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Collegiate Choir

Collegiate Choir
The Collegiate Choir is the flagship vocal ensemble for the School of Music at Illinois Wesleyan University. The Choir is comprised of dedicated students in all majors at the School of Music as well as from various other academic disciplines throughout the university and is joined by audition only. This ensemble is focused on presenting collegiate level choral literature at the highest level and has been visible both regionally and nationally as an invited choir for conferences of the American Choral Directors Association as well as internationally in many facets. Most recently the Choir won the overall Grand Prix at the 2024 Žilina Voce Magna Choral Competition in Zilina, Slovakia. 
 
The IWU Collegiate Choir tours annually and students who accept the invitation to sing in this ensemble take on this responsibility with great pride. Recent international performance tours have included Slovakia, Poland, and the Czech Republic and the Choir tours throughout the United States with regularity. The students who make up the Collegiate Choir maintain a high academic standard and a rigorous rehearsal schedule both in and out of schedule class times. Past conductors of the IWU Collegiate Choir are among some of the most notable names in choral conducting including Lloyd Pfautsch, David Nott, and J. Scott Ferguson, and the School of Music is happy to welcome the Choir's fifth conductor, Dr. Cody S. Parrott this fall! 

 

University Choirs

University Ensemble

The University Chorus is made up of students from varying disciplines throughout the university who are admitted without an audition. This choir consists of two different ensembles, the University Treble Chorus and the University Tenor & Bass Chorus. Each presents concerts in both the Fall and Spring semesters, and often collaborates with other ensembles on campus to present larger works with symphony orchestra. Many of the students in this ensemble are leaders in other student organizations, athletics, and academics who seek to maintain a passion for the performance of choral music at a high level. 

Treble Chorus

University Treble ChorusThe University Treble Chorus is a choir comprised of higher voices (Sopranos & Altos) who are active in nearly every discipline on campus, community members from the Bloomington area, as well as School of Music majors. The goal of this ensemble is to develop skills for each singer in music literacy and vocal performance, build connection through musical artistry, and to share the empowering beauty of choral music with the Illinois Wesleyan community through public performances and community outreach. This choir rehearses two days a week. 
 

Tenor & Bass Chorus

Tenor & Bass ChorusThe University Tenor & Bass Chorus is composed of students from many areas of study, singers from the Bloomington community, and School of Music majors, this ensemble is united by a shared love of choral music in the Tenor & Bass ranges. The group focuses on developing strong musical and vocal skills, cultivating connection through collaboration, and sharing the uplifting impact of choral performance with Illinois Wesleyan and the surrounding community. This choir rehearses two days a week. 

 
 
 

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Cody Parrott headshot

Cody Parrott - Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

Department - School Of Music