The Oakland University Symphony Chorus
The Symphony Chorus is made up of members of the Oakland
Chorale and the University Chorus, as well as faculty, staff, and
alumni. The group was formed in 2006 to perform major choral works with
large instrumental ensembles. The Symphony Chorus appears most
frequently with the Pontiac-Oakland Symphony and has recently performed
the Levin edition of the Mozart Requiem in honor of the 250th
anniversary of the birth of its composer, as well as the Durufle Requiem, the Daniel Pinkham Christmas Cantata, and the Debussy Nocturnes. In 2008 the Chorus joined forces with the Pontiac-Oakland Symphony to perform Guiseppe Verdi's Requiem at Detroit's historic Orchestra Hall in honor of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Oakland University.
The Oakland University Chorus
The University Chorus is open to all university students
without audition. Prior musical and choral experience is recommended. The group performs great choral literature
from the last 500 years and also enjoys a focus on
multicultural music from around the world. The University
Chorus was the first student choral group formed on the Oakland campus
in the 1960s and has a long, proud history of making great music on the
OU campus.
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The Oakland Chorale
The Oakland Chorale is the elite touring choral ensemble in
Oakland University’s Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance. Membership
in the Chorale is open to all university students via competitive
audition each fall. The Chorale maintains a busy concert schedule
including frequent appearances with Oakland’s Resident Orchestra, the
Pontiac-Oakland Symphony Orchestra, most recently performing the Verdi
Requiem in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Oakland
University at historic Orchestra Hall in Detroit. Recent Chorale Alumni
have pursued graduate study in music at the University of Michigan,
Indiana University, NYU, Manhattan School of Music, the Eastman School
of Music, and Julliard, among others, and include two Regional winners
of the Metropolitan Opera auditions and a finalist in the 2008 Placido
Domingo Competition. Chorale alumni are also pursuing professional
musical careers in the US and Europe, and are teaching music in schools
throughout the country. Past conductors of the Chorale include Walter S.
Collins, Lyle Nordstrom, Suzanne Mallare Acton, and L.H. Brown. Michael
Mitchell has been conductor of the group since 1997. In the spring of
2009 the Chorale completed a concert tour of Texas.
Listen to Kalinda by Sydney Guillaume
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 Michael
A. Mitchell is Associate Professor of Music and serves as Music Area
Coordinator and Director of Choral Activities while conducting the
Oakland Chorale, the University Chorus, and the Symphony Chorus. In
addition, Mitchell supervises the graduate program in choral conducting
and teaches choral literature, graduate conducting, and a course on the
history of Rock Music.
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University Chorus and Oakland Chorale
St Paul's United Methodist Church in Rochester
Friday, November 16, 2012 at 8:00pm
Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 8:00pm
Scott Hanoian and Megan Higle, guest conductors.
$8 all seats
University Chorus and Oakland Chorale
University Presbyterian Church
Friday, March 22, 2013 at 8:00pm
Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 8:00pm
Michael Mitchell, conductor.
$8 all seats
Oakland Symphony Orchestra
with Oakland University Symphony Chorus
Orchestra Hall - Max M. Fisher Music Center
3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 8:00pm
The full majesty of Orchestra Hall will provide a fitting backdrop to the Oakland Symphony Orchestra’s final concert of the season. In their annual collaboration with the Oakland University Symphony Chorus, they will perform Lord Nelson Mass by Franz Joseph Haydn and Symphony No. 5 in B flat Major, op. 100 by Serge Prokofiev. Gregory Cunningham and Michael Mitchell, conductors.
$20 general, $10 students
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