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Giselle Wyers conducting the combined UW symphony and choirs (Photo: Steve Korn). -
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University Chorale
The University of Washington Chorale is an auditioned advanced undergraduate ensemble of music and non-music majors from the Seattle campus. UW Chorale appears annually as a guest ensemble with the Seattle Symphony, and has sung in joint concerts with Revalia Male Chamber Choir in Estonia, and for the Princess of Sweden. UW Chorale appeared at the Latvian Song Festival in Riga, during the summer of 2013 and the Estonian Festival of Song and Dance in 2019, as one of the only American choirs. Their first two solo CDs, Climb and Refuge, are now available for purchase at iTunes, CD Baby or from Dr. Wyers. A third CD, Resonant Streams, was released in 2018 and was featured in a review by Gramophone magazine. UW Chorale values its community; projects are chosen to highlight the diversity and cross-disciplinary interests of its members.
Winter/Spring 2020 Audition Info
Contact Dr. Wyers at wyersg@uw.edu to schedule an audition for Winter or Spring 2020 quarters.
Auditioning for choir (Chamber Singers, Recital Choir & University Chorale) involves a sight-singing evaluation and an opportunity for our faculty to hear you perform. Please come with a prepared piece to sing (an art song, folksong, or other national song) and bring an extra copy of your song with you for our accompanist if possible.
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An exceptionally full year finds Giselle Wyers immersed in multiple large projects both at the University and beyond. Head of the School of Music's choral conducting and voice programs and director of the University Chorale (an auditioned ensemble of UW undergraduates), she also is in demand as a clinician and as a composer of commissioned choral works. Professor Wyers conducts all-state choruses this season in Kansas, Nevada, and Wisconsin.
Choir Chat is a weekly conversation with composers, conductors, and anyone else in the choral world. Today's guest is Dr. Giselle Wyers, the Donald E. Petersen Associate Endowed Professor of Choral Music at the University of Washington. We talk about her innovative way of teaching graduate-level choral literature, Laban technique, cross-disciplinary performances, and work with the Solaris Vocal Ensemble.
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