FSU Choirs

Singing in a choir at FSU is an opportunity for students of all majors and degree programs. Three choirs perform music ranging from Renaissance madrigals to symphonic masterworks to contemporary pieces from cultures around the world. Collegiate Singers is open to all students of the university without audition. Previous experience in high school, church or community choirs is desirable but not required. The repertoire includes accompanied and a cappella music in many styles and languages. The Chamber Choir is a small, select mixed ensemble which holds auditions at the beginning of every semester. All students with excellent choral experience and music reading ability are welcome to audition. A larger repertoire of challenging music and more foreign language performance is expected in the Chamber Choir. The University-Community Chorus is organized for special occasion concerts. The Collegiate Singers and Chamber Choir are joined by volunteer singers from the greater Fairmont area to perform large works with orchestra such as Handel’s “Messiah,” the Mozart “Requiem” and John Rutter’s “Magnificat,” to name just a few. FSU choirs sing one or more concerts each semester. In addition to campus events, the choirs have toured throughout West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and Canada, performing for high schools and churches. Recent tour engagements include Toronto in 2007, sharing a concert with the Upper Canada Choristers, and at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in 2003, singing Beethoven’s “Mass in C.”