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The Western Carolina University Concert Choir is an elite group of voices representing undergraduate majors from across the university. Known for their diversity of repertoire including early and world music as well as historical and contemporary styles, recent masterwork performances have included Mozart's Requiem and Mendelssohn's Elijah. The choir tours each spring and has performed in venues across North Carolina as well as at Carnegie Hall and St. Patrick's Cathedral in NYC. In fall semesters, they serve as hosts for the WCU High School Choral Festival, an opportunity for high school singers to visit campus for a day and experience the culture and timbre of a collegiate ensemble.
Dr. Allison Thorp is the Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC, where she conducts the Concert Choir and University Chorus, teaches conducting and choral methods, and supervises student teachers in choral music education. Dr. Thorp is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where she studied conducting with William Weinert, Brad Lubman, and Neil Varon. Prior to her career in higher education, she taught choral, instrumental and general music (K-12) and directed sacred music at Presbyterian and United Methodist churches in Kentucky and New York. During her time in Western North Carolina, she has worked with regional organizations including the Asheville Lyric Opera, Asheville Defiant Requiem, and Folkmoot Festival Choir. She currently serves as Artistic Director for Womansong of Asheville and as Choir Director at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville. She lives in Waynesville with her husband, Sean, and their two little boys, Aidan and Ethan.
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