American Festival Chorus

American River College Vocal Jazz Ensemble

The American River College Vocal Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Arthur Lapierre has been in existence for 13 years. American River College is a two-year institute of learning in the Los Rios Community College District in Sacramento, California. During this time the Vocal Jazz Ensemble has received 7 DownBeat Awards from DownBeat Magazine. Most recently, in 2010, the ensemble won the Best Undergraduate Vocal Jazz Ensemble Award for their newly released CD; Your Eyes. The ensemble has previously appeared before the International Association of Jazz Educators Conferences in Toronto, Long Beach, and New York. In 2010 the ensemble appeared before the ACDA Western Division Conference. In March of 20111 the ensemble will sing before the national conference in Chicago.

American Spiritual Ensemble

The American Spiritual Ensemble was founded by Everett McCorvey in 1995. Its members have sung in theaters and opera houses around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and abroad in Italy, Germany, Britain, Scotland, Spain and Japan. The repertoire ranges from opera to spirituals to Broadway. The members of the American Spiritual Ensemble are soloists in their own right and the vocalists have thrilled audiences around the world with their dynamic renditions of classic spirituals, jazz and Broadway numbers highlighting the Black experience.

The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to keep the American Negro spiritual alive. The repertoire ranges from spirituals to classical to Broadway and dance.

The American Spiritual Ensemble has presented diverse concerts throughout the United States, Europe and South America and has toured Spain seven times presenting over 80 concerts. Its founder, Everett McCorvey, is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. He received his degrees from the University of Alabama, including a Doctorate of Musical Arts.

Ames Brothers

Sons of Russian Jewish immigrants from the Ukraine, the Ames Brothers were among the top selling artists of the early 1950s. Their close-harmony style had few equals, producing a chain of Top Ten hits throughout the decade. Born into a large family (five brothers and four sisters in all), the siblings were taught a love for music at an early age. Though they won several amateur singing contests during their youth they didn't turn professional until after they had finished school. All four were good students and athletes and initially chose to pursue careers other than pop stardom. Gene became a painter and a semi-pro baseball player. Vic was an actor and professional boxer. Eddie became a table tennis champ. And Joe won a full engineering scholarship to UCLA. He left after only a year, however, transferring back home to Boston College to study music. His studies eventually earned him a starring role in the Montreal Metropolitan Opera.

Ames Children's Choir

Artistic Director Dr. Sylvia Munsen founded the Ames Children's Choirs (ACC) program in 1995. The program includes boys and girls ages 8-16 from central Iowa communities singing in three choirs: Concert Choir, Chorale and the Preparatory Choir. A fourth ensemble, the Chamber Singers, is a smaller ensemble from the Concert Choir. ACC focuses on the development of self-esteem through artistic experience and is utilized as part of teacher training for choral music education students at Iowa State University (ISU).

Notable performances for the Concert Choir include: the World Premiere of John Rutter's Mass of the Children at Carnegie Hall with the composer as conductor; solo concerts at Washington's National Cathedral, St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC, and Temple Square in Salt Lake City, a performance with the Des Moines Symphony for the World Food Prize Laureate Program and a concert for the Meredith Willson Centennial in Mason City. The choir has performed in ISU residencies with composers John Corigliano and Libby Larsen and in a master class with Cantus. ACC singers have performed four times with Simon Estes in MCCF and ISU Celebrate America concerts.

Ames Children's Choirs

The Ames Children's Choirs program aspires to the best in the American choral tradition for young singers. The focus is the development of self-esteem through artistic experience including healthy vocal technique, expressive singing, and music literacy. The program promotes musical excellence, performing music from all style periods, cultures and traditions including premiering new works, the potential and achievements of young people, collaborating with professional musicians and ensembles, creating connections in the community and throughout the world, volunteerism, making the program available to all musically talented children, and the joy of singing.

An Octave Above

An Octave Above is a group of eight professional vocalists who blend years of experience and a love of a cappella harmony to every style of music they sing. From doo-wop to jazz, standards to pop, Bacharach to The Beatles, An Octave Above creates a new standard for excellence on the Chicago music scene.

