Music : Choral Music at CWU

Choral Music at CWU
Choral music thrives at CWU, with a battery of five traditional choirs and three vocal jazz ensembles offered quarterly. The groups comprise a mixture of voicings, repertoire specialties, and ability levels – meaning at Central there is a choir for everyone who likes to sing!; Each choral ensemble has its own identity and take special pride in what it does, providing the over 200 singers in the groups, and thousands of audience members a wide variety of quality choral repertoire. Everything from classical to comedy, halloween to jazz, madrigals to mass works is presented yearly and each choir performs at least once per quarter.

There are two non-auditioned groups – the mixed voice University Chorale, and the Men’s Chorale, both for anyone who likes to sing. Groups requiring an audition to enter include the Women’s Chorale and Central Singers. A highly competitive addition is also required to gain membership in Central’s premier traditional choral ensemble, the Chamber Choir, conducted by Director of Choral Studies, Gary Weidenaar.

Students are not only allowed, but also encouraged to be in one of the three vocal jazz ensembles. Vocal jazz III is traditionally directed by and undergraduate music education major, while Vocal Jazz II distracted by a graduate student. Vocal Jazz I, Central’s award-winning premier vocal jazz ensemble, is directed by faculty member Professor Vijay Singh.

The rest of the story is told by exploring the various choral pages, which include information on each ensemble as well as events, repertoire, history, personnel, and auditions. Thank you for your interest in choral music at CWU. We look forward to seeing you at a concert, whether in our beautiful concert hall or on tour – either in the audience or on stage!