Community Choirs in Ohio
Ohio is home to a great variety of community choirs that enrich the participants and communities in the choral art.
Contact the Ohio community choir repertoire and standards chair to post a link to your own community choir on this page, or if you have any questions about community choirs in Ohio.
Note: OCDA does not guarantee the accuracy or validity of any external website links that are located on its website.
Amherst Community Chorus
A choir of 90 singers from 3 counties.
Directors: Steve and Simone Gall
Contact simonegall51@aol.com / 440-988-7396
Ashtabula County Choral Music Society
The Ashtabula County Choral Music Society, founded in 1989, grew out of the longstanding Messiah Chorus and has a mission to present quality performances of significant choral works for Ashtabula County audiences, while providing singers educational and musical experiences. The Society has grown to include three choirs and has produced over one hundred choral music events and participated in many more.
Director - Kathleen Milford
Director is a member of ACDA
Columbus Chamber Singers, Columbus
A small, all volunteer, mixed chorus, performing a varied repertoire of classical, sacred, secular and popular music. Season usually consists of formal concerts that are free to the public, along with community service engagements at public libraries and retirement homes.
Director: Anne Todt
The Columbus Symphony Chorus
The Columbus Symphony Chorus, founded in 1961, performs major works from Bach to Mahler and beyond. Past performances have included the requiems of Brahms, Verdi, Fauré, Mozart, and Duruflé; the Bach B Minor Mass; Mozart’s Grand Mass in C Minor and Coronation Mass; Haydn’s Lord Nelson and Harmonie Mass; works by Rossini, Orff, Poulenc, Stravinsky, Walton, Britten, Prokofiev, and Augusta Read Thomas; and concert performances of operas. For information on auditions, please see the chorus website.
Director: Ronald J. Jenkins
Director is a member of ACDA
The Columbus Women's Chorus, Columbus
CWC is a feminist chorus that celebrates life through the power of music. We perform music created and inspired by the lives and experiences of women from all walks of life.
Directors: Jennifer Bell and Sheena Phillips
Email: info[at]cwchorus.org
Both directors are members of ACDA
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble
An intergenerational company of singers and dancers whose mission is to preserve, through research and performance, The American Negro Spiritual. The group has been in existence for 25 years and has performed throughout the US and overseas.
Director: Edna Duffy
The Lourdes College Chorus & The Good Company Ensemble, Toledo area
Two choruses based at Lourdes College, both open to community as well as college members. Good Company is an auditioned subgroup of the Lourdes College Chorus.
Director: Karen Thornton Biscay
Director is a member of ACDA
The Magpie Consort, Columbus
A group of 20 mixed voices based in Columbus, Ohio, with wide-ranging repertoire, from medieval motets to Chinese folk songs.
Director: Sheena Phillips
Director is a member of ACDA
MUSE - Cincinnati's Women's Choir, Cincinnati
MUSE is a women's choir dedicated to musical excellence and social change. In keeping with our belief that diversity is strength, we are feminist women of varied ages, races, and ethnicities with a range of musical abilities, political interests, and life experiences.
Artistic Director: Dr. Catherine Roma
Director is a member of ACDA
Teutonia Damenchor of Toledo
The Teutonia Damenchor was founded in 1969.
Director -- currently vacant. Contact email
Teutonia Männerchor of Toledo
The Teutonia Männerchor was founded in 1867 as a German male chorus, and is the oldest continuing performing arts group in the Toledo area.
Director -- currently vacant. Contact email
University Choral Society of Bowling Green State University
Symphonic chorus of university students, faculty, staff, and community singers
Director: Mark Munson
Director is a member of ACDA
Voices of Canton Inc. (VOCI), Canton
VOCI includes choruses for adults, youth, and children, and also a handbell choir.
Artistic Director: Loren C. Veigel
Director is a member of ACDA
The West Shore Chorale
The West Shore Chorale is a non-profit arts organization that presents a wide selection of repertoire in high accessible venues.
Director: John Drotleff 216-375-0342
Ohio is home to a great variety of community choirs that enrich the participants and communities in the choral art.
Contact the Ohio community choir repertoire and standards chair to post a link to your own community choir on this page, or if you have any questions about community choirs in Ohio.
Note: OCDA does not guarantee the accuracy or validity of any external website links that are located on its website.
Amherst Community Chorus
Amherst Community Chorus
A choir of 90 singers from 3 counties.