Also members of prestigious Chicago-area choral ensembles including the Chicago Symphony Chorus, An Octave Above members hold degrees from Elmhurst College, Northern Illinois University, Bradley University, University of Illinois at Champaign, Western Michigan and the University of Miami.

Anchorage Concert Chorus

To serve Anchorage and surrounding communities by fostering excellence in choral music through world-class vocal performance, community events, and music education.

Ancora

Ancora is a nonprofit educational organization composed of women who endeavor to improve and develop their vocal talents and music education. Members continue their commitment to musical excellence while building friendships and support among singers. Ancora performs outstanding choral music through a challenging program of rehearsals and concerts, and enriches the arts community by sharing exquisite music for treble voices with the public.

Ancora Chorale

We are an award-winning choral ensemble, singing a variety of music, representing the communities of Independence, Missouri and Eastern Jackson County.

Andover Choral Society

The Andover Choral Society is a community-based organization with a mission of providing the highest standard of musical performance to the Merrimack Valley community. Since 1929 our membership has been open to anyone with a love for great choral music and a strong desire translate that love into high-quality, engaging performances.

We are a warm, friendly, and welcoming group ranging across all ages, professions, religious and ethnic backgrounds. We are a community whose experiences run the gamut from university and private training to "never tried it before - thought it might be fun." It is this very diversity that has allowed us to thrive for so many years, and we are always ready to accept the refreshing input of new membership.

Andrews Sisters

During a time when teenagers were doing the jitterbug and Uncle Sam was asking young men to enlist, The Andrews Sisters were America's most popular female singing group. Patty, the youngest sister, was a loud and energetic blond who headed the group with her confident vocals. The middle sister was Maxene, a brunette, whose harmonic range gave the impression of four voices instead of three. Finally, completing the trio was the eldest, LaVerne, a strong willed red head with a witty sense of humor and an eye for fashion.

The Andrews Sisters versatile sound and range in genres explains their longevity in the music industry and popularity with people all over the world. They had major hits in nearly all types of music ranging from swing to country-western. This tremendous popularity did not stop in the music business. The trio could also be found performing in radio series, commercials, Hollywood movies and on Broadway.

Angel City Chorale

Now in its 28th year among the premier choral groups in Southern California, Angel City Chorale is proud to represent the spirit and diversity of Los Angeles in our membership, our music, and our outreach activities, thereby fulfilling our mission to "Build Community One Song at a Time." Celebrated Artistic Director Sue Fink founded the Chorale at world-famous McCabe's Guitar Shop in 1993 with 18 singers - which has now grown to over 180 talented and dedicated singers, presenting a broad and eclectic repertoire including classical, gospel, jazz, pop and world music. While the Covid 19 pandemic has curtailed many of the chorale's activities, we are continuing to meet virtually and record music until it is safe to resume our regular concert schedule. We invite you to visit our YouTube Channel to watch our video of Sogno di Volare and numbers from our recent virtual holiday concert, as well as performances from past concerts.

Angeles Chorale

A 100-member auditioned chorale bringing inspiring musical experiences to our Los Angeles community for more than 40 years!

Recent Angeles Chorale performance highlights include appearances with Barbra Streisand in her Back to Brooklyn concert at the Hollywood Bowl and with Drew Carey and Julie Andrews in Holiday Sing-Along concerts at Disney Concert Hall. The chorale was honored to join the festival chorus with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Mahler's 8th Symphony (the Symphony of a Thousand) at the Shrine Auditorium in 2012. Most recently, the chorale appeared with the LA Phil at the Hollywood Bowl in a 2014 special performance of An Evening of Chinese Splendor.

Angelica Women's Chamber Choir

Angelica Women's Chamber Choir is a non-profit, Westchester-based women's choral ensemble formed in 1996 by Susan Ball, who served as the group's first Artistic Director, and three other founding members. When she and her husband went to Armenia to serve in the Peace Corps in 2005, she passed the baton to founding member Marie Caruso, who has been Artistic Director since that time. Angelica presents two or more spring and winter concerts annually, performing music from the 1st through 21st centuries. The group has sung a wide range of works, including early music by Machaut, Palestrina, Dufay, Monteverdi; contemporary compositions by Lili Boulanger, Peter Maxwell Davies, Einojuhani Rautavaara, John Tavener, and Julie Dolphin (special commission); and a unique variety of music, including chant, Sephardic, Balkan, and American folk.

