FolkLib Index - Wisconsin Choirs and Choruses

          This page lists links for current and past Wisconsin-based Choirs and Choruses. All Handbell Choirs are listed on a separate page. Barbershop Choruses are listed on the "Wisconsin Barbershop Groups" page. See also the list of known Wisconsin A Cappella groups.

A  
• .Appleton Boychoir - Page ( Rob Konitzer) ( FoxArts.Net) ( Portal Wisconsin) [Active: 19??-] [Appleton]
• .Ashwaubenon High School Choir - Page ( Music Department) [Active: 19??-] [Ashwaubenon]
  B  
• .Badger State Girl Choir - Page ( Author ?) [Active: 2006-] [Neenah]
• .Bayport High School Choir (Can't find a home page for this High School) [Active: 19??-] [Green Bay]
• Beaver Dam Senior High School Bands [Active: 19??-] [Beaver Dam]
• Beaver Dam Senior High School Choirs [Active: 19??-] [Beaver Dam]
• Beaver Dam Senior High School Concert Band [Active: 19??-] [Beaver Dam]
• Beaver Dam Senior High School Jazz Ensemble [Active: 19??-] [Beaver Dam]
• .Bel Canto Chorus of Milwaukee - Page ( Author ?) ( Author ? [Archive]) [Active: 19??-] [Milwaukee]
• .Britten Choir, The [Active: 19??-] [Madison]
• Brookfield Central High School Choirs - Page ( Wikipedia) [Active: 19??-] [Brookfield]
• Brown Deer High School A Cappella Choir - Page ( Wikipedia) [Active: 19??-] [Brown Deer]
  C  
• .Carthage College Choir - Page ( Carthage Music Department) [Active: 19??-] [Kenosha]
• .Carthage Music Ensembles - Page ( Carthage Music Department) [Active: 19??-] [Kenosha]
            (for the few this might affect, this page crashes Netscape 4.79 every time)
• .Carroll College Choir - Page ( Carroll College) [Active: 19??-] [Waukesha]
• .Chaminade Women's Chorus - Page ( Portal Wisconsin) ( U. W. Fox Cities) [Active: 19??-] [city?]
• .Community Chorus - Page ( Heidi Mules) [Active: 1981-] [Hales Corners]
            (formerly: Hales Corners Community Chorus)
• Cudahy High School Choirs - Page ( Google Sites) [Active: 19??-] [Cudahy]
  F  
• .Festival Choir of Madison, The - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Author ?) ( CD Baby) [Active: 19??-] [Madison]
            (Artistic Director: Eric Townell, Executive Director: Nancy Foss, Accompanist: Theodore Reinke)
  G  
• .Gospellers, The - Page ( Wisconsin Conference UCC) [Active: 2008-] [various cities]
            [not The Gospellers a cappella group from Japan]
  H  
• .Heart to Heart - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Author ?) [Active: 19??-] [Slinger]
            ( Brad Charles, Nancy Charles, Barb Hyder, Kirk Hyder)
• .Homestead High School Choirs - Page ( Homestead High School Choirs) [Active: 19??-] [Mequon]
  I  
• .Irish Fest Choir - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Irish Fest [Archive]) [Active: 1988-] [Milwaukee]
  K  
• .Kids From Wisconsin, The - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Author ?) / Alumni Roster) [Active: 1969-] [Milwaukee]
            "The Kids From Wisconsin are sponsored solely by the Wisconsin State Fair, West Allis, WI"
            (members: Danny DeKok 1973, Greg Koch 1984, Pat McCurdy 1971-1973)
            See their discography for others who are not known to appear on any recording except ones by the Kids From Wisconsin.
  L  
• .Lakeshore Chorale - Page ( Author ?) [Active: 19??-] [Sheboygan]
• .Lakeshore Youth Chorale - Page ( Author ?) [Active: 19??-] [Sheboygan]
• .Lawrence University Concert Choir - Page ( World Concert Artist Directory) ( International Directory of Musicians) [Active: 19??-] [Appleton]
  M  
• .MacDowell Male Chorus - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( John Killa) ( FoxArts.Net) [Active: 1934-] [Appleton]
            Conductors: Gordon Kotkosky 1934-1956?, Edwin F. Zordel 1956?-19?? (28 years as of 5/1984), Al Leicht 19??-
• .MadHatters - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Author ?) [Active: 19??-] [Madison]
• .Madison Maennerchor [Active: 19??-] [Madison]
• .Makarios - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Contact [ Faith United Methodist Church, Neenah] [Active: 19??-] [Neenah]
            ( Mike Cove, Bruce Kokko, Kirsti Kokko, Andy Lambrecht, Lynn Lambrecht, Tom Lambrecht, Karen Lord (Karen Cove), Craig Zolkowski, Susan Zolkowski)