Directors: Steve and Simone Gall
Contact simonegall51@aol.com / 440-988-7396
Ashtabula County Choral Music Society
Ashtabula County Choral Music Society
The Ashtabula County Choral Music Society, founded in 1989, grew out of the longstanding Messiah Chorus and has a mission to present quality performances of significant choral works for Ashtabula County audiences, while providing singers educational and musical experiences. The Society has grown to include three choirs and has produced over one hundred choral music events and participated in many more.
Director - Kathleen Milford
Director is a member of ACDA
Columbus Chamber Singers
Columbus Chamber Singers, Columbus
A small, all volunteer, mixed chorus, performing a varied repertoire of classical, sacred, secular and popular music. Season usually consists of formal concerts that are free to the public, along with community service engagements at public libraries and retirement homes.
Director: Anne Todt
The Columbus Symphony Chorus
The Columbus Symphony Chorus
The Columbus Symphony Chorus, founded in 1961, performs major works from Bach to Mahler and beyond. Past performances have included the requiems of Brahms, Verdi, Fauré, Mozart, and Duruflé; the Bach B Minor Mass; Mozart’s Grand Mass in C Minor and Coronation Mass; Haydn’s Lord Nelson and Harmonie Mass; works by Rossini, Orff, Poulenc, Stravinsky, Walton, Britten, Prokofiev, and Augusta Read Thomas; and concert performances of operas. For information on auditions, please see the chorus website.
Director: Ronald J. Jenkins
Director is a member of ACDA
The Columbus Women's Chorus
The Columbus Women's Chorus, Columbus
CWC is a feminist chorus that celebrates life through the power of music. We perform music created and inspired by the lives and experiences of women from all walks of life.
Directors: Jennifer Bell and Sheena Phillips
Email: info[at]cwchorus.org
Both directors are members of ACDA
A Chorus for a Cause
A Chorus For A Cause
www.achorusforacause.org
Director: Christine Allison
Director is a member of ACDA
www.achorusforacause.org
Director: Christine Allison
Director is a member of ACDA
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble
Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble
An intergenerational company of singers and dancers whose mission is to preserve, through research and performance, The American Negro Spiritual. The group has been in existence for 25 years and has performed throughout the US and overseas.
Director: Edna Duffy
Lima Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Lima Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Auditioned chorus that performs regularly with the Lima Symphony Orchestra.
Director: Mark Munson
Director is a member of ACDA
Auditioned chorus that performs regularly with the Lima Symphony Orchestra.
Director: Mark Munson
Director is a member of ACDA
The Lourdes College Chorus & The Good Company Ensemble
The Lourdes College Chorus & The Good Company Ensemble, Toledo area
Two choruses based at Lourdes College, both open to community as well as college members. Good Company is an auditioned subgroup of the Lourdes College Chorus.
Director: Karen Thornton Biscay
Director is a member of ACDA
The Magpie Consort
The Magpie Consort, Columbus
A group of 20 mixed voices based in Columbus, Ohio, with wide-ranging repertoire, from medieval motets to Chinese folk songs.
Director: Sheena Phillips
Director is a member of ACDA
Masterworks Chorale
Masterworks Chorale, Toledo
Director: Donna Wipfli
Director is a member of ACDA
Director: Donna Wipfli
Director is a member of ACDA
MUSE - Cincinnati's Women's Choir
MUSE - Cincinnati's Women's Choir, Cincinnati
MUSE is a women's choir dedicated to musical excellence and social change. In keeping with our belief that diversity is strength, we are feminist women of varied ages, races, and ethnicities with a range of musical abilities, political interests, and life experiences.
Artistic Director: Dr. Catherine Roma
Director is a member of ACDA
Teutonia Damenchor of Toledo
Teutonia Damenchor of Toledo
The Teutonia Damenchor was founded in 1969.
Director -- currently vacant. Contact email
Teutonia Männerchor of Toledo
Teutonia Männerchor of Toledo
The Teutonia Männerchor was founded in 1867 as a German male chorus, and is the oldest continuing performing arts group in the Toledo area.
Director -- currently vacant. Contact email
University Choral Society of Bowling Green State University
University Choral Society of Bowling Green State University
Symphonic chorus of university students, faculty, staff, and community singers
Director: Mark Munson
Director is a member of ACDA
Voices of Canton Inc. (VOCI)
Voices of Canton Inc. (VOCI), Canton
VOCI includes choruses for adults, youth, and children, and also a handbell choir.
Artistic Director: Loren C. Veigel
Director is a member of ACDA
The West Shore Chorale
The West Shore Chorale
The West Shore Chorale is a non-profit arts organization that presents a wide selection of repertoire in high accessible venues.
Director: John Drotleff 216-375-0342