K-State Choirs

Any Student Can Sing at K-State!

NEW FOR FALL 2025

Auditions for Concert Choir, Collegiate Chorale, and Madrigal & Motet Ensemble must be submitted online by 5:00pm on Tuesday, August 26. Choir rosters will be posted by 9pm on Tuesday, August 26, and ensembles will begin rehearsing at their first designated rehearsal day/time following the posting.

All music majors (voice primary) are required to audition. All other majors are encouraged as all choirs are comprised of numerous majors. Students may also choose to participant in one of our non-auditioned ensembles. Learn more about our Ensembles or Auditions & Scholarships.

Please visit the In-A-Chord page to learn more about auditions for K-State's premier pop acappella ensemble.

For information about audition before the Spring semester, please contact choirs@ksu.edu.

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.