Chorale
Conductor
The 黑莓视频 Chorale is comprised of 36 voices from various disciplines on campus, with 23% being voice majors, 50% music majors (non voice), and 26% non-majors.
The Chorale has enjoyed performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, at Disney鈥檚 D23 Convention alongside Broadway鈥檚 The Lion King Mufasa (Alton White), in Carnegie Hall, and with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra under the renowned conductor Carl St. Clair.
Regularly touring domestically and internationally, the Biola Chorale鈥檚 most recent tours include Italy, Ireland, South Korea, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Austria. Each spring, the Chorale joins forces with the Biola Symphony Orchestra for
a performance of a major work. These performances have included Walton鈥檚 Belshazzar鈥檚 Feast, Beethoven鈥檚 Symphony No. 9, Poulenc鈥檚 Gloria, Orff 鈥檚 Carmina Burana, Mendelssohn鈥檚 Elijah, Verdi鈥檚 Requiem, Mozart鈥檚 鈥淐oronation鈥 Mass in C Major and J.S. Bach鈥檚 Magnificat.
Nationally recognized for choral excellence, the Chorale has performed at four American Choral Directors Association Western Regions Conferences (2024, 2020, 2016, 1990) and at the National Collegiate Choral Organizations's Seventh Biennial National Conference in 2017.
Recordings
Sample Repertoire
- Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein
- Cantate Domino, sung in Basque and English by Josu Elberdin
- Zum Abendsegen, sung in German by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Hear My Prayer, O Lord by Henry Purcell
- O Lux Beata Trinitas, sung in Latin by Ko Matsushita
- Nelly Bly by arr Jack Halloran
- Hiericho, sung in Latin by Daniel Jackson
- 鈥淎ngel Band,鈥 No. 1 from Heavenly Home: Three American Songs by arr. Shawn Kirchner
- 鈥淯nclouded Day,鈥 No. 2 from Heavenly Home: Three American Songs by arr. Shawn Kirchner