Each year, we sponsor two or more SongShop Live group concerts built around a single theme. Each theme, such as Life at Home, Promise Me…, Dream a Little Dream, Flying, The Dr. Ruth Show, ties together our vast repertoire and song genres.
Since 2013, we have also produced Solo Sets featuring a smaller number of singers. SongShop Salon series brings a select group of performers for intimate house concerts. We welcome your interest to host a Salon concert. Singers and pianists who have joined our performances are listed here.
Postcard designs by Jade Courtney Bruce, Solitaire Miles, Claudia Hommel, Lydia Stux and Juliana Engel.
Birds, Bees and other Beasts, July 2023
Garden chez Claudia Hommel & Cappy Kidd
Blooming Voices, July 2023
River Forest private home
Better Together, June 2023
PianoForte Chicago
April Fools and Follies, April 2023
DePaul School of Music Recital Hall
Things Change, December 2022
DePaul School of Music Recital Hall
Talking to Petals and Strangers, August 2022
Garden chez Claudia Hommel & Cappy Kidd
Love Is in the Air, March 2022
DePaul School of Music Recital Hall
Invitation to a voyage, December 2021
DePaul School of Music Recital Hall
Thank You Concert, August 2021
Town Hall Apartments (Addison & Halsted)
Midsummer Dream part II, July 2021
Garden chez Claudia Hommel & Cappy Kidd
Midsummer Dream part I, June 2021
Saint Martha & All Saints Shrine, Morton Grove
Coming Up Roses, June 2021
Garden chez Claudia Hommel & Cappy Kidd
Brand New Day, February 2021
Virtual concert recorded at Le Piano, Chicago
The Boys and Girls of Autumn, October 2020
Garden chez Claudia Hommel & Cappy Kidd
The Girls and Boys of Summer, September 2020
Garden chez Claudia Hommel & Cappy Kidd
Hello/Goodbye #3, August 2020
Garden chez Claudia Hommel & Cappy Kidd, Albany Park, Chicago
Hello/Goodbye #2, February 2020
Home of Ruth Fuerst & Jim Block, Hyde Park, Chicago
Hello/Goodbye #1, January 2020
Home of Louise Gale, Forest Park
Over the Moon and Under the Sun, May 2019
Chopin Theater, Pregnant Buffalo Lounge, Chicago
A Valentine Potpourri, February 2019
DePaul School of Music Recital Hall, Chicago
Mother’s Day: Tributes and Tribulations, May 2018
PianoForte, Chicago
Dr. Ruth Show—Reboot, April 2018
Home of Ruth Fuerst and Jim Block, Chicago
Seasons of Our Loves, February 2018
Home of Ruth Fuerst and Jim Block, Chicago
Seasons of Our Loves, January 2018
Home of Jamie and Mark Brady, Chicago
Sneak Previews, November 2017
Home of Ilene and Larry Lubell, Chicago
24 Hours Can Go So Fast, April 2017
PianoForte Chicago
Fabric of Our Lives: December Patterns, December 2016
Home of Roxane Assaf and Michael Lynn, Chicago
Fabric of Our Lives: November Love Notes, November 2016
Home of Jamie and Mark Brady, Chicago
Fabric of Our Lives: Autumn Colors, October 2016
Home of Barbara and Don Hoffman, Deerfield
Fabric of Our Lives: Summer’s End, September 2016
Home of Cathy and Martin Glickman, Chicago
The SongShop Coloring Book, April 2016
PianoForte Chicago
The Collected Cartoons by Robert Kamezura for the Coloring Book
Sunday Salon, Songs to Warm Us, February 2016
Home of Ruth Fuerst & Jim Block, Hyde Park, Chicago
Sunday Salon, Songs with a View #2, October 2015
Home of Stephen Wright & Allen Shechtman, Chicago
Sunday Salon, Songs with a View, May 2015
Home of Stephen Wright & Allen Shechtman, Chicago
Friends & Lovers, January 2015
DePaul School of Music Recital Hall
Take the Ride of Your Life, Part Two, April 2014
Daystar Center
Take the Ride of Your Life, Part One, April 2014
PianoForte Studios, Chicago
Solo Sets: From Oz and Beyond, November 2013
Daystar Center
Solo Sets: Thank You for the Music, November 2013
Daystar Center
Weekend in the Country with Sondheim, October 2013
Daystar Center
Keri Chryst’s French Connection, October 2013
Daystar Center
Solo Sets: Taking a Chance on Love, September 2013
Daystar Center
Solo Sets: New & Artful Songs, September 2013
Daystar Center
Life at Home: Part Two, September 2013
Daystar Center
Life At Home: Part One, August 2013
Daystar Center
SongShop Revealed: the tabloid concert, February 2013
Daystar Center
Flying! A Songshop Cabaret, August 2012
Jazz Showcase, Chicago
Promise Me…, January 2012
Cyrano’s Bistrot
Dream a Little #2, July 2011
Cyrano’s Bistrot
Dream a Little #1, July 2011
Cyrano’s Bistrot
The Dr. Ruth Show Sessions 2 & 3, January 2011
Cyrano’s Bistrot
The Dr. Ruth Show Session 1, January 2011
Cyrano’s Bistrot
Time After Time (Show 2), July 2010
Little Bucharest Bistro
Time After Time (Show 1), July 2010
DePaul School of Music Recital Hall
It was just one of those nights…, January 2010
Cyrano’s Bistrot
Midsummer Songs, July 2009
DePaul School of Music Recital Hall
Here’s to Life, January 2009
Cyrano’s Bistrot
It’s a Most Unusual Day, August 2008
Cyrano’s Bistrot cabaret room
Taking Chances—a songshop cabaret! July 2005
Chicago Cultural Center Randolph Street Café
You Make Me Feel So Young, November 2004
Davenport’s Cabaret Room
You Make Me Feel So Young, May 2004
Davenport’s Cabaret Room