Anglican Singers

The Choristers who are The Anglican Singers have a deep interest in music of the English choral tradition and hail from a wide variety of musical and personal backgrounds.

Each of the singers is individually auditioned, highly motivated, and drawn to the beauty and rich tradition of the group's music. Many of the singers are members of other professional and non-professional choral groups within the southeastern Connecticut area. The Singers rehearse from September through May with upwards of eight performances during this period, including one or more venues outside of the local area.

Anima - Young Singers of Greater Chicago

Anima means breath, life, soul, spirit and mind and reflects our mission to provide experiences of excellence through choral singing, which enliven and shape young lives.

Anima is a world class youth choral organization, founded in 1964, which is internationally renowned for the quality of choral education and performance it provides. Formerly the Glen Ellyn Children's Chorus, Anima welcomes young people from Kindergarten through High School in various ensemble programs.

The heart and soul of the program is the extraordinary choral sound which is developed in a nurturing, communal atmosphere with a group of other young people who love to sing. We invite you to peruse our new website and learn more about us; and if you would like to become part of Anima through enrollment, donations or hiring the Chorus to sing at an event, or if you just want to know more about us, please contact us.

Animaterra Women's Chorus

Animaterra is a women's chorus in the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire, USA. We are a non-profit organization, formed by women to communicate through music of the world's traditions. We welcome all women in a community of song, reaching out to all people locally, regionally and globally. We offer an environment of learning and shared musical artistry in which women, whether beginners or experienced, can express themselves through music.

Anita Kerr Singers

In the 1950s and '60s, the Anita Kerr Singers were one of the most popular group of backup vocalists in all of country music, appearing on countless recordings by renowned Nashville artists. Kerr was the group's leader, but was joined by alto Dottie Dillard, tenor Gil Wright, and baritone Louis Nunley, as the quartet initially gained attention by performing on the NBC radio program Sunday Down South in the early '50s, which led to a contract with Decca Records. In 1956, the Anita Kerr Singers landed a spot on the New York-based Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts TV show, which led to further broadcast appearances (although the group never let their session work for others subside). Around the same time, Chet Atkins (then the head of RCA Records' country division) took the group under his wing, which led to the quartet appearing on countless recordings by renowned artists. The Singers continued to record and tour straight through the '60s, even managing to issue several of their own albums, including Anita Kerr Singers Reflect on the Hits of Burt Bacharach & Hal David, Velvet Voices and Bold Brass, and Simon & Garfunkel Songbook, among others.

Ann Arbor Civic Chorus

The Ann Arbor Civic Chorus is a program offered through Ann Arbor Public Schools Community Education & Recreation (Rec & Ed) department and is open to all. The chorus was started in 1983 and performs two to three free concerts per year and also offers goodwill performances at senior centers and nursing homes. Currently this co-ed, adult chorus boasts 90+ members and they enjoy performing a wide variety of musical genres, including classical, contemporary, jazz, folksongs from around the world and musical theater. Singers range in age from their 20s to their 80s! No audition is required to join and you do not need to live in Ann Arbor to participate. Registration is currently open!

Anna Crusis

The Anna Crusis Women's Choir is recognized as both an agent of social change and a premier performing arts group in the greater Philadelphia region. The Choir is committed to reaching diverse audiences, including people who have little access to the arts, and it supports the work of other progressive social justice organizations by singing at benefits and fundraisers.

Much has changed since Anna's founding in the 70's, when one of its primary objectives was to provide a safe haven for both gay and straight women to find their voices. Anna grew out of the grass roots feminist movement characterized by the local group "Wine, Women and Song. " Formed by songwriters/musicians Judith Palmer (who still sings with Anna) and Wendy Caplan, they composed much of their own music since little about women's lives - from a feminist perspective - was available.

