Chamber Singers
The UTC Chamber Singers is a chorus of male and female voices that performs a wide variety of music, including formal chamber music, folk songs, spirituals, and vocal jazz. It is the main touring choir in the Music Department at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. In addition to frequent U.S. tours, the Chamber Singers tour internationally. Recent international tours have included the following locations: Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Scotland, and Ireland. In 2009 they released a CD featuring the spiritual arrangements of UTC Professor Emeritus Roland M. Carter entitled In Bright Mansions Above, which is available through amazon.com.
Chamber Singers have performed major works with orchestra including Chichester Psalms (Bernstein), Lux Aeterna (Lauridsen), and Five Mystical Songs (Vaughan Williams). They combined with the Chattanooga Symphony for recent performances of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Mahler's Second Symphony, Mozart's Requiem, and Brahms’s German Requiem. In addition, they have performed the world premiere of several works, including: “For the Beauty of the Earth” (Harry Bulow), Requiem Brevis (Jonathan Bailey Holland), “A Christmas Hymn” (Dave Brubeck), and “To Us Is Given” (Brubeck). They commissioned a four-movement Magnificat by Ethan McGrath and, most recently, gave the premiere performance of Roland Carter’s “Make Some Noise, Get in Trouble,” an international consortium composition benefiting Chorus America. They performed the U.S. premiere of Requiem by Swedish composer Steve Dobrobosz, in combination with all the UTC choirs and the UTC Symphony Orchestra.
Audition Information
Membership is open to students of all majors through competitive audition. Auditions take roughly five minutes and can be arranged by contacting the director and making an appointment. Auditions are normally done in the spring semester prior to the upcoming fall. You will be asked to sing “My Country 'tis of Thee” (music provided), and your range and musicianship will be checked. Contact Dr. Ford at [email protected] if you have questions or want to arrange an audition.