Festival Choir
The Festival Choir is dedicated to the performance of major works for choir and orchestra. Its repertoire has included major oratorios from all eras, shorter contemporary works, and a variety of choral masterpieces from all styles of music. The choir has collaborated with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra and the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University Chamber Orchestra to present major choral-orchestral works.
The Festival Choir has been the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University's flagship choir for nearly 50 years. As part of the University's Golden Jubilee celebrations in 1975, the ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University Student Glee Club and the St. John's Extension Choir combined to form a Festival Choir, under the direction of D. F. Cook, for a performance of Joseph Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass. This new choir was so successful that the School of Music decided to continue this happy combination of student and community singers as a university choral society, under the name of The Festival Choir.
Auditions are not required in order to participate in Festival Choir. All students at ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University and members of the community with experience singing in school or community groups are welcome to join.
Questions? Contact Dr. Jakub Martinec at jmartinec@mun.ca.