Annapolis Morning Song Circle

The Annapolis Morning Song Circle (AM Song Circle), directed by vocalist Elizabeth Melvin, invites new and experienced singers to come together for the pure joy of making beautiful vocal music together. No audition is required, and no music-reading experience necessary. The repertoire is eclectic and fun, drawing from world, folk, gospel and traditional music. You will be amazed at how quickly you'll be immersed in the thrill of singing in three- and four-part harmony.

Anonymous 4

Renowned for their unearthly vocal blend and virtuosic ensemble singing, the four women of Anonymous 4 combine musical, literary, and historical scholarship with contemporary performance intuition as they create ingeniously designed programs, interweaving music with poetry and narrative.

In addition to their unmatched medieval repertoire, Anonymous 4 has often reached out into the realm of contemporary music, and has premiered works by Peter Maxwell Davies, John Tavener, Steve Reich, and Richard Einhorn. The group has most recently expanded their repertoire to include traditional music of the British Isles and America.

Another Octave: Connecticut Women's Chorus

Another Octave: Connecticut Women's Chorus (AO:CWC) celebrates our choices and experiences through the power of music. An auditioned chorus with roots in the lesbian community, we are open to all women and encourage diversity. Another Octave performs an eclectic repertoire, including standard concert pieces as well as traditional and contemporary music that reflects women's lives. Together, we work for musical excellence and perform for the pleasure of our audiences and ourselves.

Antelope Valley Showcase Chorus

Antelope Valley Showcase Chorus is the valley's premier women's a cappella chorus. Education and musical excellence define who we are and shape our success in the competitive world of women's barbershop. Based in the Antelope Valley, our chorus draws from a diverse reservoir of women from all over Southern California.

Antioch Chamber Ensemble

Widely regarded as one of the finest professional choral ensembles in the United States, The Antioch Chamber Ensemble is currently celebrating its 23rd season of exceptional music-making. Under the leadership of founding Artistic Director Joshua Copeland, and executive director Stephen Sands, the ensemble strives to present as diverse a program as possible of the world's greatest choral literature, both sacred and secular, and has performed works ranging from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary masterpieces with a core group of ten to twelve of the New York metropolitan area's finest singers.

Antioch has been awarded first-place honors in the highly prestigious Tolosa International Choral Competition in Spain, establishing them among the top rank of professional choirs in the world. In recent seasons, Antioch has been called "stellar," "flawless," "an exceptional group," and "a spectacular example of what a classical choir should sound like" by the national press. Of the ensemble's debut for the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The New York Times wrote: "The Antioch Chamber Ensemble performed ... with clarity of tone and intonation so pure that you could hear the buzz of overtones created by some of the close harmonies. The most daring of these often color the sighs and wordless exclamations that punctuate both spiritual and secular texts, and the Antioch singers gave each its expressive register: impassioned, weak-kneed, swooning." Other past performance highlights include concerts for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the American Choral Directors Association Eastern National Conference and the Festival des Choeurs Laureats in France.

In recent years, Antioch has earned a glowing reputation for its pitch-perfect and expressive interpretation of modern music. The ensemble gave the European premiere of Eric Whitacre's "The City and the Sea," as well as the world premiere of Bruce Adolphe's "Of Art and Onions: Homage to Bronzino" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, commissioned by the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. The same year, the group's second recording, The Passing of the Year (featuring the titular cycle by contemporary composer Jonathan Dove), was released by MSR Classic; Fanfare raved of the group's "flawless blend, excellent intonation, and enthusiastic but sensitive phrasing." Composers Paul Mealor, Ivo Antognini, Matthew Brown and R. Douglas Helveri

Anything Goes Chorus

The Anything Goes Chorus is a mixed community chorus started in 1980 by jazz vocalist and director Ellen Robinson. The repertoire covers a variety of styles: jazz, popular, show tunes, a cappella, world music and oldies. Annual spring concerts combine both San Francisco and Oakland choruses to create a 50 member chorus with a performance at a major venue in the Bay Area. Their performances create a beautiful, moving and fun program that always has a few surprises with a sprinkling of choreography and props. In addition, the chorus performs at Bay Area assisted living facilities sharing the joy of singing with those who can't get out to hear music.

