Portland State University Choirs

Portland State University Choirs Welcome to our page! Check back for performances and updates by choirs at Portland State. The choirs perform combined, as well as separate SA and TB ensembles.

Portland State is home to numerous choral ensembles: Chamber Choir, Thorn Choir (TB choir), Rose Choir (SA choir), University Choir, and our Community Chorus. The Portland State Chamber Choir is a dedicated group of fine singers and choral music lovers. The Chamber Choir provides challenging musical education to students, as well as personally enriching and rewarding performance opportunities. Sin

gers in the choir must rise to meet the challenging demands of teamwork, ensemble, time commitment, and travel. As an ambassador within the Arts community, the Chamber Choir seeks to strengthen the reputation of the Portland State Music Department, both locally and around the world. Founded in the Fall of 2011, the Rose and Thorn choirs were renamed in 2018 to de-gender the choirs. The University Choir was the very first music ensemble created at Portland State University, and continues to be Portland State’s non-auditioned choir open to all, and often numbers over 100 singers. They sing a wide variety of literature from Classical music to spirituals, gospel music, and maybe even some pop songs. They meet once a week on Wednesdays or Thursdays. The Community Chorus is returning in fall of 2022. It is a special ensemble made up of PSU faculty, staff, and alumni from around the university community. Virtually all of the singers come from outside the music department, from Information Technology to Mathematics to Campus Rec.

Save the date! Choir auditions are just over a month away! 💚Sign up link will be available September 1st! More info to c...
08/14/2025

Save the date! Choir auditions are just over a month away! 💚Sign up link will be available September 1st! More info to come!

Your Audition will include

Vocalizing to see your range
Melody memorization
Sight-singing
Rhythm reading
And singing verse one on your chosen voice part of the Road Home.

Materials available upon sign-up.

If time allows) You should prepare a short song or part of a song (approx. 30 - 60 seconds long) that you can sing by yourself with no piano or backing track. The song can be Classical, Music Theater, Folk or Pop Music.
If you have further questions, please contact
Prof. Morris at [email protected]. See you in choir!

First Community Sing Concert tomorrow🤯❤️Second concert of the season! LocationFirst Christian Church1314 SW Park Ave.Por...
12/06/2024

First Community Sing Concert tomorrow🤯❤️

Second concert of the season!

Location
First Christian Church
1314 SW Park Ave.
Portland, OR 97201
Cost / Admission
$20 General, $10 students and seniors

Join the PSU University Choirs and Community Choirs under the direction of Coty Raven Morris, Peter Freeman, and Ian Timmons as they present an evening of holiday and seasonal selections sure to evoke your imagination. Our concert includes selections spanning a multitude of cultures that are sure to leave you singing. We will also feature performances by guest ensembles for an array of enchanting stories and music as we reflect on the melodies and threads that connect us all 🥹

Don’t miss your chance to hear esperanza spalding perform as guest artist in the much-anticipated world premiere of Darr...
11/16/2024

Don’t miss your chance to hear esperanza spalding perform as guest artist in the much-anticipated world premiere of Darrell Grant’s “My Father Digging,” based on Seamus Heaney’s famous poem “Digging.” This premiere is just one of many great works at the Portland State University Choirs concert “Tapestry of Time,” featuring the PSU Chamber Choir, Thorn Choir and Rose Choir. The choirs will perform selections from around the world, bookended with music by female composers Hildegard von Bingen from the Middle Ages and Elaine Hagenberg, our most popular living composer. Don’t miss this spectacular choir season opener!

PSU Choirs present “Tapestry of Time”
Friday, November 22, 7:30 PM
Sunday, November 24, 4:00 PM
Portland’s First United Methodist Church
$10 Students and Seniors, $20 General

Learn more at the Events Calendar link in Bio.



A very spooky and silly HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃from your Portland State Choir team 😆❤️👻
11/01/2024

A very spooky and silly HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃from your Portland State Choir team 😆❤️👻

Welcome Back, Portland State! We hope you have a wonderful first day of school! 🔥👩🏾‍🏫whether you are looking to make new...
09/30/2024

Welcome Back, Portland State! We hope you have a wonderful first day of school! 🔥👩🏾‍🏫

whether you are looking to make new friends, participate in high caliber music making, to be part of a successful team, or just to have a good time, there’s a place for YOU in Choir! 🙌🏾❤️

Check out one of our interest sessions this week! Hope to see you there and have a great fall term!

Happy Fall, Everyone!The Portland State Auditioned Choirs are ready to dive back into what will be an EVENTFUL year! 🥰Ev...
09/26/2024

Happy Fall, Everyone!

The Portland State Auditioned Choirs are ready to dive back into what will be an EVENTFUL year! 🥰

Everything from performances with the Oregon Symphony to local community sings… trips across the country to premiere new music and even trips across the WORLD! 🤯❤️It’s a great day to sing at Portland State! 👏🏾👑

Want to be part of this magic? It’s not too late to join one of our community choirs or contact Prof. Coty Raven Morris about an auditioned ensemble!

Hope to see you there!

05/31/2024

Today is the day! Join us for the final Portland State Choir concert of the season entitled “Into the Light”!!! One of the many special moments of the evening will be premiering this Community Sing gem by one of our own students, Apollo Fernweh 🙌🏾🏆🔥

STUDENTS ARE FREE! Hope to see you tonight!

Join us tonight for 'Into the Light', closing out the 2023-24 choir season. Event now free for PSU Students with their s...
05/31/2024

Join us tonight for 'Into the Light', closing out the 2023-24 choir season. Event now free for PSU Students with their student ID!

pdx.edu/events/Into-the-light

Go Nic!! And go Chamber Choir!! Album coming later this year... 💚🎼💚
05/25/2024

Go Nic!! And go Chamber Choir!! Album coming later this year... 💚🎼💚

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1838 SW Jefferson Street
Portland, OR
97201

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