The Morgan State University Choir is one of the nation’s most prestigious university choral ensembles. The choral forces include the University Choir, over 120 voices strong, and the Morgan Singers, approximately 40 voices. While classical, gospel, and contemporary popular music comprise the Choir’s repertoire, it is noted for its emphasis on preserving the heritage of the spiritual, especially in the historic practices of performance.
The Morgan State University Choir has performed for audiences throughout the United States and all over the world. One of its most historic moments was when it sang with Robert Shaw, the Orchestra of St. Lukes, and Jessye Norman at Carnegie Hall’s One Hundredth Birthday Tribute to Marian Anderson. In the 1996–97 season its “Silver Anniversary” concert was broadcast into homes throughout Maryland and won three Emmy awards.
The Choir probably performs with more major orchestras in the United States than any other university choir. During the 1999–2000 season, it was featured with the New York Philharmonic in Wynton Marsalis’s commissioned work All Rise. In 2005, at the invitation of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the Choir performed at the State Department’s annual African American History Month Celebration and sang for the service honoring the late Rosa Parks. In 2008 the Choir appeared at Carnegie Hall in both Fauré’s Requiem with Bobby McFerrin and the Orchestra of St. Lukes and Bernstein’s MASS with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony. In 2011 it sang at the unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial in Washington. In 2015, at the request of First Lady Michelle Obama, it performed at the White House in a nationally televised concert with Aretha Franklin, Shirley Caesar, and Tamela Mann. With The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Choir sang in the world premieres of Hannibal’s One Land, One River, One People in 2016 and his Healing Tones in 2019, among other performances. The Morgan State University Choir has shared its musical gifts on many grand stages all over the world, making them cultural ambassadors for Morgan State University, the City of Baltimore, the State of Maryland, and the United States.
Sopranos
Rebecca Beavers
Brehonna Brehon
Madison Bryson
Victoria Copeland
Tatiyana Davis
Cynthia Finkley
Jayda Green-Dumas
Salome Guzeh
Sasha Harris
Alyssa Holder
Alexandra Huettner
Jaylin Jennings
Brooklynn Jessie
Shakyla Johnson
Jada N. Jones
Madison McGill
Ciera G. McMurray-Hodges
Daesha Montgomery
Chloe Moses
Danielle Muse
Aaraya Newlon
Christine-Nicole Nyivih
Cecilia Paynter
Brianalee G. Rodriguez
Dale S. Sanders
Samone Scriber
D’Nayyah Simmons
Khya Turner
Alicia Wallace
Jasmyne Washington
Aayana Webster
Jailah Wehye
Danielle West
Vanessa Willis
Ashlyn Wilson
Altos
Ashley Bellamy
Aliyah Blackmon
La’Miya Canady
Nicole Carroll
Neambi Carter
Na’Shari Cusseaux
Kendyl Deramus
Madina Diallo
Isrrael Frederick
Bethany Gibson
Kamyah Hammond
Brittany Haynes
Asia Haynie
Nevaeh Heflin
Tyler K. Hines
Amanda Holmes
Janie Hughes
Tah’Jai Irvine-Allen
Jaia Jackson
Deijah Knight
Laila J. Lucas
Kaila-Elle Miles
Peyton Miller
Cali Morris
Amaya Murillo
Aniah Roberts
Mikayla Santos
Marley Smith
Nylaa Watts
Jada Willis
Tenors
Brandon R. Addison
Goodness Awogbade
London Blackwood
Jahquis Davis
Damon Debose
Brent Easley
Oguchi Egbunine
Arthur Green
Trae Hopkins
Stephen Jones, Jr.
Braylen Lawson
Aaron Newlon
Michael Onianwah
Tochukwu Opaigbeogu
Quamir Payton
Jonathan Pettus
Darrin Scott
David W. Smith
Randolph W. Smith
Ausar Square-Musa
Luther Westbrook
Michael Yates
Basses
Tijesunimi Adeyemi
Matthew Bryson
Malik Cameron
Deryus Carter
Ricard Charles
Darrell Davis
Kendall Green
Maurice Harrington
Darren C. Jahmani, Jr.
Julien Johnson
Davonte Jones
John Jones
Astrid Kengne
Keton Meredith
Zhion Perkins
Cameron Potts
Nyriq Shareef
Mosula Tapusoa
Kameron Waller
Jeremiah Washington
Dorian Whittington-Forbes