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Choral Music at CU-Boulder
The Choral program at the University of Colorado at Boulder is devoted to developing and supporting choral musicians, conductors, and scholars at the university. With six performing organizations and four graduate programs, the Choral program involves more than 250 students and non-students.
The University of Colorado at Boulder supports five choral performing organizations:
University Singers - This choir of 30 singers is comprised mainly of graduate students with majors ranging from voice performance to choral conducting to non-music disciplines. Conducted by Dr. Conlon, the choir performs several times a year with programs ranging from Monteverdi to 20th century composers. The choir hosts a Madrigal Festival every November, attracting more 400 participants.
University Choir - With a total of 60 singers, this choir is comprised mainly of undergraduate music and non-music students. The choir is conducted by Dr. Kaptein.
Golden Buffalo Men's Chorus - Combining students and Boulder residents, this choir performs several times a year and sponsors a annual men's choral festival. Golden Buffalo Men's Chorus website
Women's Chorus - This 50-person choir combines undergraduate music and non-music majors. It performs a wide variety of music.
Collegiate Chorale - This 70-person mixed choir is comprised of undergraduate music and non-music majors. It performs a wide variety of music.
A primary purpose of the Choral program at CU-Boulder is to train musicians for professional careers in the world of choral conducting. For more information about the graduate choral programs, please check out the Graduate Choral Conducting program.
Major choral events throughout the year include the Madrigal Festival sponsored by the University Singers, the men's choral festival sponsored by the Golden Buffalo Men's Chorus, and the Holiday Festival in early December.
The Holiday Festival is an annual event that has become a Boulder tradition. The Holiday Festival consistently sells out all of its performances in the 2000 seat Macky Auditorium. It involves all the choirs as well as the university orchestra, handbell ensemble, percussion ensemble, and faculty soloists. All proceeds of the Festival go towards scholarship funds.
The choirs at the University of Colorado at Boulder perform all over the United States as well as internationally. Recently, choirs from the University of Colorado have performed in Rome, Venice, and Beijing, as well as a variety of locations within the United States such as the national ACDA comvention.
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