Apollo Chorus of Chicago

The Apollo Chorus of Chicago is the area's premier volunteer chorus. Its over 120 auditioned members include men and women of all ages, races, creeds, and occupations brought together by their abiding love of music. The voices of college students blend seamlessly with the voices of retirees who have belonged to Apollo for over fifty years. The singers' dedication, artistry, and passion produce performances of unrivaled majesty.

Apollo performs the masterworks of the choral repertoire in concert halls and cathedrals all over the Chicagoland area. Recently the Chorus has performed Mendelssohn's Elijah, Bach's Mass in b minor, Orff's Carmina Burana, and Mozart's Requiem. Apollo's annual performances of Handel's complete Messiah have become a beloved holiday tradition for Chicago families. Apollo embraces new masterpieces too and has featured contemporary composers Eric Whitacre, Eleanor Daley, and Stephen Paulus in its repertoire. Annual Spring Concerts showcase the Chorus's range spanning from spirituals to sambas, Baroque to the Blues.

Apollo Male Chorus

Apollo Club elevates the consciousness of performance music by creating an authentic stage for amateurs and professionals alike. Since 1895, it is the signature icon of sacred and secular music in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, bringing together generations of voices who inspire audiences locally, nationally and internationally. As "artisans of music," the organization is dedicated to building craft, culture and camaraderie in the community.

Appalachian Children's Chorus

ACC is home to three choirs in Charleston from Kindergarten through 12th grade. Our tuition-based program offers financial aid on as needed basis. No child will be turned away from ACC due to an inability to pay.

Appleton Boychoir

The Appleton Boychoir, founded in 1979, celebrated its 40th anniversary during the 2018-2019 season. The choir has given musical training to thousands of boys, taking them all over the world and sending them on their way with stronger leadership skills, as well as a life-long love of singing. Many have gone on to successful careers in music, theatre, education, performance and teaching. Their travels inspired further studies of languages, music history, and peoples of the places they visited as members of the choir.

Arc Choir

The most powerful and moving a capella choir I've ever heard. Thirty-two voices strong, the Addicts Rehabilitation Center Choir is burning-with-faith gospel from Harlem. Every singer will tell you proudly that the Center pulled them up out of the gutter, out of the fires of hell. They sing to praise the Lord that they've lived to tell others. The Choir's power will wrench your soul, get your feet moving and your hands clapping-and might just blow you off the sofa. Stereophile's Larry Archibald says this is his Record To Die For: "Imagine 32 people singing in your living room...a sensational job of delivering the music..."

Arcadia Chorale

Arcadian Chorale

The Arcadian Chorale is a choral & vocal music ensemble acclaimed for its innovative and musically accomplished presentations.

Based in Monmouth County, New Jersey, the group performs at sites throughout metropolitan NY-NJ, and serves the community by participating in many special events throughout the year. The ensemble is one of the most active in the state and has performed music from the Renaissance through the 21st century.

Why "Arcadian?"In an attempt to create the most ideal art forms possible, Renaissance poets and composers went back to the models of ancient Greece, to Arcadia, a mountainous and idyllic region that became synonymous with beauty and perfection. Our priority is to share the beauty of the human voice with our audiences and bring some greater "perfection" to our community through our music.

Archangel Voices

Archangel Voices is a professional-level vocal ensemble whose goal is to create high-quality recordings of Orthodox liturgical music in the English language, and giving special emphasis to the creations of contemporary composers and arrangers, both living and recently deceased. Through its CDs, the ensemble aims to bring the beauty of Orthodox liturgical music before a wide audience of listeners, to serve as a vehicle for spreading the Orthodox faith through music, and to embrace various traditions and styles of Orthodox church music as they are manifest in the practice of parishes in North America.

Area Choir

The Area Choir is a community choir which performs an annual Christmas Concert. The choir represents 20 churches in the greater Newport area.

Arizona Choral Arts Association

The Arizona Choral Arts Association is a non-profit, educational, community-based organization comprised of choral organizations dedicated to the art of choral singing, who, as members, are served through performing for community

"Sons of Orpheus joined the ACAA because of its outreach efforts to gain new audience members for choral programs, the most important means by which we will sustain ourselves."