• .Manitowoc High School Choir [Active: 19??-] [Manitowoc]
• .Manitowoc Lutheran High School Choir - Page ( Author ?) [Active: 19??-] [Manitowoc]
• Master Singers of Milwaukee - Page ( Author ?) [Active: 1980?-] [Milwaukee]
• .Milwaukee Children's Choir - Page ( Dean Crocker) [Active: 19??-] [Milwaukee]
• .Milwaukee Damenchor, The - Page ( Geoffrey M. Kroening) [Active: 19??-] [Milwaukee]
• .Milwaukee Liederkranz Chorus - Page ( Geoffrey M. Kroening) ( Max Kade Institute) [Active: 19??-] [Milwaukee]
• Milwaukee Liedertafel [Active: 19??-] [Brookfield]
• .Monteverdi Master Chorale - Page ( Author ?) [Active: 19??-] [Stevens Point]
  O  
• .Omro High School Choir - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Omro High School) [Director: Dennis Sphatt [Active: 19??-] [Omro]
• .Oshkosh Chamber Singers - Discog ( FolkLib Index) (OCAT Videos), Page ( Joy Schwarz) ( FoxArts.Net) ( Portal Wisconsin) [Active: 19??-] [Oshkosh]
• .Oshkosh Choraliers - Discog (OCAT Videos), Page ( Author ? [Archive]) [Active: 19??-] [Oshkosh]
• .Oshkosh Youth Choir (aka Oshkosh Symphony Youth Choir) - Discog (OCAT Videos), Page ( Joy Schwarz 1993-2002 [Archive]) [Active: 19??-] [Oshkosh]
            ( Alexis Blair, past Director [Archive])
  R  
• .Ripon College Choir - Discog ( FolkLib Index) [Active: 19??-] [Ripon]
  S  
• .St. Norbert Abbey Choir - Discog ( FolkLib Index) [Active: 19??-] [De Pere]
• .Sheboygan North High School Choir - Page ( High School) [can't find a Music Department home page] [Active: 19??-] [Sheboygan]
• .Sheboygan South High School Choir - Page ( High School) [can't find a Music Department home page] [Active: 19??-] [Sheboygan]
• .Singing Statesmen, The - Page ( UW-Eau Claire Music Dept.) [Active: 19??-] [Eau Claire]
• South Park Middle School Choirs - Page ( Oshkosh School District) [Active: 19??-] [Oshkosh]
• .Stevens Point Area Senior High School (SPASH) Choir - Page ( Music Department) [Active: 19??-] [Stevens Point]
  T  
• .Tangled Up in Blue - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Author ?) [Active: 19??-] [Madison]
• Trinity Lutheran Children's Choir - Page ( Trinity Lutheran) [Active: 19??-] [Oshkosh]
  U  
• .University Singers - Discog ( FolkLib Index) [Active: 1967/8 - 1972/3] [UW-Madison]
            Sometime during the 1973/4 school year (date?) they performed in Kentucky. Some people there thought they were from the University of Kentucky, so they changed their name to the Wisconsin Singers.
• .Uspeh Slovenian Chorus - Page ( Max Kade Institute) - no known home page [Active: 19??-] [Milwaukee]
• .UW-Eau Claire Concert Choir - Page ( Music Dept.) [Active: 19??-] [Eau Claire]
            Other UW-Eau Claire Choral Ensembles - Music Dept.
• .UW Oshkosh Choirs - Page ( UW Oshkosh Music Dept.)
  • .UW Oshkosh Chamber Choir [Active: 19??-] [Oshkosh]
  • .UW Oshkosh Titan Chorale [Active: 19??-] [Oshkosh]
  • .UW Oshkosh Le Choeur de Femmes [Active: 19??-] [Oshkosh]
            (Directors: John A. Breese 1923-1952, Stanley S. Linton 1952-62, John Vorisek 1962-64, Harold B. Porter 1964-79, Ernest W. Teie (Tye) 1970s, Harold Heap 1979-81, Carl E. Chapman 1981-)
  W  
• .Waukesha Choral Union - Page ( Author ?) [Active: 19??-] [Waukesha]
• .Waukesha South High School Choir - Page ( Music Department) [Active: 19??-] [Waukesha]
• .Wausau Lutheran Choir (founded 1972) - Discog ( FolkLib Index) - (name changed in 19?? to Wausau Lyric Choir) [Active: 19??-] [Wausau]
• .Wausau Lyric Choir - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Author ?), Director: Lucinda J. Thayer ( UW-Stevens Point Music Dept.) [Active: 19??-] [Wausau]
• .White Heron Chorale - Page ( Author ?) ( FoxArts.Net) [Active: 19??-] [Appleton]
• .Wisconsin Community Choir - Discog ( FolkLib Index) [Active: 1968?-] [city?]
• .Wisconsin Czech Choraliers - Page ( Polkamart) [Active: 19??-] [city?]
• .Wisconsin Lutheran Choir - Page ( Wisconsin Lutheran College) ( CD Baby) [Active: 19??-] [Milwaukee]
• .Wisconsin Singers - Discog ( FolkLib Index), Page ( Shawn Lin) ( UW-Madison Student Organization Office) [Active: 1967-] [UW-Madison]
            Previously called the University Singers (1967/8 - 1972/3)

