The Concert Chorale bears a tradition of maintaining the highest standards of musical excellence, performing at venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and at regional conventions like the American Choral Directors Association. This ensemble offers students an excellent opportunity to study and perform a broad range of choral literature, and to tour annually throughout the Texas region. Typically once each year, the chorale joins with the other choirs to collaborate with the Symphony Orchestra a choral masterwork. Recent combined choir performances have included Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, and Mozart’s Requiem.
Join
Membership is open to all students university-wide by audition. Auditions take place at the beginning of the Fall and Spring semesters. Students who are accepted in the Fall do not need to re-audition in Spring. Audition is info is posted to the below link at the beginning of each semester.
Audition Information
REQUIREMENTS
Participation in a UT Choir is open to all UT Austin students, regardless of major.
Non-music majors who have not participated in choir before are welcome to enroll in either University Chorus ensemble (Soprano/Alto or Tenor/Bass) and the Repertory Chorus without auditioning; you can simply enroll and show up for the first day of class. Participation in Concert Chorale requires an audition.
AUDITION FORMAT
- Please prepare 16–32 measures of of a song to be sung a cappella (no accompaniment). Choose a piece that will present the best of you as a vocalist. Any genre is acceptable.
- Faculty will then vocalize you at the piano and will take you through a few sight-singing and tonal memory exercises.
Schedule
All auditions will take place in MRH 5.138 on the following days and times:
Thursday, August 21 3:30-7:30pm
Friday, August 22 12-6pm
Saturday, August 23 12-6pm
SIGN-UP
Please register for an audition. Make sure you sign up for only one time slot.
WATCH
Luminous Night of the Soul
by Ola Gjeilo
Suzanne Pence, conductor
Bates Recital Hall
Austin, TX
Upcoming Performances
J.D. Burnett, conductor
Johannes Brahms
Abendständchen & Vineta from Three Songs, op. 42
Reena Esmail
When the Violin
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Serenade to Music
+ more...
Featuring Chamber Orchestra and Choirs
Ring in the season with the Butler School of Music in this annual favorite. The concert will be anchored by our new Chamber Orchestra and choirs but will feature ensembles and student performers from across the program. You can expect to hear favorite carols and a few surprises.
Mahler's Symphony No. 2, Resurrection
Farkhad Khudyev, conductor
J.D. Burnett, director of choirs
Leah Crocetto, soprano
Sophio Dzidziguri, mezzo soprano
J.D. Burnett, conductor
Thomas Weelkes
When David Heard
Benjamin Britten
Rejoice in the Lamb
Omar Thomas
Shenandoah
+ more...
This concert will be led by graduate choral conducting students.