"The Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus values our membership with the Arizona Choral Arts Association. Collaboration is a central part of the Boys Chorus mission and ACAA facilitates partnerships with other Southern Arizona choral groups. Our visibility in the community has been enhanced by being included in ACAA presence at Tucson Meet Yourself and the Tucson Festival of Books. The networking and shared resources has been helpful and we look forward to future benefits as ACAA expands."

choral events, a common web site, representation at public events, workshops and other activities to support choral music throughout Arizona. ACAA was developed as an outgrowth of the Southern Arizona Women's Chorus (SAWC) when it became apparent SAWC and other choral arts organizations would benefit from improving communications, both among themselves and with the public. Our vision is to act as a resource and support to community chorus groups with diverse backgrounds, experience, and capabilities. Through community promotion, shared resources, and community choral events the Arizona Choral Arts Association (ACAA) strives to make the choral arts community in Southern AZ the premier destination for choral music in the state of Arizona. Our mission is to provide benefit and education to the diverse southern Arizona community and beyond through choral performances, collaborations with local and national artists and to commission new music pieces. ACAA provides business development to grow the diversity and health of the choral community's emerging choirs not yet established under their own 501(C)3.

Arizona Choral Society

Arizona Choral Society is a community audition choir featuring a wide range of talented singers from all ages and walks of life. Repertoire runs the gamut from traditional choral pieces like Handel's Messiah to modern musical medleys like Les Miserables. If you're looking for an outlet to sing, contact us today for an audition!

Arizona Masterworks Chorale

The Arizona Masterworks Chorale serves the greater Phoenix community by performing the finest classical and contemporary choral music.

Our vision is to be known as a premier performing ensemble in Arizona.

Our mission is to perform great choral music and thereby enhance Arizona's quality of life

Our strategy is to achieve our vision by continuously improving our musicianship and repertoire, producing innovative and enjoyable concerts, and managing the organization for long-term growth.

Arizona Quartet Central

Arizona Repertory Singers

ARS is an auditioned ensemble of singers from greater Tucson. Since 1984 this choir has developed an extensive repertory and prides itself on presenting high quality performances of the standard repertoire and new music.

Arkansas Chamber Singers

The Arkansas Chamber Singers is an auditioned vocal ensemble dedicated to enriching the lives of the people of Arkansas by performing and promoting the finest in classical choral repertoire. The ACS present a yearly subscription series at several venues in Little Rock and around the state. A new holiday tradition began in 2012 with the ACS singing a free concert series at the Arkansas Old State House Museum on the Arkansas River. Since 1980 the ensemble has commissioned works by noted composers Stephen Paulus, David Dickau, and Gwyneth Walker, among others. The Arkansas Chamber Singers sang during both inaugural celebrations for President Bill Clinton and has performed with the Arkansas Symphony presenting many of the most important choral/orchestra repertoire.

Arkansas Choral Society

The Arkansas Choral Society is Central Arkansas's oldest continually operating musical organization.Best known for performing Handel's Messiah in whole or in part every year since 1930, the Society's repertoire includes both classical and contemporary works. Historically the group has traveled Arkansas performing concerts and has also performed at special events such as the Arkansas Sesquicentennial Celebration in 1986. The Arkansas Choral Society partners with high school and college choirs throughout Arkansas for its performances, and offers scholarships for college students.

Arlington Children's Chorus

The Arlington Children's Chorus is a Virginia 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing enriching choral music instruction to children in Arlington, Alexandria, Washington, D.C. and other communities throughout the DC and Northern Virginia area. The ACC was founded in May 2010 by Kevin Carr and is led by Artistic Director Caleb McClay. The Arlington Children's Chorus has performed at the White House, The Kennedy Center, The National Gallery of Art, and the Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, and have entertained audiences at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel, The Greenbrier Resort and various national conferences. The ACC has also been featured on PBS' Top of the Town, WTOP radio, News Channel 8, and Fox 5 News in Washington, D.C., and continues to perform throughout the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.

