Choral Music at DePaul

Dr. Clayton Parr, Director of Choral Activities
Dr. Lisa Kristina, Associate Director of Choral Activities

“…remarkable precision and allure…” – Chicago Sun-Times

The choral program at DePaul is designed to enhance the preparation of the professional musician through rehearsal and inspired performance of great music. Membership in Concert Choir and University Singers, our two large choral ensembles, and DePaul A Cappella, our small chamber ensemble, is open by audition to students from throughout the University.

Our 2006-2007 season included combined performances of Schubert’s Mass in G and Stravinsky’s Les Noces.  University Singers recorded Words of St.  Vincent by DePaul composer George Flynn, due for release on the Southport Classics label. Concert Choir performed Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Grande Prairie Singers and Orchestra. DePaul A Cappella brought home awards in international competition at the Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales.

Each spring DePaul School of Music choral students have the opportunity to audition for the Grant Park Music Festival’s Apprentice Chorale.  The Chorale is a select group of singers who perform with the Grant Park Festival Chorus and Orchestra in Millennium Park, and rehearse and perform a program of their own under the leadership of Grant Park chorus master, Christopher Bell.  DePaul students participating in this summer program receive a scholarship toward their tuition in the following fall quarter.  Several alumni of this program have later earned regular professional places in the Grant Park chorus.