Chamber Choirs
Oklahoma State has four chamber choirs: Spirit Vocal Ensemble, Cantamus, Chamber Choir, and Statesmen. These chamber choirs are a great way for students to practice, work, and perform various genres of music in a close-knit community.
Spirit Vocal Ensemble
Spirit Vocal Ensemble is a small ensemble specializing in the jazz genre. The group regularly sings for events around campus. The Spirit of OSU Jazz ensemble sings jazz standards such as Wonderful World, It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing), Girl from Ipanema, and more. It is conducted by Dr. Christopher Haygood.
Spirit Vocal Ensemble received the Gold Medal and advanced to the Grand Prix as the winner of their division of the highly competitive Queen of the Adriatic Sea International Choral Festival in Rimini, Italy. The competition was adjudicated by jury members from Italy, Spain, Malaysia and Russia. The group has also performed at OkMEA.
Spirit Vocal Ensemble meets spring semester only. The group rehearses Monday and Wednesday from 1:30-3:15 PM in room 123 Seretean Center for the Performing Arts.
Following your acceptance into the ensemble:
MUSI 4600-408 (undergraduate credit)
MUSI 5600-408 (graduate credit)
Cantamus (SSAA Choir)
Cantamus is an SSAA chorus that represents majors from all across the OSU campus. The ensemble performs music from a variety of styles including folk, classical, Broadway, and jazz. Cantamus has performed in an exchange concert with the Fort Hays State University Women's Chorus in Hays, Kansas, and with the University of Arkansas Women's Chorus in Fayetteville. The emphasis in this ensemble is to develop healthy vocal tone through fun and nurturing rehearsals.
Cantamus rehearses on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30-1:45 PM in room 123 of the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts.
There is no audition for Cantamus.
MUSI 4600-419 (lower and upper division) 1 - credit
Chamber Choir
Chamber Choiris an auditioned mixed ensemble of approximately 16 singers that perform three concerts in the fall, normally in collaboration with the OSU Concert Chorale. Chamber Choir is conducted by Dr. Tony Thornton.
Open to both music and non-music majors, Chamber Choir meets fall semester only. Their repertoire focuses on music from the modern era.
Following your acceptance into the ensemble:
MUSI 4600-408 (undergraduate credit)
MUSI 5600-408 (graduate credit)
Rehearsals are Monday and Wednesday from 1:30-3:15 PM.