University Chorale

One of eight choral ensembles at Michigan State University, the 55-member University Chorale is the university’s premiere choral ensemble, comprising the best graduate and upper-level undergraduate singers in the College of Music. The chorale has been honored by several invited performances at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), including appearances at ACDA National Conventions in 1983, 1989, and 2007. In addition, the chorale was invited to appear in concert for the Mozart Bicentennial Masses-In-Concert Series at Lincoln Center. It has appeared in concert at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall and for the CBS Radio Network’s Cavalcade of Christmas Music. In 1995, the chorale appeared in the Eisteddfod (Wales) International Choral Festival. And, in 2002, the ensemble performed at the College Music Society national meeting.

In addition to touring and campus concerts, the chorale performs regularly with the University Symphony Orchestra and the MSU Chamber Orchestra and has its own masterworks series with professional orchestras. The chorale is a versatile choral ensemble, recently performing Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Poulenc’s Gloria, Handel’s Messiah, the Mass in B Minor by J.S. Bach, Verdi’s Requiem, Brahms’ Requiem and Schicksalslied, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Haydn’s Missa St. Joannis de Deo, Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms, Berlioz’s Requiem, and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, as well as concerts of shorter works. In 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2007, the University Chorale sang performances of Messiah with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Conductor: David Rayl
Assistant Conductor: David Howard
Accompanist: Judy Kabodian

Rehearsals:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday (3 p.m.–3:50 p.m.) at 125 Music Building (Hart Recital Hall)

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