The K-State Choirs date back more than 125 years to the first meeting of the "Choral Union" in 1865. Since that meeting, the Choral Division of the K-State School of Music, Theatre, and Dance has grown to six ensembles with nearly 250 singers participating each semester. The Choral Division is led by:
Dr. Joshua Oppenheim, Director of Choral Activities
Dr. Jamie Bunce, Assistant Director of Choral Activities
Prof. David Simmons Wood, Director of Early-Music Ensembles
Since 1966, the choirs has been selected thirty-five times to appear before state, regional and national conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, National Association for Music Education, and the National Collegiate Choral Organization. The K-State Choirs have worked with notable conductors and composers such as Jake Naverud, Jeffrey Murdock, Stacy V. Gibbs, Jerry McCoy, Richard Bjella, Robert Shaw, John Alldis, Roger Wagner, and Aaron Copland. International performance and travel are an important aspect to the choral program at K-State. International performance tours have included: Paris, Vienna, Berlin, London, Salzburg, Wales, England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Rome, Florence, Venice, and Paris.
