K-State Choirs
Hundreds of K-State students participate in the choral ensembles every year. All auditioned and non-auditioned ensembles are open to any student, regardless of major.
Any Student Can Sing at K-State!
Open auditions for Concert Choir, Collegiate Chorale, and the Madrigal & Motet Ensemble are held the first Monday and Tuesday of the Fall semester with callbacks on Wednesday and Thursday. Auditions for In-A-Chord are held the first Tuesday of the Fall semester when there are openings with callbacks on Thursday.
Audition sign-up form are usually available in early August. For the Spring semesters, please contact choirs@ksu.edu for audition information.
Auditions are open to ALL K-State students. We also have several non-auditioned ensembles any student can participate in. Click the Ensembles or Auditions & Scholarships items above for more information.
About the Choirs
Since the founding of K-State on February 16, 1863, instruction in music has been a feature throughout the history of the school. From the earliest performance of the "Choral Union" in 1865, Kansas State University Choral ensembles have been a vital and visible entity to the more than 24,000 students at K-State every year. Stay up to date by following K-State Choirs on Instagram or Facebook.
Currently, the Choral Music Division is led by Dr. Joshua Oppenheim , Director of Choral Studies, Dr. Jamie Bunce, Assistant Director of Choral Studies, and Mr. David Wood, Director of Early-Music Ensembles. Since 1966, the choir has been selected thirty-five times to appear at state, regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Association for Music Education, and the National Collegiate Choral Organization.
The K-State Choirs have worked with notable conductors: Robert Shaw, John Alldis, Roger Wagner, Aaron Copland, Simon Halsey, Owain Park, and Stephen Layton. International performances are an important aspect to the choral program at K-State. International performance tours occur every other year. International travel has included: Australia, Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Wales.