MISSION
The Harvard Choruses aspires to empower singers, student leaders, and communities by sustaining and advancing choral music education and practice.
Together we value continuous and ongoing growth for our singers and the choruses at large: as students, through leadership and creativity; as musicians, through dedication to art-making; and as citizens, through community engagement. We seek to embody these values through the student-run nature of our ensembles and our exploration and expansion of choral traditions.
Together we value continuous and ongoing growth for our singers and the choruses at large: as students, through leadership and creativity; as musicians, through dedication to art-making; and as citizens, through community engagement. We seek to embody these values through the student-run nature of our ensembles and our exploration and expansion of choral traditions.
SINGMake music in a community of friends every week. Take a break from your busy Harvard schedule to immerse yourself in choral music. Sing a wide variety of pieces, from renaissance to baroque to classical to romantic to 20th century, and even new works composed just for you. Add your voice to your chorus’s subset a cappella groups, giving you a chance to perform contemporary music alongside your choral repertoire. Perform in the most interesting venues in the country and around the world.
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PLAYFind your social home at Harvard as a member of our choral community. Experience new and enduring friendships
across all class years. Let singing at Harvard be a part of your well balanced Harvard social experience. |
TOURTravel to domestic and international destinations to perform and see the sights. Share your music with audiences from around the globe. Learn about new places and interact with new cultures. Join your friends on an adventure of a lifetime.
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SERVEBe part of a group that is as committed to serving its local community as you are. Use your talent and your joy to make a difference.
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LEADTake the reins of your own non-profit organization. Set the course for the group’s future by running the group’s operations with your executive partners and choral friends. Make important decisions about how your choir is managed, how money is spent, and where you tour. Lead your group for your Harvard career, and into the future.
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There are over 300 students singing in eight faculty-directed choral ensembles at Harvard University. Recognized together as the Harvard Choruses, the Harvard Glee Club (tenor and bass chorus), Radcliffe Choral Society (soprano and alto chorus), Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum (mixed chorus), and the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus (mixed community chorus) annually perform with professional orchestras and soloists, regularly present world premières, and collaborate with community and campus organizations. The ensembles present masterclasses with world-renowned artists, carry out community engagement projects, and tour internationally and throughout the United States. Choral singers are drawn from an array of undergraduate and graduate disciplines. Almost all of our singers will pursue non-musical professions, although many join our ensembles with extensive experience as musicians. All student auditionees are accepted into at least one chorus.
Andrew Clark serves as the Music Director of the Glee Club and shares the leadership of Collegium with Dr. Hana Cai. Dr. Cai serves as the Music Director of the Radcliffe Choral Society. The Resident Conductor fellowship is a post-graduate apprenticeship providing collegiate teaching, performing, and leadership experience for outstanding and emerging conductors.
The Holden Voice Program, led by director Dr. Hana Cai and six distinguished faculty, offers private lessons for choral members with generous financial aid. Harvard students present numerous recitals and also participate in masterclasses throughout the year. The Harvard Choruses NewMusic Initiative, led by Dr. Robert Kyr of the University of Oregon, nurtures undergraduate choral composers, creating new works for our ensembles through commissions, competitions, and residencies.
Cambridge Common Voices, launched in October 2018, is a community chorus partnership between Harvard College and the Threshold Program at Lesley University, a transition program for young adults with diverse learning challenges and complex needs. This neurodiverse and inclusive ensemble aspires to frame disability as a resource of artistic ingenuity that holds the potential to broaden the concepts of choral music and artistic practice. The University Choir provides choral music for the Harvard Memorial Church and is under the direction of Edward Jones, Gund University Organist and Choirmaster; Jones also conducts the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, a symphonic choir drawn from the larger Harvard community and the Cambridge area.
Andrew Clark serves as the Music Director of the Glee Club and shares the leadership of Collegium with Dr. Hana Cai. Dr. Cai serves as the Music Director of the Radcliffe Choral Society. The Resident Conductor fellowship is a post-graduate apprenticeship providing collegiate teaching, performing, and leadership experience for outstanding and emerging conductors.
The Holden Voice Program, led by director Dr. Hana Cai and six distinguished faculty, offers private lessons for choral members with generous financial aid. Harvard students present numerous recitals and also participate in masterclasses throughout the year. The Harvard Choruses NewMusic Initiative, led by Dr. Robert Kyr of the University of Oregon, nurtures undergraduate choral composers, creating new works for our ensembles through commissions, competitions, and residencies.
Cambridge Common Voices, launched in October 2018, is a community chorus partnership between Harvard College and the Threshold Program at Lesley University, a transition program for young adults with diverse learning challenges and complex needs. This neurodiverse and inclusive ensemble aspires to frame disability as a resource of artistic ingenuity that holds the potential to broaden the concepts of choral music and artistic practice. The University Choir provides choral music for the Harvard Memorial Church and is under the direction of Edward Jones, Gund University Organist and Choirmaster; Jones also conducts the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus, a symphonic choir drawn from the larger Harvard community and the Cambridge area.
