Orange County Women's Chorus

Under the artistic leadership of Eliza Rubenstein since 2000, the Orange County Women's Chorus has grown from a small group of women brainstorming about singing together to one of the region's leading choruses. The OCWC has performed at venues including the Orange County Performing Arts Center, the Irvine Barclay Theatre, Walt Disney Concert Hall's REDCAT Theater, the 2004 and 2012 western regional conferences of the American Choral Directors' Association, and most recently, Carnegie Hall. The chorus was named a 2014 Outstanding Arts Organization by Arts Orange County and won a prize at the 2015 International Musical Eisteddfod in Llangollen, Wales. We've collaborated with ensembles including Bel Canto, MenAlive, the Wooden Floor (formerly the Saint Joseph Ballet), the South Coast Symphony, the Agape Voices of Praise, the All-American Boys' Chorus, and Men in Blaque.

Our wide-ranging repertoire includes medieval chants, multicultural folk songs, classical masterworks, protest songs, gospel tunes, and more. We're especially proud of our commitment to new music and up-and-coming musicians; we regularly commission new works for women's voices, and our conducting internship program, designed to encourage young women entering the field of choral conducting, has been a model for other choruses around the nation.

Orange Empire Chorus

We're Number Fun! The Orange Empire Chorus is a group of men who love to sing. We gather each week to have fun ringing chords in four-part barbershop harmony. We love to perform, and our audiences return again and again to join in the fun of our performances. Each year we present numerous shows and contest performances filled with comedy and song.

Oratorio Chorale

Now in its fifth decade, the Oratorio Chorale is a symphonic chorus of auditioned, professionally directed singers committed to advancing choral music through exceptional performances as well as educational and community outreach and collaborations. Our typical concert season under the leadership of Director Emily Isaacson includes five concert programs, with 15-16 performances. Our women's chorus, Sweetest in the Gale, inaugurated in 2015, performs at our "Sing We Noel" and April programs. Our Young Artists Program, begun in 2015, enrolls five to six high school students as full participants in the Chorale.

Oratorio Society of Minnesota

The Oratorio Society of Minnesota, established in 1980, is an auditioned 90-voice ensemble based in the Twin Cities metro area. The group challenges and delights its audiences and singers through dynamic and diverse choral music performed with skill and passion. Its civic engagement and educational programs foster lifelong choral singing.

Oratorio Society of New Jersey

For more than 60 years, The Oratorio Society of New Jersey (OSNJ) has contributed to the vitality of culture in northern New Jersey. We perform the magnificent music of oratorios, cantatas, and related genres composed from the Baroque era to the present. Our members have joined OSNJ because they love choral singing, especially under the guidance of our gifted music director, Dr. Sandor Szabo.

The communities we serve are proud of our presence, and we are in turn proud that the sounds of Bach, Brahms, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Poulenc and many others have enriched the lives of thousands of listeners over the years.

Oratorio Society of New York

Oratorio Society of Queens

Oratorio Society of Virginia

Founded in 1966, The Oratorio Society is central Virginia's longest-running community chorus. From our first performance of Handel's Messiah in 1968, we have evolved to present major works with professional orchestras, traditional holiday performances, community engagement concerts, and innovative collaborations.

Orcas Choral Society

Orcas Choral Society shares a passion for mastering a variety of beautiful music that enriches the lives of singers, audiences, and communities through education, performance, and collaboration.

Oregon Bach Festival Chorus

The OBF Chorus is made up of professional singers from all over the United States. Chorus members are compensated for their work during the Festival and receive room and board during their stay.

Many new members are found through a recorded audition process. Auditions are judged against the standard of the chorus and those deemed of the quality required are added to the list of potential singers for future openings. While we accept auditions on a continuing basis, auditions are evaluated annually in December and January. For full consideration, potential chorus members should submit their materials in November and December each year. Existing chorus members are re-invited annually based on their most recent live auditions and on the repertory programmed.

