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About Us

We are the Johns Hopkins Choral Society, one of the oldest groups still active on campus. We are a non-auditioned full chorus (SATB) whose focus is large-scale choral works, usually from the Classical or Baroque periods. Our repetoire varies in difficulty, but we welcome singers of all ranges and experience levels. Since there are no auditions, there is also no pressure. We rehearse once a week, so the commitment level is low, but rewarding. Every season is a new opportunity to improve yourself as a singer and sight-reader, under the tutelage of our wonderful director, Dr. Mark Hardy. We often perform with other groups, such as Baltimore Masterworks and the Goucher College Chorus, in the interest of collaboration and cooperation with other singers in the Baltimore area. Please read on for a better idea of how amazing going Choral can be.

Repertoire, past and present

Spring 2007-2008

Requiem by Maurice Durufle

Fall 2007-2008

Spring 2007

Download program for Choral Society / ECCO concert

Serenade to Music by R. V. Williams, words by Shakespeare

Requiem by Mark Hardy, our director

Fall 2006-2007

A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten

Spring 2005

Missa Brevis in F by Mozart

Regina Coeli by Mozart

Vespers Op. 37 by Rachmaninoff

Svyati by John Taverner

Fall 2005-2006

Messiah by Handel

Os Justi by M. Hardy

Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind by J. Rutter (words by Shakespeare)

What Sweeter Music by J. Rutter (words by R. Herrick)

Silent Night by F. Gruber, arranged by M. Sargent (words by M. Sargent)

Spring 2004

Requiem by G. Faure

Fall 2004-2005

Gloria by F. Poulenc

Three Hungarian Folk Songs

Fall 2003-2004

Mass in G by Schubert

Magnificat by Pergolesi