Carnegie Mellon Choruses
The CMU Chorus is an SATB group of all freshman and sophomore voice majors, other music majors, and University students from other schools on campus. The Chorus performs two concerts with the CMU Philharmonic as the Festival Chorus, which includes junior and senior voice majors. The Chorus also performs a spring concert. Recently, they performed a concert of Spirituals and famous opera choruses, the live soundtrack for the showing of the silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc and Orff’s Carmina Burana Africana. Membership is by audition.
The CMU Singers is a specialized group of 12-16 singers, who are also members of the CMU Chorus, who perform music written especially for a small vocal ensemble. These students must demonstrate an advanced level of vocal ability and musicianship to handle the most challenging of vocal repertory suitable for young singers. Membership will be determined by the CMU Chorus audition or by special invitation.
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