Oregon Children's Choir

OCC was founded in 1982 by Dr. Randall Moore, University of Oregon Music Professor Emeritus, to supplement the music education offered in local schools by providing advanced choral experiences for talented young musicians. Since then, OCC has grown from one choir into an organization that includes 8+ after-school choirs, summer camps and in-school programs serving over 500 youth. Choirs rehearse and perform throughout the choir season (September through May/June). Oregon Children's Choir produces four public concerts per year in addition to performing at retirement homes, community events and with other professional community productions.

Oregon Chorale

The Oregon Chorale is a sixty-voice symphonic choir directed by Jason Sabino. Founded by Bernie Kuehn and based in Hillsboro, Oregon, the Oregon Chorale has been delighting audiences since 1985, performing choral music from around the world and maintaining an appreciation for technique while exhibiting flexibility of musical style. The passion that we have for singing challenging, beautiful music is matched only by our love of the community and the fun we create together. We have sung in over 40 languages, traveled all over the world, and are constantly looking for the next big work to perform. Our formal concerts showcase a variety of styles from Classical to Baroque, Renaissance to Contemporary. Our less formal presentations include world folk music, spirituals, dinner theater and staged shows.

Oregon Coast Chorus

We are a group of women who are interested in singing acapella music in the barbershop style. We also are interested in educating ourselves in ways to improve our singing.

Oregon Festival Choirs

picfest (Pacific International Choral Festivals) presents a series of choir gatherings in Eugene, Oregon in cooperation with the Oregon Bach Festival. Each summer the weeklong events occur as part of a two-year cycle featuring the following schedule

Oregon Repertory Singers

Oregon Repertory Singers performs world-class music accessible to all. Our professional-caliber adult choir of over 100 members has been lauded as "the city's finest large choir." Our education- and performance-based youth choir serving children ages 4-18 is one-of-a-kind in the Portland area. We are committed to nurturing the singers, listeners, and supporters of this generation and the next!

Oregon SenateAires Men's Chorus

The SenateAires Men's Chorus (from Salem, Oregon). We are members of the Barbershop Harmony Society. We also have a fan page at http://www.facebook.com/senateaires so be sure to visit and "like" us there too!

Oregon Spirit Chorus

Oregon Spirit Chorus is a vibrant, award-winning ensemble of women singers committed to creating musical magic in every performance. We embrace healthy competition and enjoy finding creative ways to share our passion for 4-part harmony in the barbershop style. We are singers, dancers and actresses: flirty and fierce, mischievous and mannered, bashful and bold. We specialize in barbershop, but dabble in all things a-cappella.

To become part of OSC begins a journey of personal growth and instant sibling-hood. Our members include business and professional women, homemakers, retirees and students, ages 16-70+! You're never too young or too old to sing! Nothing compares to the feeling of standing side by side with some of your closest friends, creating harmonies that visibly move an audience.

Oregon Trail Pitchpipers

The Canby Chapter aka "The Oregon Trail Pitchpipers" started in February, 1965 with the gathering of 17 men who wanted to sing. Attendance increased as time passed by. The members were attending the Evergreen District conventions as spectators to become better acquainted with the Barbershop style of harmony.

We continue to entertain in the Canby and surrounding areas as well as producing our annual chapter show, usually in February.

Orem Chorale

The Orem Chorale is a non-audition community choir whose focus is to sing beautiful, uplifting music while we hone our musicianship and serve our community. We sing a wide variety of music including spirituals, folk songs, sacred hymns and classical works by the masters. We are committed to encouraging one another to grow as musicians, and strive to give our listeners a wonderful musical experience.

Orfeia Vocal Ensemble

Orfeia is an all-woman vocal ensemble dedicated to preserving and sharing traditional music from Bulgaria and Eastern Europe. Orfeia's repertoire spans the rich and varied vocal traditions of Eastern Europe, from traditional village songs to sacred chants, with origins from the Middle Ages to modern day. Founded in 2006 by artistic director Tatiana Sarbinska, Orfeia shares the unique harmonies, ornamentation, and rhythms of Balkan music through performances and workshops in the mid-Atlantic region and in Bulgaria.

