Welcome! Oberlin College Choir performs great a cappella and accompanied choral music from the Rennaissance to today. The Oberlin College Choir is the only major Conservatory ensemble where College students and Conservatory voice majors regularly perform together.
We rehearse MWF from 4:30 - 6:00, and present two to three concerts each semester, providing one of the most intense and varied choral experiences on campus.
Auditions for incoming and returning students will take place during first-year orientation.
Voice Majors: Sign up for a voice major audition time here.
All other students: Sign up for an audition time here.
Auditions will explore vocal range and music reading/learning ability. There is no need to prepare a song to sing.
Oberlin College Choir will present three programs this fall.
Thurs., Oct. 16, 2025; 7:30 PM, Warner Concert Hall
George Shearing: Songs and Sonnets
Fanny Hensel: Unter des Laubdachs Hut
Bob Chilcott: The Isle is Full of Noises
John Tavener: Song for Athene
Percey Grainger/Thomas Morley: O Mistress Mine
Stephen Foster: Wilt Thou Be Gone, Love?
Evelin Seppar: Sonnet 53
Robert Pearsall: Take, O Take those lips away
Tues., Oct. 28, 2025: 7:30 PM, Finney Chapel with Voces8
Caroline Shaw: And the swallow
Sun., Dec. 7, 2:30 PM, Finney Chapel
Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation
(With Oberlin Orchestra)
from Rachmaninoff's All Night Vigil: Now let thy servant depart & God-bearing Virgin, rejoice (jump to 17 minutes)
Caroline Shaw's To the Hands