Robert Cowles, Director
The HWS Colleges Chorale is a mixed ensemble comprising the finest vocal talent on the campus. The students accepted into this forty-five-voice ensemble have gone through a careful audition process involving evaluation of both vocal technique and musicianship. The Chorale performs a wide range of a cappella choral repertoire--music from the Middle Ages to the present day. The group rehearses Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:00-6:30 p.m. In addition to a formal concert at the end of each semester and the annual spring tour, the Colleges Chorale performs at various campus events throughout the year.

Each spring the group takes a four-day tour. Recent tour destinations have included New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Spring Tour 2010 will take the Chorale to Boston.

The Chorale has released five commercially available compact disc recordings entitled "Reflections on the Road," "Past Life Melodies," "The Year of the Gwiffel and Other Choral Devotions," and "An Illuminated Transience," and "the best of such songeries..." All are available for purchase through the College Store.

The Chorale rehearses each week, Monday through Thursday, 5:30-6:30 p.m. In addition to a formal concert at the end of each semester and the annual spring tour, the Colleges Chorale performs at various campus events throughout the year.

During summer 2009 members of the HWS Colleges Chorale, together with members of the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble, toured to the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Panoramic view of the Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia, where Chorale members visited as part of its tour during summer 2009.

Please contact director Robert Cowles for more information.

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