Ensembles
Choral Music at the University of Central Florida

Dr. David L. Brunner, Director of Choral Activities
Dr. Al D. Holcomb, Coordinator of Music Education

The University Chorus is comprised of 70 singers from the music department and the university at large. They rehearse throughout the school year and present concerts in the Orlando area each semester. They have performed major works with the University Orchestra, including the Bach Magnificat, Haydn's Missa Brevis Sancti Johannes de Deo, Orff's Carmina Burana, Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, Schubert's Mass in Eb, the Faure Requiem, Mendelssohn's Elijah, Ravel's L'enfant et les Sortileges, and both the Poulenc and Rutter Glorias. In addition, they have performed Beethoven's Choral Fantasy with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and the 9th Symphony with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Edo de Waart, with the Russian State Symphony, and at the International Cathedral Music Festival at Canterbury Cathedral and Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Other performances include the New York premiere of David Brunner's Ode to the Present and Future Days at Carnegie Hall in 2003, the Bach Magnificat and premiere of Cantate Domino by John Rutter under the composer's direction at Lincoln Center, and a production of Aida with the Orlando Opera Company.

They have been featured on 90.7 WMFE's Central Florida in Concert; sung for national conventions of the American School Board Association, the American Bankers Association and the National Consortium for Academic Excellence in Sports, the Florida convention of the American Choral Directors Association, the Florida ACDA Collegiate Choral Festival; and performed the national anthem at homcoming football games of UCF's Golden Knights.

They have worked with conductor Doreen Rao, composer David Dickau, and Dalcroize specialist David Frego, and premiered new works by Francisco Nuņez and Stella Sung. This season they collaborate in a new production of Orff's Carmina Burana with the Orlando Opera and Cirque du Soleil.

Membership is open to all students of the university by audition.