GCSU Choral Ensembles: Open to students, faculty/staff and community members

Please see below to find out more information about our choral ensembles and this year's schedule. Our choirs are one-credit courses that meet for two-and-a-half hours per week. You do not have to be a music major or minor to participate. Whether you have experience singing in a choir or not, if you love to sing, please consider joining us. Students may register for the unauditioned ensembles; if you wish to audition for an ensemble, see below for details. GCSU faculty/staff and community members, please visit here for more information. Either way, if you have any questions, please email me at jennifer.flory@gcsu.edu.

Max Noah Singers (MNS) is a choral ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of a variety of literature from madrigals and motets to modern. MNS is open by audition to all members of the university community. MNS has performed several commissioned premieres by such composers as Carrie Magin and David Hamilton. In addition to participating in the mostly classical concerts with University Chorus and Women’s Ensemble. MNS also presents concerts with popular solo and ensemble music in a themed atmosphere, such as Valentine’s Day Rendezvous. MNS also takes a performance, recruiting and outreach tour most years. MNS also performed at Carnegie Hall in May 2018, and traveled to Hungary and Austria in May 2016. Max Noah Singers 2025 European Tour will take place from Tuesday, June 10, to Wednesday, June 18. As part of this tour, they will participate in Notes of Harmony: Berlin Choral Festival (combined gala) with conductor Craig Hella Johnson and perform concerts under the direction of Dr. Flory in Berlin and Prague. Auditions will be held August 21 and 23 and you may sign-up for an audition here. MNS rehearses three times a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 1–1:50 p.m., in Porter Hall 304. For more information, please contact Dr. Jennifer Flory at jennifer.flory@gcsu.edu.

University Chorus (UC) is a non-auditioned choral ensemble focusing on the study and performance of music of all periods and styles. This ensemble is open to all members of the university community. Students who enjoy singing are encouraged to join regardless of major or music-reading skills. In the past, UC performed a number of choral masterworks with instrumental ensembles and professional vocal soloists, including Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music. UC also performs contemporary choral favorites such as Eric Whitacre’s “Little Birds” and Byron Smith’s "He'll Make a Way." UC rehearses twice a week, Monday and Wednesday, 3:30–4:45 p.m., in Porter 304. For more information, please contact Dr. Jennifer Flory at jennifer.flory@gcsu.edu.

Women's Ensemble (WE), open to all treble-voiced members of the university community, is a non-auditioned choral ensemble dedicated to the study and performance of music of all periods and styles. WE was reconstituted in 2006, and since then has performed a variety of works for treble voices, including Kim André Arnesen's "Love’s Onward Journey" and excerpts from Amy Beach’s Three Flower Songs. WE rehearses twice a week, Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30–4:45 p.m. in Porter 304. If you have any questions about WE, feel free to email dana.gorzelany@gcsu.edu.

2024–2025 Events

Constitution Week Concert 2024
Max Noah Singers
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 6 p.m.
Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion

Americana
Saturday, Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church

Seventeenth Annual Holiday Concert
Tickets Required (donations encouraged)
give.gcsu.edu/e/holidayconcert24/
Friday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m.
Russell Auditorium

Max Noah Singers 2024 Tour 
Sunday, Dec. 15–Wednesday, Dec. 18

Max Noah Singers Tour Homecoming Concert
Wednesday, Dec. 18, 7:30 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church

Valentine’s Day Rendezvous
Max Noah Singers
Saturday, Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Magnolia Ballroom

From Stage and Screen
Saturday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.
First Baptist Church

Music at the Mansion
Saturday, April 12, 6 p.m.
Lawn of Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion

Max Noah Singers 2025 European Tour
Notes of Harmony: Berlin Choral Festival (combined gala) with Craig Hella Johnson and concerts in Berlin and Prague
Tuesday, June 10–Wednesday, June 18