Department of Music

The Iowa State Singers is a 72-member mixed choral ensemble comprised of students from all areas of study at Iowa State. This select ensemble performs the finest literature from Renaissance to contemporary. In addition to performing various concerts locally, the Iowa State Singers tour annually and present an authentic Madrigal Dinner every January.

Last year, the Iowa State Singers were honored with an invitation to perform at the 2009 ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) National Convention, Thursday, March 5, in the Civic Center Music Hall in Oklahoma City, OK.  The Singers were one of just six collegiate choirs selected nationally to give solo performances.  Thousands of choral conductors from the United States and abroad were in attendance.  The Singers were last honored with an ACDA National Convention appearance in 2005, where they gave three performances before enthusiastic audiences in Los Angeles, CA.

The Iowa State Singers were also been honored last year with an invitation to perform at the second biennial National Convention of the NCCO (National Collegiate Choral Organization).  The convention drew hundreds of collegiate choral conductors from around the country.  The performance took place on Thursday, October 30, 2008 at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Both of these invitations were based on decisions made by national panels of judges, who critique recordings of each choir's immediate past years.  The members of the Iowa State Singers were thrilled with these opportunities and gratefully acknowledge their former members, whose commitment to artistry helped to develop one of the very beautiful traditions at Iowa State University.

Admission to Iowa State Singers is by audition, and is open to students enrolled at Iowa State University regardless of major or year in school.

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