Get Involved - Concert Choir

Last updated May 26, 2008

Conductor: Milton Olsson Course: FA3510 Concert Choir Semester: Spring and Fall Rehearsals: Monday and Wednesday afternoons 4:00-5:30 Rozsa 120 Admission: Membership is by audition.

The Michigan Tech Concert Choir is a select ensemble of students and community singers studying and performing choral literature ranging from Gregorian Chant to Renaissance motets, masses and madrigals to fascinating new works by living composers. Students perform not only on campus, but also in the community and, at times, have the opportunity to tour not only the region, but throughout the world.

About the Michigan Tech Concert Choir

In 1980, a group of sixteen talented and devoted singers came together under the leadership of Milton Olsson to form the Michigan Tech Chamber Chorus with the aim of providing opportunities for its members to pursue the study and performance of literature for small chorus. The Chamber Chorus was an instant success on campus and in the community, and it grew steadily in size and in its mastery of the choral art. By 1990 the ensemble boasted a regular membership of over fifty voices, and in 1997, when the membership exceeded seventy, the members renamed the ensemble the Michigan Tech Concert Choir.

The Concert Choir is a university/community ensemble comprised of students, faculty and community singers, including several public school and music teachers. Membership is by audition. The Choir gives performances of traditional and new choral literature and appears regularly with the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra.

International touring is an important part of the Michigan Tech Concert Choir experience. The ensemble's first tour was to Mexico City for performances with the Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes in 1990. In 1993, the Chorus toured Central Europe, giving concerts with professional orchestras in Prague, Brno, Krakow, Budapest, and Opava, and 1996 saw a return to Central Europe with concerts in Prague, Brno, Budapest, and Vienna. The 1999 Eastern European Tour took the choir to Kiev, the Baltic States, and St. Petersburg, and the 2002 Brazilian Tour featured concerts in Ouro Preto, Belo Horizonte, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Salvador, and Manaus. The 2006 China Tour featured performances in Beijing, Harbin, Xian, Guilin, and Shanghai. SEE THE INTERNATIONAL TOUR MAP FOR THE CONCERT CHOIR.

Tour Information

Concert Choir 2006 Tour to China