CHORAL MUSIC

The Drury Choral Program consists of three ensembles: 

The Concert Choir is a non-auditioned choir open to anyone in the Drury community and performs large choral works as well as smaller octavos. They have recently performed with the Springfield Symphony (Mahler's 8th Symphony) and with the New England Symphonic Ensemble in New York City.  In April 2002, they joined the Springfield Symphony for a performance of the Fauré Requiem, and they will join them again in 2006 for the Mozart Requiem.

The Drury Singers is the select touring choir of Drury University in Springfield, Missouri. Open to Drury students by audition, the choir is made up of 40 singers majoring in a variety of academic disciplines. In 1994 the Drury Singers performed in Carnegie Hall in New York City. In May 1999 they returned to Carnegie Hall under the direction of Allin Sorenson to perform the Fauré Requiem with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. In March 2000 they performed at the Southwest Division convention of ACDA as part of the worship service. In January of 2002, the choir made its debut at the Missouri Music Educators Conference and will perform for this conference again in 2006.



The choir made its European debut in 2003 with performances at Sint Nicolaaskerk in Amsterdam, Cathédrale Notre Dame and Eglise de St-Sulpice in Paris and at Memorial Day ceremonies at the Normandy-American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. They returned to Europe in 2005 with performances in Munich, the Dachau Memorial and Betzigau, Germany, as well as Salzburg, Bad Ischl, Matzen and Vienna, Austria. 

The Chamber Choir is auditioned out of the Drury Singers and is made up of 8-16 voices. This group performs for community events and also performs more challenging and innovative choral works.

Contact information:
E-mail Allin Sorenson