Chorale

The Asbury University Chorale is an auditioned SATB vocal ensemble. Repertoire choices for the group consist of challenging literature from various style periods. Our main objective is to glorify God through the performance of the best of choral literature.

The Chorale supplements its on-campus performance schedule with occasional off-campus events and tours, both national and international. Since 2007, the Chorale has completed five international tours, and singers have performed at venues such as St. Peter’s Basilica and the Cathedral of St. Ignatius in Rome, Italy, as well as Wells Cathedral and Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

In May of 2009, the Chorale completed a week-long residency at Gloucester Cathedral in England, and presented a concert at Bath Abbey during the prestigious Bath Music Festival. A fifth tour was completed in May of 2019, when Asbury singers toured Italy and performed in Florence, Rome, and Palestrina – including this performance at Rome’s Chiesa di Sant’Ignazio di Loyola in Campo Marzio.

Director: Dr. Vicki Bell, Professor of Music Theory

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Asbury Chorale in the town of Palestrina, Italy, hometown of the Renaissance composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
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Asbury Chorale performing in the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption, Covington, Ky.
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Asbury's Collegium Musicum Vocal Ensemble in 2007 after performing for a mass in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
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Asbury Chorale completed a one-week choral residency in Gloucester Cathedral, UK, in 2009.
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Collegium Musicum Vocal Ensemble in 2007 relaxing after a hike in Palestrina, Italy.
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Chorale in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City in 2012.
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Chorale after a concert at the church of St. Ignatius in Rome, 2012.
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