The award-winning choral ensemble from APU, performing repertoire from the Renaissance to contemporary a cappella and everything in between.
The Azusa Pacific University Chamber Singers, directed by Michelle Jensen, M.M., perform works in a variety of musical styles and periods ranging from early Renaissance to contemporary a capella. Founded in 2000, Chamber Singers’ high level of performance is a result of talent, discipline, excellent musicianship, and professionalism. Members of the ensemble strive to sharpen their skills as performers, educators, and musicians. Chamber Singers perform at various university events and recitals, churches, high schools, other universities, and national and international conferences and competitions.
In addition to hosting local concerts, the APU Chamber Singers have competed and toured in Germany, the Czech Republic, New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Wales, Ireland, and this year will be competing in France. They have performed at venues like the Sydney Opera House, the Vatican, Paul’s prison in Rome, and St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. They have commissioned numerous works, including “This Marriage” by Eric Whitacre, and have collaborated with artists and composers including Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre, Hila Plitman, Linda Eder, Sydney Guillaume, Ralph Carmichael, and Ben Bram (Pentatonix).
In fall 2011, the Chamber Singers were selected as 1 of 12 performing ensembles for the National Collegiate Choral Organization’s biannual conference in Fort Collins, Colorado, and again in fall of 2015 in Portland, Oregon. In spring 2013, the Chamber Singers went to Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia, Austria, where they competed in the 50th International Competition for Choirs (ICC) and won first place overall, and first place in every individual category by the highest margin in competition history. In spring 2015, Chamber Singers competed in the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales, where they placed second overall in the bid for the title of Choir of the World.
