Chorale

The Biola University Chorale is comprised of 36 voices from various disciplines on campus, with 23% being voice majors, 50% music majors (non voice), and 26% non-majors.

The Chorale has enjoyed performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, at Disney’s D23 Convention alongside Broadway’s The Lion King Mufasa (Alton White), in Carnegie Hall, and with the Pacific Symphony Orchestra under the renowned conductor Carl St. Clair.

Regularly touring domestically and internationally, the Biola Chorale’s most recent tours include Italy, Ireland, South Korea, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Austria. Each spring, the Chorale joins forces with the Biola Symphony Orchestra for
a performance of a major work. These performances have included Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Poulenc’s Gloria, Orff ’s Carmina Burana, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Verdi’s Requiem, Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass in C Major and J.S. Bach’s Magnificat.

Nationally recognized for choral excellence, the Chorale has performed at four American Choral Directors Association Western Regions Conferences (2024, 2020, 2016, 1990) and at the National Collegiate Choral Organizations's Seventh Biennial National Conference in 2017.

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