Wisconsin A Cappella Groups

• .Navan - "Irish Fest"
• .Tongue & Groove - "Jazz"

1. .Alleluia Ringers, The (of Concordia University) - "Handbell Choirs"
2. .Ebenezer Brass Handbell Choir (Ebenezer United Church of Christ) - "Handbell Choirs"
3. .Encore! Handbell Ensemble - "Handbell Choirs"
4. .First Congregational Church, U.C.C. Handbell Choirs: [Pilgrim Ringers, Jubilee Bells] (Appleton) - "Handbell Choirs"
5. .First Congregational Church Handbell Choir (Oshkosh) - "Handbell Choirs"
6. .Fox Cities Handbells - "Handbell Choirs"
7. .Jubilation Handbell Ensemble - "Handbell Choirs"
8. .Madison Area Concert Handbells - "Handbell Choirs"
9. .Milwaukee Area Handbell Ensemble - "Handbell Choirs"
10. .Ringers of Glory, First Presbyterian Church's (Oshkosh) - "Handbell Choirs"
11. .St. Peter's Handbell Choir - "Handbell Choirs"
12. .Trinity Bells - "Handbell Choirs"
13. .University Handbell Choir - "Handbell Choirs"

Wisconsin Choral Organizations / Web sites:

• . ChoralNet: Choirs in Wisconsin - Choirs on the Web
• .Contemporary A Cappella Society (CASA) - Page ( Author ?)
  Old info, ca. 2001. The above site does not list groups by state.
  • . CASA [Archive] - Local Wisconsin CASA Groups
  • . CASA [Archive] - Other Local Wisconsin Groups

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