Harding Chorus

Choral classics, new works, spirituals, opera, folksongs, 当代基督教歌曲-哈丁合唱团探索合唱艺术的风格和热情的所有领域.  这个60人的精选小组是通过每个学年开始时举行的试镜选出的.  Members represent majors from throughout the university's seven colleges; about a third are majoring in an area of music. Rehearsing daily and traveling through this country and abroad, Chorus members develop lifelong friendships, have wonderful musical and cultural experiences, and serve as Harding's ambassadors. 合唱团除了在校园和西西地区举办多场音乐会外，每年一月都会进行一次长时间的巡回演出，并在学年期间进行短途旅行.  他们经常与阿肯色交响乐团一起出现在乐团的杰作系列中. In 2014 they joined with the orchestra to present Verdi's Requiem, they sang Brahms's German Requiem with the ASO in February of 2016, 他们于2019年2月加入了贝多芬第九交响曲的管弦乐队. 

合唱团的十张唱片已经发行，并可通过哈丁书店或巡回音乐会获得.

该团体曾在37个国家演出，如布里斯班的市政厅, Australia; the Conservatory of Music in Beijing, China; the Festival Hall in Corby, England; the University Church in Oxford, England; the Stiftskirche in Aschaffenburg, Germany; the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy; the Chopin monument in Warsaw, Poland; the Beloselsksy-Belozersky Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia; and the Palazzo del Toscano in Catania, Sicily.  在他们所有的音乐会中，他们带来了音乐卓越和精神承诺的PG电子游戏.  在2010年5月和6月，这个团队去巴西、阿根廷和智利旅行了三周.  In 2012 they performed in Eastern Europe; in 2014 in Italy, France, Switzerland, Slovakia, and Croatia; in 2017 in Germany, Netherlands, England, and Scotland; in 2023 in Poland, Paris and Germany.

2006年5月，在索波特举行的Mundus Cantat国际合唱节上，合唱团与来自10个国家的14个团体竞争，获得了大奖, Poland.  该小组在2023年5月参加了同样的比赛，并再次获得了大奖赛.

 Other vocal ensembles at Harding include the 100-voice Concert Choir; the Chamber Singers; the Belles and Beaux, a pop music ensemble; and the Good News Singers, a contemporary Christian group.  

 Harding also boasts an outstanding instrumental program, with especially strong marching, concert, and jazz bands.  A number of the Chorus members play in the band or orchestra, 他们在每年的秋季音乐剧和春季歌唱中扮演重要角色.  The music department encourages its students to develop their vocal, instrumental, and keyboard talents through many avenues.

Here's what others are saying about the Harding Chorus

 "The repertoire of the Harding [Chorus]...是非常多样化的，并且以一种英国合唱团不敢尝试的方式呈现.... 这个非常外向、声音洪亮的合唱团对待每一首曲子都像对待最后一曲一样." - the Glasgow Herald

 "Hosanna in Excelsis... 立即确立了这些年轻歌手的一流资格....Tenebrae Factae Sunt... 他表现出一种精致的措辞和线条，这是完全复杂和完全令人钦佩的." - the Aberdeen Press and Journal

 "From their opening... the choir's secure intonation, 对细节的关注和巨大范围的阴影情感和节奏是显而易见的." - the Otago Daily Times (Dunedin, New Zealand)