Oriana Singers

The Oriana Singers have been stretching artistic boundaries since first coming together in 1979. Led by noted conductor William Chin, they have toured Chicagoland and abroad, experimenting with the chemistry of Renaissance songs and contemporary vocal jazz spark for audiences and singers. The six-voice soprano-soprano-alto-tenor-baritone-bass (SSATBB) configuration of The Oriana Singers has been recognized by leading critics for making a difference in presenting a wide range of a cappella music for diverse audiences. This mission has expanded to foster collaborations across disciplines with other artists and nurture emerging choral ensembles for the promotion of self-directing small ensemble singing.

The Oriana Singers is recognized for its innovative programming, complementing existing major arts productions in Chicagoland and offering music otherwise not heard elsewhere. Recent seasons have included performances of music from Monteverdi's Eighth Book of Madrigals and the Vespers of 1610, contrasted with later programs of polyphonic folk music from Russia, Finland, and Georgia and new arrangements of popular hits from artists including Coldplay and Imogen Heap. The six-voice work of The Oriana Singers is imaginative, eclectic, and impeccably rehearsed, featuring leading vocalists associated with the Grant Park Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Bella Voce. The singers and collaborating instrumentalists brought together by The Oriana Singers have been called "world-class" by several internationally versed listeners, including Robert Osterlund, administrator of EarlyMusiChicago, and indeed the group has made successful splashes touring in Spain and Costa Rica.

Oriole Four

The real beginning of the Oriole Four, 1970 International champion quartet, was in 1951 outside a Baltimore high school - although no one, of course, knew it at the time. That's when students Fred King and Jim Grant first met, discovered they had a mutual fondness for harmony and sang an impromptu duet. They joined the Society a couple of years later, found two other students who liked to harmonize and formed the Deacon Four, with Jim on lead and Fred on baritone. The quartet, with occasional personnel changes, was still getting together now and then after its members had graduated, and in 1956 the name was changed to the Oriole Four.

Orioles

This highly influential vocal group was formed in 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Along with the Ravens, the Orioles were considered the pioneers of rhythm and blues vocal harmony. The group members were Sonny Til (b. Earlington Carl Tilghman, 18 August 1928, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, d. 9 December 1981, USA; lead), Alexander Sharp (b. 1919, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, d. 1970; tenor), George Nelson (b. Baltimore, Maryland, USA, d. 1959; baritone), Johnny Reed (b. 16 July 1923, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, d. 18 June 2005, Lakewood, New Jersey, USA; bass) and guitarist/second tenor Tommy Gaither (b. Baltimore, Maryland, USA, d. 5 November 1950, USA). Originally known as the Vibra-Naires, the group (with original bass vocalist Richard Williams) made their debut on the Manor label in March 1948 with the track "Tell Me So". The newly renamed Orioles (to honour the state bird of Maryland) launched their career with the quiet, languorous ballad "It's Too Soon To Know", which went to number 1 in the R&B charts (number 13 pop) in late 1948. The song was written by Deborah Chessler, the group's manager, and she wrote many of their subsequent hits.

Orlando Choral Society

The Orlando Choral Society serves as a musical outlet for hundreds of Central Florida residents. The OCS mission of "building bridges" is enacted through our various outreach initiatives. Our impact on the community is evident in our support of and collaboration with students, older adults, and an array of local businesses including other nonprofit organizations.

Orlando Gay Chorus

The Orlando Gay Chorus (OGC) is one of the largest mixed gay choirs in the country. Founded on Valentine's Day in 1990, OGC has been a fixture in the Central Florida area for over 27 years. In addition to the full chorus, OGC has four small ensembles that perform at the annual concerts and cabarets, as well as at community and private events: OUTLOUD!, the oldest running ensemble; Nothin' But Treble, the all-female ensemble; Menage, the jazz ensemble; and Spectrum, the mixed ensemble.

The Orlando Gay Chorus is comprised of individuals from all walks of life, all ages, and all orientations: gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender volunteers - as well as many straight allies. OGC warmly welcomes all who would like to join them in their goal of changing hearts and minds in Central Florida and throughout the world.

