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-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.

Each spring the group takes a four-day tour. Recent tour destinations have included Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York City. Spring Tour 2008 will take the Chorale to Philadelphia.

The Chorale has released four 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." A fifth recording, titled "the best of such songeries..." will be released soon.

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 will, together with members of the Syracuse Vocal Ensemble, be touring to the Baltic region. Students will be staying at cool places like Argonaut Hostel in Riga, Latvia.

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

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