Celebrating its 50th Anniversary season, the Hartford Chorale is one of the region’s most renowned symphonic choruses. The Chorale enjoys critically acclaimed collaborations with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra as well as with a number of other orchestras and sponsors throughout southern New England.
The Hartford Chorale is a volunteer not-for-profit organization that presents, on a symphonic scale, masterpieces of great choral art to listeners throughout the region and beyond. The Chorale was established in 1972 by a group of choral musicians who had the desire to form a new, independent, and self-supporting organization. Under the musical direction of Maestro Richard Coffey since 2005, the Chorale reaches out to and inspires the widest possible audience with exceptional performances of a broad range of choral literature, including renowned choral masterpieces.
The Chorale is composed of more than 130 singers, mostly from central Connecticut, with others traveling from Massachusetts and Rhode Island for weekly rehearsals in West Hartford. The Chorale offers talented, experienced singers the opportunity to study and perform at a professional level, while its internship programs make it possible for gifted high school and college musicians to rehearse and perform with the Chorale and its orchestras. Competitive auditions for membership are held on a regular basis.
While the Chorale performs most often in the Greater Hartford area, the chorus has also been heard at Carnegie Hall as well as in several distinguished performance halls in the Northeast. In addition, the Chorale has toured internationally throughout Europe and Asia. A 2020 tour to the United Kingdom was postponed due to the pandemic, and the Chorale looks forward to resuming its commitment to touring as soon as possible.
For additional information, please visit hartfordchorale.org.
