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Choral Music
Concert Choir
William Culverhouse, Director
Open to all students by audition. This selective
large ensemble performs widely varied repertoire, both secular
and sacred, from throughout Western music history, as well
as music from non-Western traditions. Recent performances
have included masterworks like Vivaldi's Gloria, folksong
settings by Brahms and Schumann, the world premiere of Forrest
Tobey's Keeping Still for chorus and orchestra, choral compositions
by African and African-trained composers, and jazz compositions
by Ellington, Kern, and Porter. The Concert Choir performs
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Women's Chorus
William Culverhouse, Director
Open to all women. This
ensemble performs women's chorus repertoire from all time
periods, both sacred and secular, including classical,
popular, and non-Western selections. Several performances
each semester, including outreach performances such as
the highly popular annual benefit concert for the Genesis
Women's Shelter.
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Shenita and Patrick Piper,
Directors
Open to all students.
This ensemble performs traditional and contemporary African-American
music, both a cappella and accompanied. On-campus
and outreach performances. Gospel Revs tours during
alternate spring breaks.
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Madrigal Singers
William Culverhouse, Director
Open to Concert Choir
members by audition. This highly selective small ensemble
focuses on the rich repertoire of 16th-century madrigals
from a variety of countries, but also performs repertoire
from other time periods and genres, including Baroque music,
vocal jazz, and music by living American composers.
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For information about choral
music at Earlham College, please contact Bill Culverhouse.
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