Orphans

In 1950 a barbershop quartet, as yet unnamed, was to do a show in Wichita and the SPEBSQSA chapter president needed a name for the program, so he called the group 'The Orphans.' The name grew on them, and in 1954 they won District and Prelim contests, and then they were off to the Big Dance in Washington, DC. With the help of a Miracle Doctor, lead singer Bob Groom overcame the loss of his voice on their last set, and The Orphans, the pride of Wichita, were adopted-as International Champs! They wore the Gold with pride, singing nearly 60 shows a year all over the country.

Orpheus Chamber Singers

Orpheus Chamber Singers is a professional chamber choir of 25 mixed voices in Dallas, Texas. Artistic Director Donald Krehbiel's reputation for producing stellar performances of a wide variety of choral repertoire is unmatched in North Texas. Scott Cantrell of the Dallas Morning News routinely praises Orpheus for its finely polished performances of even the most challenging literature

Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus

Orpheus Club Men's Chorus is the pre-eminent men's chorus in New Jersey. Founded in Ridgewood in 1909, it is the oldest cultural institution in Bergen County. Fifty singers strong, we continue the Orpheus tradition of delighting audiences with eclectic repertoires ranging from Bach and Beethoven to the Beach Boys and Bruno Mars.

We are a diverse and congenial group of men who share a passion to make beautiful choral music, in a wide range of genres. Our musical director, John J. Palatucci, and our pianist, Ron Levy, challenge and inspire us, upholding the tradition that we men of Orpheus enjoy our music and each other.

We have two main concert series, Spring Concerts in April, and Holiday Concerts in December. Come to our concerts and savor the magic.

Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix

Founded in November of 1929, the Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix is Arizona's longest continually performing choral organization, its debut performance occurring on Christmas morning 1929 on Phoenix Radio Station KTAR. Since its inception, Orpheus has performed in venues large and small throughout the Valley and the nation as well as in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and on the European continent. Orpheus has created numerous recordings both on vinyl and on digital media.

Orrville Community Chorus

The vision for what has become the annual tradition of the Orrville Community Chorus began with one man, Victor Gerber. Victor (Vic) first performed "Messiah" in 1928 at Bluffton College, playing viola in a concert featuring a 200-voice choir accompanied by orchestra. In a 1993 interview Vic said, "I fell in love with the work and asked my minister, The Rev. A.R. Kaiser, if it could be sung in my home congregation at Salem Mennonite." The minister agreed. In 1932, Vic directed performances of Handel's "Messiah" at Salem Mennonite Church near Kidron and the First Presbyterian Church in Dalton. Corrine Gerber Krehbiel, Vic's sister, was the first piano accompanist. Thus began a tradition that continues to this day.

Oshkosh Chamber Singers

The Oshkosh Chamber Singers was founded to provide the Oshkosh area with quality performances of significant choral music and to increase the cultural and educational quality of life of the community.

The group was formed in 1985 when the choirs from the Algoma Boulevard United Methodist Church and the First Congregational Church combined to perform Bach's St. John's Passion. Several of the musicians involved wanted to continue to perform works that were beyond the capabilities of any single church choir. In its thirty-plus years, OCS has performed a wide range of serious choral literature, both religious and secular. In 1990, the group performed its first holiday service of "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" at Trinity Episcopal Church. This has become an annual event, at which community leaders are asked to participate as readers. Beginning in 1984, two performances were given on the same day, and the concert has been recorded for broadcast on public radio.

Ottumwa Area Community Chorus

Our Town

Comprised of four men with championship ranking in both the Barbershop Harmony Society and a cappella circles, OUR TOWN won both the prestigious Harmony Sweepstakes (the oldest a cappella competition in America) and Barbershop Harmony Society Northeastern Districts in 2009.

Known for their "big sound" and pure style of harmony, the quartet recently appeared at the iconic New York City nightclub, Birdland. Intent on singing familiar songs for the enjoyment of varying audiences - college students to traditional song buffs - OUR TOWN boasts a repertoire reflective of musical tastes ranging from contemporary up-tunes to nostalgic ballads.

Our Voice Milwaukee

Milwaukee's chorus for Gay men and allies. Offering HARMONY in music to help inspire HARMONY in community. Our Voice Milwaukee exists to provide a visible presence and a positive voice in and for the Wisconsin LGBT communities.

