Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00 pm
The University of Delaware Chorale

The UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE CHORALE is among the most highly regarded college choirs in the Eastern United States . Approximately two-thirds of the sixty choir members are majoring in music, along with students representing nearly every discipline on the University campus, from nursing to chemical engineering. In recent years, the choir has been invited to perform on both regional ( Pittsburgh , 2002 and Hartford , 2008) and national ( Los Angeles , 2005) conventions of the American Choral Directors Association. They have also performed at Carnegie Hall in New York and Verizon Hall in Philadelphia 's Kimmel Center for the Arts. Chorale members are also part of the larger symphonic chorus that performs regularly with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra, most recently in highly acclaimed performances of Verdi's Requiem, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.

In addition to annual regional tours, the Chorale has traveled extensively throughout Europe with appearances in Scotland , Wales , France , Germany , Austria , and Finland . In 2007, the Chorale competed in the Tallinn International Choral Competition hosted by the Estonian Choral Directors Association as part of a ten-day tour of Sweden , Finland , and Estonia where they took the first place Grand Prix award over forty other choirs from all over the world. In June 2009, the Chorale embarked upon their first tour to Asia with performances in Beijing and Shanghai, China