LISA WONG, Director
Daniel J. Singer, Assistant Director
Daniel Overly, Collaborative Pianist
Jill Harbaugh, Manager of Choruses

The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus is one of the few professionally trained, all-volunteer choruses sponsored by a major American orchestra. In addition to performing with The Cleveland Orchestra in concerts at Severance Music Center each season, the Chorus has appeared with the Orchestra on tour in Boston, Brussels, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, London, Lucerne, Luxembourg, Miami, Paris and New York, as well as on television and in numerous recordings. The Chorus has also toured on its own to the Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico; the Chautauqua Institution in New York; and to venues in England, Wales, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany. 

Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Blossom Festival Chorus members hail from nearly 50 Northeast Ohio communities. Together, the group’s 175 members volunteer more than 50,000 hours annually, through rehearsals and performances.

Today’s Cleveland Orchestra Chorus was first formed in 1952 at the request of Music Director George Szell. The Chorus is celebrating its 70th anniversary during the 2022–23 season.