Oure Pleasure Singers

Oure Pleasure Singers is a small group of vocalists dedicated to the joy of serious music-making. Comprised of singers from Providence, Attleboro, and surrounding communities, the ensemble sings an eclectic variety of music, ranging from plainchant to jazz, and embracing both the sacred and the secular.

Based in Attleboro MA, Oure Pleasure was founded in 1983 by friends who were seeking the special enjoyment of a small, closely-knit vocal ensemble. In its earlier days, Oure Pleasure concentrated on madrigals and music of the Renaissance and Medieval periods, and its name is borrowed from the words of the madrigal Sing We and Chant It, once its signature piece.

OurSong

OurSong is comprised of musicians from all walks of life with varying levels of musical experience. Some members hold degrees in music, some grew up singing in church, some have performed with famous artists and conductors and some have joined OurSong as their first foray into choral music. However, all of us sing with OurSong because we love to sing. We love the gift that making music brings to our lives and we love sharing that gift with our audience.

OurSong has been active for over fifteen years. Before that, there was a gap in the Atlanta LGBTQ choral music scene. We needed a mixed chorus. Our community has not grown into the vibrant oasis in the South only on the shoulders of gay men and lesbians in isolation. It takes all of us, coming together, as a chosen family, to make progress and facilitate change. OurSong embodies this collective effort.

Out Loud

Out Loud Chorus is a mixed chorus for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, yet open to all. Out Loud Chorus provides continuing musical education and performance experience as well as a social outlet for persons interested in choral music and its production. Out Loud Chorus is fun and flexible, open to many levels of ability, and committed to embodying the diversity of our community. In addition, the chorus seeks to educate the general public about choral music and, through performances, to reduce bigotry and discrimination against our community.

Out Loud: The Colorado Springs Men's Chorus

Outer Banks Chorus

The Outer Banks Chorus is a non-auditioned community choir comprised of singers from the Outer Banks region of North Carolina. Members include high school and college students, doctors, homemakers, teachers, business owners, and retirees. The group performs sacred and secular music from the Renaissance era through new music by 21st Century composers.

Outer Cape Chorale

The Outer Cape Chorale is a welcoming, non-auditioned chorus that fosters joyful, excellent singing through diverse repertoire. We strive to bring the inspiration of choral music to our community.

Our membership varies from season to season, with anywhere from 120 to 150 singers performing at each concert. 120 singers will make joyous music at our May 2018 concert, "Sea, Sand & Song - the Inspiration of Cape Cod".

Outta the Vox

Singing today's hits and classics from decades past, we are Outta the Vox! OTV is one of Sacramento's premiere a cappella ensembles, serving you fresh takes on some of your favorite tunes.

Overboard

Founded in the spring of 2006 by current director Nicholas Girard, Overboard is a male a cappella group from Boston, MA. Although Overboard's repertoire consists primarily of contemporary pop/rock songs, including covers from such artists as Rascall Flatts, Stevie Wonder and The Beatles, the group remains true to its a cappella roots and continues to perform classic selections such as "Blue Moon," "In The Still of the Night" and "Stand By Me."

First conceived as a street performance group intent on entertaining audiences around coastal New England during the summer months, Overboard has come a long way in a short time. The group's first album, Shipwrecked, was recorded in Nick's living room and was released during that first summer. Shipwrecked was distributed during frequent busking stops in Newburyport, MA; Freeport, ME and Burlington, VT, as well as around the group's hometown of Boston.

Oxford Civic Chorus

The primary goals of the Oxford Civic Chorus are to provide artistic experiences to persons in the North Mississippi area, allowing members the opportunity to sing music from a variety of cultures and styles in a community setting; to promote cultural excellence and community pride; and to enrich and enlighten their audiences with each performance. The membership is made up of dedicated musicians who come from many areas of endeavor and from many differing experiences; each possesses a common desire to continue a musical journey throughout life. All are committed to the joy of music and to the expressive power that it brings.

Ozark Showcase Chorus

We are a diversified group of women who love to sing, laugh & fellowship together, while promoting the barbershop art form in and around our community.

