, 2021

Music by Patricia Morehead

Performance Date: Sept. 24, 2021

Maje; Connery + Sky Creature

Performance Date: Sept. 25, 2021

Composer/Performers: Soprano Liza Sobel & Pianist Jonathan Hannau

Performance Date: Sept. 26, 2021

Singing Bronze featuring soprano Kaitlin Foley, and carillonneurs Joey Brink and Joseph Min

Performance Date: Sept. 28, 2021

Picosa featuring works by Raven Chacon, Xavier Beteta, Jonathon Kirk, and Shulamit Ran

Performance Date: Sept. 30, 2021

Fonema Consort with music by Kelley Sheehan, Matthew Arrellin, and Luis Fernando Amaya

Performance Date: Sept. 30, 2021

Quince Ensemble featuring works by Meara O’Reilly, David Riminick, LJ White, Adrián Montúfar, Kari Watson, and Bethany Younge

Performance Date: Sept. 30, 2021

Michael Hall, Michael Delfin, and Megan Ihnen Trio with music by Stacy Garrop, Eric Malmquist, Evan Williams, and Osnat Netzer

Performance Date: Sept. 30, 2021

Bach + Beethoven Experience featuring Ronnie Kuller, Amos, Gillespie, and Heidi Joosten

Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2021

Florian Hollerweger & Christine Scherzer will perform “Stimmen,” a five-channel electroacoustic composition (2019)

Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2021

Garret Mendelow

Performance Date: Oct. 1, 2021

Wendy Richman

Performance Date: Oct. 2, 2021

Wet Ink Ensemble

Performance Date: Oct. 2, 2021

City Beautiful featuring Laurel Black, Michael Hall, Megan Ihnen, and Marianne Parker, performing works by Pierce Gradone, Steven Snowden, Dennis Tobenski, Francine Trester, and Regina Harris Baiocchi.

Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2021

a•pe•ri•od•ic with works by Carol Genetti, Benjamin Patterson, Emmanuelle Waeckerle, and Nomi Epstein.

Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2021

The Dream Songs Project and Ted Moore

Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2021

Fire Thief

Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2021

CHAI Collaborative Ensemble

Performance Date: Oct. 3, 2021

Janice Misurell-Mitchell, “Resistant Noise” (2020), for vocal and instrumental ensemble, and electronics.

Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2021

Crossing Borders Music

Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2021

The Contemporary Music Ensemble and Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble (BCE) of Northwestern University

Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2021