For dedicated singers, regular required attendance at rehearsals and sectionals and frequent performance opportunities, and social gatherings guarantee a rewarding experience.
Course:
MUSC 0600
Director:
L. Frederick Jodry
For dedicated singers, regular required attendance at rehearsals and sectionals and frequent performance opportunities, and social gatherings guarantee a rewarding experience.
Course:
MUSC 0600
Director:
L. Frederick Jodry
The Brown University Chorus, 55 dedicated singers drawn from all concentrations within the University, is one of the oldest groups on campus.
The Chorus performs major works regularly. Below is a list of the major works sung by the Chorus in just the past 10 years:
In 1979, the Chorus was the first American collegiate performing group to tour China, while in 1976 the group spent one month in India at the invitation of the Indian Government, presenting concerts for Prime Minister Indira Ghandi and Mother Teresa.
Frederick Jodry has been Director of Choral Activities at Brown since the Fall of 1991. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance and a Master's in Early Music from New England Conservatory, Boston. Founder and Director of Schola Cantorum of Boston, Mr. Jodry has led this 14 voice Renaissance choir in performances throughout New England. The Schola Cantorum and the Boston Camerata have appeared at Tanglewood and Merkin Hall. Together they have recorded five CDs, two of which also feature the Brown University Chamber Singers. As a vocal soloist, Mr. Jodry has sung with the Providence Singers, the Civic Chorale, Boston Cecilia, the Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montreal. Mr. Jodry is Director of Music at First Unitarian Church in Providence.