P.M. Singers

Formed in 1982 by students of the esteemed director Phil Mattson, members of the P.M. Singers became identified with the Phil Mattson School and many have gone on to great professional and academic success in their own right. (Two examples are Joe Finetti, who now sings with The Bobs, and Michele Weir, a respected educator and arranger.) This mixed group has the talent and range to master the most technical of charts, as well as the warmth and emotion to stir the heart-witness"A Child Is Born," with a facile piano accompaniment by Phil Mattson himself, who plays keyboards throughout. Many of the arrangements allow one voice to solo, adding and subtracting harmonies for interest and variety. "I'll Be Seeing You" is a cappella and allows the melody to shine, gradually opening up the song with a frugal harmony that never interferes, but builds to a subtle crescendo and then resolves to an elegant closing cadence, the lead voice holding the final note while the lower parts complete the subject. A pleasure to listen to and a model of arranging virtuosity.

Pacific Boychoir

Pacific Boychoir choristers participate in a very old tradition. Boychoirs have been around for hundreds of years, dating back at least to the fourth century. Early modern boychoirs were trained to sing with the collegiate and cathedral choirs of Europe. Today, most boychoirs are not affiliated with churches, though much of the great music written for boys came out of this tradition.

The Pacific Boychoir aims to match the world's best boychoirs (e.g., the Vienna Boys of Austria, Drakensberg of South Africa, the American Boychoir of Princeton). Critical reviews imply that the Pacific Boychoir is succeeding! Choristers learn that extraordinary accomplishment teaches lifelong lessons. Hard work leads to mastery. Personal responsibility and teamwork go hand in hand. The challenge of improvement leads to the joy of art well performed.

Pacific Boychoir Academy

PBA is an independent day school for boys in grades 4-8, with several after-school choirs for boys in pre-kindergarten through high school. The only North American boychoir school outside of the East Coast, PBA offers unique and rigorous academic programs and choral training, producing confident, engaged young scholars and artists. PBA is a richly diverse community, focusing on excellence in academics and music education.

Pacific Chorale

Founded in 1968, Pacific Chorale is internationally recognized for exceptional artistic expression, stimulating American-focused programming, and influential education programs. Pacific Chorale presents a substantial performance season of its own at the Orange County Performing Arts Center and is sought regularly to perform with the nation's leading symphonies. Under the inspired guidance of Artistic Director John Alexander, Pacific Chorale has infused an Old World art form with California's hallmark innovation and cultural independence.

Pacific Chorale is comprised of 160 professional and volunteer singers. In addition to its long-standing partnership with Pacific Symphony, the Chorale has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Disney Hall on numerous occasions. Other noted collaborations include the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the Boston Symphony, the National Symphony, and the Long Beach, Pasadena, Riverside and San Diego symphonies.

Pacific Coast Chorale

The mission of Pacific Coast Chorale is to develop intercultural and intergenerational understanding by providing San Diego's diverse communities with access to musical excellence in a wide variety of genres. By using performance, cooperation, education, and community engagement to explore the power of traditional and historic choral music, contrasted with the energy and drive of more modern compositions, Pacific Coast Chorale enables these communities to experience each other's cultures and helps to build musical bridges between them.

Pacific Coast Harmony

La Jolla's own Pacific Coast Harmony is an award-winning a cappella ensemble that has recently added a mixed chorus under the Barbershop Harmony Society's Everyone in Harmony initiative. Specializing in the unique, Barbershop Harmony art form, this group is one of over 900 active chapters worldwide in the Barbershop Harmony Society. PCH sings music that spans from the Great American Songbook, Broadway theater and film, to popular traditional pieces, and beyond.

PCH is uniquely composed of dedicated singers - all volunteers - who strive together with a common goal of musical excellence. PCH members enjoy the thrill of singing harmony and bringing the joy of vocal music to enthusiastic audiences of all ages!

PCH is always welcoming new members! While we have temporarily suspended our regular rehearsals due to COVID, we hold bi-weekly virtual rehearsals using ZOOM and other creative approaches.