Arlington Chorale

The Chorale is a mixed-voice chorus composed of members from Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. Members are a mix of young professionals, older professionals, retirees, and everyone in between! They perform varied repertoire of smaller pieces and larger works for chorus and orchestra. Each season, the Chorale is honored to be part of the onstage chorus for the Messiah Sing-a-long at the Kennedy Center. Established in 1966, they have a long history of performing in special events, such as singing the national anthem at the MLB All-Star Game at Nationals Park, singing masterworks with the NIH Philharmonia including Brahms' Requiem and Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and community events like the 40th anniversary of Arlington Thrive and caroling for the Lee Highway Alliance Winter Festival of Lights.

Building on over fifty years of choral art, the Chorale continues to present ambitious programming, rehearsing and performing primarily in Arlington. Choral singing builds community, and the Chorale is proud to be a vital part of Arlington's dynamic community, providing a space for members to work toward a common artistic goal as they laugh, learn, and sing together.

Arlington-Belmont Chorale

The Arlington-Belmont Chorale (ABC) is an approximately ninety-voice chorus which is open to all singers without auditions. We maintain high musical standards along with high positive energy; the love of learning and performing great music is our common bond. Our repertoire includes well-known and little-known masterpieces of choral literature; major works and shorter pieces alike. Each season regularly has four full-length concert programs, and at least two of these concerts are accompanied by the full Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. We feature some of the Boston area's finest vocal soloists - as well as providing solo opportunities for Chorale singers.

The Chorale performs in many different languages, not just the "standard" ones such as English, Latin, German and Italian; we have sung pieces in Lithuanian, Russian, Armenian, Hebrew, and many others.

Arlingtones

The Arlingtones is an a cappella Chorus located in the Northwest surburbs of Chicago. The Chorus sings all types of music in four part harmony. The music sung ranges from Broadway to contemporary to traditional Barbershop.

The Chorus puts an emphasis on both music and sociability and as such is a fun group to be a part of. The Chorus is always open to and welcomes singers of all levels of expertise.

Arrogants

Formed in 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, The Arrogants performed on street corners and at show clubs and dances in New York City's vibrant Doo-wop scene of the early nineteen sixties. In 1962, after recording two demos in Brooklyn ("My Heart Stood Still" and "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me"), they ventured to California and recorded 2 songs for Lute Records: "Canadian Sunset" and "Mirror, Mirror". The producer of the Lute sessions was Marshall Lieb, who had a hit in 1960 as a singer with the Hollywood Argyles on the song "Alley Oop", and the Mar-Keys provided instrumental accompaniment.

Ars Choralis

Ars Choralis is dedicated to celebrating the human spirit through the performance of choral music of all periods and styles. We believe music has the power to transcend all barriers of language, culture, race, class, and emotion to unite people facing a world of increasing factionalism and violence.

Ars Musica Chorale

Ars Musica exemplifies and expands upon "community" in many ways. We draw our singers from the area around our corporate address, as is customary, but some of our members come from well beyond northern Bergen County- New York City, upstate New York, and farther off in New Jersey, choosing us over choruses nearer their homes. Our brilliant conductor, Brian Mummert, and excellent pianist, Diana Hughes, have a great deal to do with that.

We are very much a part of our geographical community, performing four times a year in venues within the area. We offer beautiful and inspiring works from the best-loved choral repertory at affordable prices, and we extend our community by collaborating with other musical groups in the region, such as the the Northern Valley Regional High Schools, Adelphi Orchestra, and the renowned Newark Boys Chorus.

The sense of community has informed our activities throughout more than half a century; we are pledged to make every singer feel welcome, and many of us have become good friends. The members direct the chorus and shape its policies: the Board of Directors is drawn almost entirely from the body of singers, and concerts and special events are produced by member committees, with the aid of a chorus manager.

We are building a unique legacy upon our more than fifty years, by nurturing the careers of exceptional young soloists, and through the New Jersey State Children's Chorus, which we recently founded. The NJSCC trains younger generations in the importance of community, as well as providing the pleasure of making music vocally and the excitement of performance.