University of Arizona Choirs

University of Arizona Choirs The University of Arizona Choral Program Graduates and present members of the Arizona Choir achieve success as choral conductors and educators.

Dr. Miguel Ángel Felipe, Director of Choral Activities: https://music.arizona.edu/people/directory/mfelipe/

Dr. Elizabeth Schauer, Associate Director of Choral Activities:
https://music.arizona.edu/people/directory/erschaue

Dr. Alyssa Cossey, Choral Music Education
https://music.arizona.edu/people/directory/ajcossey


The University of Arizona School of Music boasts a long and rich tradition in

choral excellence. Nurtured to national prominence from its inception by John Bloom and Maurice Skones, the choral program at the UA continues to be recognized nationally and internationally through the guidance of the director of choral activities, Dr. Miguel Felipe, and the Associate Director of Choral Activities Dr. Elizabeth Schauer. The Graduate Choral Conducting program, with students from every corner of the United States and from many international traditions, features a wealth of conducting experiences in a variety of choral settings and an academic preparation that leads to successful careers in choral music. The curriculum focuses on literature, style, rehearsal techniques, score reading, hearing for the conductor, and problem solving for each level of choir, and is designed to provide the student a thorough knowledge of the choral repertoire. The Symphonic Choir is a select, primarily undergraduate ensemble that carries on a fifty-year tradition of excellence in choral music at The University of Arizona. The group rehearses each weekday and performs formal concerts on campus, in the Tucson metropolitan area and throughout Arizona. The Arizona Choir is the premier choral ensemble in the School of Music and features graduate voice, conducting, and music education students. Composed primarily of graduate students, the Arizona Choir has performed with prominent musical ensembles from around the world including most recently the Kronos Quartet and the Budapest Chamber Orchestra. The Arizona Choir has been featured at regional and national conventions of both the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference. In Tucson alone, many gifted choral students and alumni lead junior and senior high school choral programs, music ministry programs, and community choirs. Moreover, recent DMA graduates now lead choral programs of distinction at colleges and universities throughout the nation. Choral Ensembles:

CORO - MUS 400J
CORO is a mixed chorus of undergraduate students, both music majors and non-majors, who enjoy performing a wide variety of choral literature and developing musical skills. Membership is by audition. TREBLE GLEE - 400S, section 1
MWF 1:00 p.m. Treble Glee is an ensemble for soprano and alto singers with a focus on voice and musicianship building, and the study and preparation of music for performance. No audition is required. SYMPHONIC CHOIR – MUS 400I/500I
MTWThF 2:00 p.m. Symphonic Choir is the premiere undergraduate choral ensemble specializing in the highest quality choral literature from all style periods appropriate for undergraduate voices. Membership is by audition and the choir includes music majors and more advanced non-major singers. ARIZONA CHOIR – MUS 400L/500L
MTWThF 2:00 p.m. Arizona Choir is the graduate choral ensemble in the School of Music, with a membership of mostly graduate voice majors and choral conducting majors. The choir has achieved recognition through international invitations and conference performances. COLLEGIUM MUSICUM – MUS 400Q/500Q
M 6:30 p.m. The Collegium Musicum is a select ensemble of singers and players that explores historically informed performances of literature mostly prior to 1700. Membership is determined through special audition. UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CHORUS – MUS 400K/500K
T 7:00 p.m. The University Community Chorus is a large, non-auditioned, mixed choir of university faculty, staff and students and members of the greater Tucson community.

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Choral Ensembles: UNIVERSITY SINGERS – MUS 200J/400J MWF 12:00 noon University Singers is a large mixed chorus of undergraduate students, both music majors and non-majors, who enjoy performing a wide variety of choral literature. Membership is determined through choral placement hearings. University Singers fulfills major ensemble credit and is conducted by graduate choral conducting majors. UNIVERSITY KANTOREI – MUS 200J /400J TTh 12:00 noon Kantorei is a small select chamber choir drawn from the ranks of University Singers. Kantorei fulfills major ensemble credit and is conducted by graduate choral conducting majors. HONOR CHOIR – MUS 200S /400S MWF 1:00 p.m. Honor Choir is a choir of undergraduate students who enjoy singing a wide variety of choral literature for treble voices. Membership is determined through the choral placement hearings. Honor Choir is conducted by graduate choral conducting majors. SYMPHONIC CHOIR – MUS 200I /400I/500I MTWThF 2:00 p.m. Symphonic Choir is the premiere undergraduate choral ensemble specializing in the highest quality choral literature from all style periods appropriate for undergraduate voices. Membership is determined through choral placement hearings and is intended for music majors and more advanced non-major singers. Symphonic Choir fulfills major ensemble credit and is conducted by Dr. Elizabeth Schauer, Associate Director of Choral Activities. THE ARIZONA CHOIR – MUS 400L/500L MTWThF 2:00 p.m. The Arizona Choir is the premiere choral ensemble in the School of Music, with a membership of 36 graduate voice majors and choral conducting majors. It performs significant choral literature from all style periods, both a ca****la and with orchestral accompaniment. During its most recent tour to Budapest, Hungary, The Arizona Choir performed at the famed Liszt Academy. The Arizona Choir fulfills major ensemble credit and is conducted by Dr. Miguel Felipe, Director of Choral Activities. RECITAL CHOIR – MUS 402/502 MTTh 3:00 p.m. The Recital Choir is a laboratory chorus whose membership is composed of graduate choral conducting majors and other interested advanced students, with the purpose of providing conducting pedagogy experiences for the graduate choral conducting students. Recital Choir does not fulfill large ensemble credit and is conducted by graduate choral conductors. COLLEGIUM MUSICUM – MUS 400Q/500Q M 6:30 p.m. Collegium Musicum is a select ensemble of singers and players that explores historically informed performances of literature mostly prior to 1700. Membership is determined through special audition. Collegium Musicum does not fulfill large ensemble credit. UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY CHORUS – MUS 200K/400K/500K T 7:00 p.m. University Community Chorus is a large mixed choir of university faculty, staff and students and members of the greater Tucson community. The non-auditioned membership of over 100 performs standard choral/orchestral literature. The University/Community Chorus does not fulfill large ensemble credit for voice performance or vocal music education students.