The North Carolina Master Chorale is the Resident Chorus of the North Carolina Symphony. Their most recent concerts with the Symphony featured featured Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto in February, 2024.
Founded in 1942 as the Raleigh Oratorio Society, the North Carolina Master Chorale has been performing for over 80 years. The Master Chorale includes a 175-voice Symphonic Choir, a professional Chamber Choir of 16-60 voices, and the North Carolina Master Chorale Youth Choir, which is a professionally directed honors choir for high school students. Singers in all of these choirs are selected through auditions.
Named in 2014 as the resident choir of the North Carolina Symphony, the North Carolina Master Chorale provides choral support for the Symphony for major choral works in addition to their own performances. The Master Chorale’s season consists of five to six concerts for the adult choirs, and one Youth Choir performance. The Chorale also provides the choir for Carolina Ballet performances, regularly collaborates with other arts organizations, and provides choral music to North Carolina choirs through a newly created Music Lending Library. The organization has been awarded a Raleigh Medal of Arts, and has twice filmed their holiday concert for broadcast on PBS North Carolina.
Music Director Dr. Alfred Sturgis has led the Master Chorale for more than 30 years. He is also Music Director of the Carolina Ballet and the Tar River Orchestra. In September 2023, Sturgis was awarded the Order of the Longleaf Pine.
SOPRANOS
Brooke Adkins, Katie Andress, Emily Arbour, Tiffany Bartholomew, Denise Berry, Alyson Boswell, Becky Brock, Milo Clements, Claire Diefenderfer, Erin Edgar, Margaret Escobar, Debra Etheridge, Kathryn Ferro, Alexis Giannattasio, Erin Kate Grady, Samantha Gottlieb, Anne-Marie Hain, Olivia Haley, Leslie Heal, Amber Hitchcock, Rachel Holmes, Gail Jackson, Letia Johnson, Katy Kaltenbrun, Zumanah Kamal, Mallory Kinczyk, Alicia Kirwan, Ayn-Monique Klahre, Kazue Kojima, Elizabeth Marks, Sarah Marks, Lindsay Anne McCall, Amanda McCollough, Tarron McCord ,Myra Michot, Jung Eun Moon, Svetlana Mungalov, Lesley Page, Veronica Passarelli, Mariah Piro, Cathy Poole, Sara Richard, Angela Santucci, Emily Sheffield, Martha Stallmann, Vickie Ta, Catherine Ta, Lauren Takitch, Leona Taylor, Cynthia Thomas, Sally Thomas, Fran Tracy-Walls, Taylor Troyer, Caroline Webster, Rachel Wilson, Jessica Woodbury, Lindsey Bruner Woodcock, Merranie Zellweger, Tonya Zucker
ALTOS
Pam Alachi, Jennifer Alkove, Alison Anderson, Jenny Anderson, Kay Birdwhistell, Cathy Brawner, Ruth Bromer, Kelli Bullock, Ginger Calloway, Martha Cecka, Randi Chalfant, Catie DeLiso, Ellen Demitraszek, Gina Difino, Emily Eisenlohr, Jennifer Fredette, Nadine Gershman, Veronica Gibson, Olivia Gilbert, Jamie Gilliam, Megan Gray, Rebekah Haithcock, Leslie Heavey, Claire Heins, Nancy Herje, Jenna Higgs, Kathy Hopkins, Katie Horneffer, Paula Hostetter, Stacie Howard, Laura Jones, Katrina Kalish, Karen Kletter, Abby Kolb, Barbara Lehenbauer, Olga Lobastova, Natalia Luckyanova, Judith Lyon-Mitchell, Heather Minchew, Winsome O’Neill, Kimberly Palgrave, Johanna Parker, Vanessa Patrick, Dawn Pearce, Kayla Pierce, Deborah Radisch, Stacey Rose, Olivia Schwager, Sarai Schweers, Melissa Shaheen, Joy Snipes, Carmen Stewart, Jen Summers, Matti Thompson, Beth Vandergriff, Barbara Wanamaker, Kate Woomer-Deters, Alexa Young
TENORS
John Adams, Richmond Agyapong, Steven Brooks, Alan Brown, Anil Gehi, Ken Griffo, Jerrod Godwin, Philip Guadagno, Joseph Guarascio, Jeff Hensley, Taylor Hoyt, Kenneth Jones, Kenichi Kojima, Eduardo Magistrado, Joshua McCarthy, Rick Mullen, Jack Neely, Randy Neighbarger, Mark Rossnagel, Wesley Shearer, Sean Toso, Mason Walker, Caleb Waters
BASSES
Colin Anderson, Paul Berry, Richard Best, Tim Champion, Francis Cianfrocca, Ryan Downey, Mike Gilliam, Michael Glasgow, Dan Harrell, Phil Hartfiel, David Hasenauer, Eric Heidepriem, Jeff Johnson, Chris King, Jack Krupicka, Michael Lawrence, Bradley Layton, Scott MacCracken, Brian McFeaters, DeMar Neal, Sammy Pearce, Jamie Taylor, Stan Tayor, Joseph Walls, Jack Ward, Curtis Weispfenning
