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Voice and Choral Area

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Wisconsin's Singing University

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The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Voice and Choral Area hosts the state’s largest undergraduate choral program to 300+ students each year and is nationally recognized for its vibrant tradition of choral excellence. Thoughtful advising, real-world opportunities, and a welcoming community make this a great place to study voice and choral music!

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Studying Voice

A vocal education at UWEC consists of weekly one-on-one lessons with one of our distinguished voice faculty. You will prepare a variety of solo repertoire and perform frequently in your voice professor’s studio class. Music education and performance majors enroll in voice pedagogy, exploring voice science and how to be a successful voice teacher. Voice performance majors enjoy a vocal literature course and diction classes in English, German, French, and Italian.

Learn more about the Music, Applied Voice, Comprehensive Major

Opera and Musical Theatre

The Opera and Musical Theatre Workshop allows the young singing actor to develop the coordination of the myriad of skills essential for a career in performance. The course explores the connection of music, text, movement, spatial awareness, and dramatic interaction. Students work on those skills —essential to all types of music theatre performance — through a variety of acting and character work, reading, character analysis and listening, culminating in a performance of diverse scenes from both opera and musical theatre.

Choral Music Education

Cultivate the minds of young musicians with a music teaching, choral bachelor's degree from UW-Eau Claire. As an undergraduate-only department, our focus is on the individual experience of our students by offering various opportunities for you as both a musician and future music educator.

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CONCERT CHOIR

Concert Choir has a long-standing tradition of choral excellence at UW-Eau Claire. This mixed (SATB) ensemble prides itself on performing advanced repertoire from all periods, styles and genres of music. Throughout its history, Concert Choir has performed at regional and national conventions.

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WOMEN'S CONCERT CHORALE

Women’s Concert Chorale (WoCo) is a treble ensemble that specializes in the study and performance of repertoire written specifically for treble voices. Women’s Concert Chorale is featured at several concerts throughout the year, including the annual Viennese Ball and has been featured at numerous regional and national conventions. This ensemble tours annually in the Upper Midwest and In 2017, the ensemble toured Central Europe.

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THE SINGING STATESMEN

Playful in their demeanor, serious in their art — the Singing Statesmen never fail to entertain an audience. As one of the premiere TTBB ensembles in the United States, The Statesmen perform at several concerts throughout the year and tour the Upper Midwest annually. The ensemble has been featured at a number of regional and national conventions, most recently at the Wisconsin Music Educators Convention (2015) and the Intercollegiate Male Chorus Convention (2016). In 2017, the ensemble toured Central Europe. This group is not only exceptionally talented, but a brotherhood as well, sharing this motto: “Once a Statesman, always a Statesman.”

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SYMPHONIC CHOIR

Symphonic Choir is a mixed choir that specializes in the study and performance of extended works composed for choir with instrumental accompaniment. The group is composed of students, faculty, and staff from many scholastic disciplines within the University as well as interested singers from the greater Chippewa Valley and Eau Claire community.

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NOVUM VOCE

Novum Voce is the newest choral ensemble at UW-Eau Claire. is a chamber ensemble of voices that sing advanced repertoire from the early Renaissance to music of the 21st century. This ensemble is mostly comprised of first-year music majors to help build a strong foundation for musical excellence as they start their journey in UWEC’s music program. The ensemble performs at several departmental concerts, including A Cappella Extravaganza and the Holiday Concert.