Choral Ensembles: 2026-2027
Welcome to Stanford! We’re pleased that you are interested in choral ensembles in the Department of Music. Auditions will take place Friday, 18 September through Wednesday, 23 September. Detailed below are plans for our choral ensembles for the 2026-2027 academic year. Signups for auditions for all ensembles can be accessed via the choral audition intake form that will be linked here starting on 1 September.
We also invite Stanford students interested in choral singing to attend an Open Choral Sing Workshop on Sunday, 20 September, 3:30-4:45 p.m. in Braun Rehearsal Hall, Braun Music Center. This is an informal opportunity to do a little choral singing with Stephen M. Sano, Director of Choral Studies at Stanford, and learn more about the choral program. Admission is free, and you can RSVP here starting 1 September.
Chamber Chorale (MUSIC 165)
The Stanford Chamber Chorale is a select choir of 24 students dedicated to the performance of virtuosic literature for the small choral ensemble. Its members maintain a rigorous schedule of performing, touring, and recording. 2026-2027 highlights include a two-week tour to the UK in June 2027 with performances in Cambridge, Ely, York, Durham, Edinburgh, and St Andrews. Members must be currently registered Stanford students.
Chamber Chorale meets Tuesdays and Thursdays: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Check the Chamber Chorale’s website or contact sano [at] stanford.edu (Professor Stephen Sano) for additional information.
Early Music Singers (MUSIC 159)
The Stanford Early Music Singers is a select choir dedicated to reviving music of the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras, with frequent opportunities for solo and small-group singing. EMS’s repertoire for the upcoming season includes Renaissance Christmas favorites, polyphony sung in Angola under Portuguese colonial rule, and music from pre-Reformation England.
Early Music Singers meets Wednesdays: 7:00-9:30 p.m. Contact erictuan [at] stanford.edu (Eric Tuan) for additional information.
Memorial Church Choir (MUSIC 163)
The Memorial Church Choir performs choral music for Sunday University Public Worship at Stanford Memorial Church, providing the opportunity to explore and perform a wide range of sacred choral music from the Western classical tradition. Special events for the year include the annual Christmas Service of Lessons & Carols. Membership is open to both Stanford students and the community at large.
Memorial Church Choir meets Thursdays: 6:30-8:30 p.m. and Sunday at 11:00 a.m. for services.
Contact rhmorgan [at] stanford.edu (Dr. Robert Huw Morgan) for additional information.
Symphonic Chorus (MUSIC 162)
With 200 members, Stanford’s Symphonic Chorus is the largest choral ensemble on campus and specializes in the performance of choral masterworks with orchestra. 2026-2027 repertoire includes Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music & Toward the Unknown Region, Tan Dun's Choral Concerto: Nine, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and Mozart's Requiem (Levin completion). Membership is open to both Stanford students and the community at large.
Symphonic Chorus meets Mondays: 7:30-10:00 p.m. with optional sectional rehearsals on Wednesdays: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Check the Symphonic Chorus’s website or contact sano [at] stanford.edu (Professor Stephen Sano) for additional information.
University Singers (MUSIC 167)
A select concert choir of 50 members, the University Singers performs a broad range of Western classical music, both a cappella and accompanied by orchestra. Highlights for 2026-2027 will include a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passing of Charles Wood with music by Wood, Alan Gray, and Edward Naylor, great cantatas by J.S. Bach (BWV 21, 50, & 72), and a survey of British folk and part song repertoire including works by Judith Weir, Joanna Marsh, and Robert Huw Morgan. Membership is open to both Stanford students and the community at large, Stanford students are given priority.
University Singers meets Tuesdays: 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Contact rhmorgan [at] stanford.edu (Dr. Robert Huw Morgan) for additional information.