The UTC Chamber Singers is a small chorus of mixed voices that performs a wide variety of music. They are the main touring choir in the Music Department at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Previous concerts have included formal chamber music, major works with orchestra including the Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein and the Mass in G by Franz Schubert, folk songs, spirituals, and vocal jazz. Dr. Kevin Ford is the current director and the membership is open to students of all majors through competitive audition. Any student interested in joining is welcome and is invited to contact Dr. Ford for further information.
The Chamber Singers recently returned from a concert tour of Austria where they performed a joint concert with the chorus from the University of Vienna in the historic Karlskirche followed by concerts in the abbey at Melk and both the Cathedral and the University Church in Saltsburg. They were also the featured college chorus at the 2005 Tennessee Music Educators Association Convention in Nashville, TN. Dr. Kevin Ford is the current director and the membership is open to students of all majors through competitive audition.Their main mission is to perform mixed choral literature of the highest caliber for chamber chorus ranging from formal pieces from antiquity, to major works fitting a small chorus to contemporary compositions at times even including vocal jazz. The exact number of the membership shifts from year to year depending on the requirements of the literature selected for that year. Students wishing to audition for Chamber Singers (MUS 022-001 for undergraduates and MUS 500-022 for graduate students) perform a short (five minute) audition in which they sing “My Country ‘tis of Thee” or some similar song, their range is checked and short ear training and sight singing examples are sung. The auditions take place on the first day of the academic year usually with call-backs on the second day of the semester and at the end of the fall term for the rare occasion when there is an opening mid-year. The Chamber Singers are the main touring group for the university and they rehearse four days per week: Monday and Wednesday from 12:00 until 12:50 and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:50 until 12:05. They are directed by UTC’s Director of Choral Activities Dr. J. Kevin Ford.
Photos and Info
Spring 2007 Austria & Germany Tour Photos
Spring 2006 West Tennessee Tour Photos
2005 TMEA, Knoxville, & Nashville Tour Photos
Chamber Singers Course Information
