UWSP - Music Department

Choral Ensembles

Lucinda Thayer, Director of Choral Activities

Concert Choir

The Concert Choir is a select, SATB choir open to any university student through audition. This group of 32-40 singers performs a wide variety of repertoire from all stylistic periods.

Choral Union

The Choral Union is the largest choral group at the university and is open to any university student; a minimal audition is required during the first week of classes each semester. Although some repertoire is chosen for women's chorus and men’s chorus, the majority of the music is for SATB choir.

Women's Choir

The Women’s Choir performs a wide variety of repertoire for women’s voices. It is open to any university student; a minimal audition is required during the first week of classes each semester.

Chamber Singers

The UWSP Chamber Singers meet in the fall semester and explores small ensemble repertoire ranging from madrigals to contemporary music. It is open to any university student through audition.

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UWSP Choral Union, Concert Choir, and Symphony performance of Orff’s Carmina Burana, Fall, 2005

There is a wide variety of choral experiences available to members of UWSP choirs. In the past, UWSP choirs have appeared at the WMEA state music convention in Madison, performed the Brahms Requiem with the Green Bay Civic Symphony, and Handel’s Messiah with the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. The men of Choral Union and Concert Choir join forces twice a year to sing men’s repertoire, and have toured to schools throughout Wisconsin. The Women’s Choir has sung with the University Orchestra and every other year, the Concert Choir and Choral Union perform a large choral-orchestral work with the University Orchestra. Past performances include Handel’s Messiah. Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Mass in C, Brahms’ German Requiem, and Orff’s Carmina Burana. The choirs have invited Dr. Keith Hampton to campus for a workshop and have plans for future workshops with visiting artists.

For more information about auditions, concert attire, and other details, please e-mail Professor Thayer at lthayer@uwsp.edu or visit her homepage at  http://www.uwsp.edu/music/lthayer