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Chamber Choir Auditions

Ensembles are open by audition or director's permission to all students at the University, regardless of major. Whether you are an accomplished choral singer or you want to develop and refine abilities in a friendly environment, you can find a place in one of our choirs - all with one thing in common; a love of making music.

Each choir has their own niche, and all of them perform a wide variety of quality repertoire of various levels of difficulty. All choirs perform concerts throughout the year, and each choir performs at least once per quarter. We invite you to become part of this great tradition.

Chamber Choir

Chamber Choir is CWU's premiere choral ensemble. Requiring a rigorous audition for entrance along with a full school year commitment, this group is open to students sophomore and above.

Course #:
MUS 268 (Sophomore), MUS 468 (Jr. Sr.) MUS 568 (Graduate)
Gary Weidenaar - Director

University Chorale

Open to anyone who likes to sing, the University Chorale is a mixed choir of over 100 voices that performs outstanding concert and multi- cultural pieces.

Course #:
MUS 267 (Fresh., Soph.), MUS 467 (Jr., Sr.) MUS 567 (Grad)
Vijay Singh - Director

Women's Chorale

Women's Chorale ia an auditioned ensemble for females, singing music written for women's voices.

Course #:
MUS 211 (Fresh., Sophomore), MUS 411 (Jr., Sr.)
Vijay Singh - Director

Men's Chorale

Men's Chorale is open to all who like to sing, an ensemble of men who sing literature for male voices, performing both on and off campus.

Course#:
MUS 228 (Fresh., Sophomore), MUS 428 (Jr., Sr.)
Gary Weidenaar - Director

Central Singers

Central Singers is an auditioned mixed ensemble of 16-24 mostly chosen from University Chorale.

Course#:
MUS 235 (Fresh., Sophomore), MUS 435 (Jr., Sr.)

Vocal Jazz Groups

A variety of musicianship and repertoire abound in our three vocal jazz ensembles. For more info visit the ensembles page.
Vocal Jazz I
Vocal Jazz II
Vocal Jazz III

Currently, the Women's and Men's choirs are NOT considered large ensembles (this only matters for music majors). So for now, if you need large ensemble credit, you MUST be in University Chorale (or Chamber - which is closed to new members)

Last updated Sept. 18, 2008

Contact Information

Music
Dr. Gary Weidenaar
Dir. of Choral Studies
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926
509.963.1616
email: Gary Weidenaar

Central Washington University

400 E. University Way, Ellensburg WA 98926

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