University of Washington

Chamber Singers

The University of Washington Chamber Singers, formerly known as the Madrigal Singers, is the UW’s longest-standing choral organization, formed in the early 1930s. The group gained wide recognition through its conductors Gerald Kechley, Rodney Eichenberger, and Joan Conlon. The current Chamber Singers, consisting of graduate and advanced undergraduate music majors, vocal performance majors, and music education majors, has expanded in size and repertoire to focus on challenging repertoire of all periods. They have been featured at many honor festivals, conventions, and workshops, including Musicfest Canada, Canada’s national music festival. In April 2000, the UW Chamber Singers sang at the National Kodaly Conference, and in June 2000, they traveled to the Baltic countries for an extended concert tour. Most recently, the Chamber Singers performed for the Washington State Music Educator’s Convention in the Spring of 2002, and recorded a CD as they premiered a new work by Seattle-area composer Linda Waterfall, as a part of a Seattle Arts Commission award. In the summer of 2003 the choir performed with the internationally acclaimed Kronos Quartet in a premier of Terry Riley's Sun Rings. They returned to the Baltic for another concert tour in 2005 and toured to Hungary in 2007.

• Director: Dr. Geoffrey Boers
• Assistant Director: Mr. Eric William Barnum
• Rehearses Monday through Thursday from 12:30-1:20pm in Brechemin Auditorium.