The North Carolina Master Chorale is the Resident Chorus of the North Carolina Symphony. Their most recent concerts with the Symphony featured Orff’s Carmina Burana.
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
Amy Athavale
Nicole Baller
Tiffany Bartholomew
Allison Baumgartner
Sarah Bedini
Denise Berry
Emily Booth
Alyson Boswell
Sarah Brooks
Katherine Brown
Hannah Burchard
Jen Coyle
Claire Diefenderfer
Amy Dowis
Erin Edgar
Allie Eidson
Margaret Escobar
Debra Etheridge
Calla Feucht
Camille Fields
Alexis Giannattasio
Samantha Gottlieb
Erin Kate Grady
Olivia Haley
Abigale Hawkins
Catherine Hayward
Leslie Heal
Sara Hepler
Amber Hitchcock
Rachel Holmes
Katy Kaltenbrun
Zumanah Kamal
Mallory Kinczyk
Alicia Kirwan
Sarah Locke
Liz Marks
Sarah Marks
Susan Meador
Jung Eun Moon
Svetlana Mungalov
Tricia Neff
Danielle Owen
Lesley Page
Cathy Poole
Lauren Prestifilippo
Sara Richard
Angela Santucci
Kit Sweeney
Vickie Ta
Catherine Ta Stamey
Lauren Takitch
Sullivan Tant
Leona Taylor
Sally Thomas
Fran Tracy-Walls
Taylor Troyer
Caroline Webster
Rachel Wilson
Elizabeth Winsor
Jessica Woodbury
Merranie Zellweger
Gizem Zuber
Tonya Zucker
ALTOS
Pam Alachi
Jennifer Alkove
Alison Anderson
Jenny Anderson
Kay Birdwhistell
Cathy Brawner
Ruth Bromer
Ginger Calloway
Srikeerti Chinthala
Catie DeLiso
Gina Difino
Jane Dunbar
Emily Eisenlohr
Frances Foner
Jennifer Fredette
Nadine Gershman
Veronica Gibson
Olivia Gilbert
Jamie Gilliam
Megan Gray
Rebekah Haithcock
Jess Hanson
Stephanie Harvey
Claire Heins
Nancy Herje
Jenna Higgs
Kathy Hopkins
Paula Hostetter
Carley Hott-Baum
Stacie Howard
Laura Jones
Karen Kletter
Marguerite Kreitsek
Barbara Lehenbauer
Olga Lobastova
Jacquelyne Lorson
Natalia Luckyanova
Judith Lyon-Mitchell
Hailey McCulloch
Heather Minchew
Irem Ozay
Kimberly Palgrave
Vanessa Patrick
Dawn Pearce
Kayla Pierce
Debi Radisch
Sarai Schweers
Joy Snipes
Jen Summers
Beth Vandergriff
Kate Woomer-Deters
Alexa Young
TENORS
Steven Brooks
Joshua Fowler
Dan Gaugert
Anil Gehi
Jerrod Godwin
Ken Griffo
Jeff Hensley
Taylor Hoyt
Christopher Hunter
Kenneth Jones
Antonio Jordan
Michael Kilbridge
Eric Luke
Eduardo Magistrado
Steven Martin
Joshua McCarthy
Jack Neely
Randy Neighbarger
Nathan Reading
Wesley Shearer
Mike Taylor
Caleb Waters
BASSES
Chris Anderson
Samuel Belgique
Paul Berry
Richard Best
Aidan Brooks
Edward Brown
Tim Champion
Ryan Downey
Michael Glasgow
Dan Harrell
Lee Harrison
Phil Hartfiel
David Hasenauer
Hal Haygood
Eric Heidepriem
Bill Isler
Jeff Johnson
Chris King
Jack Krupicka
Michael Lawrence
Bradley Layton
Adam Lindgren
Scott MacCracken
Kurt Marsden
Brian McFeaters
Luke Meyer
Josh Mizesko
Eric Montressor
Adam Schreiner
Joe Strahl
Stan Taylor
Jamie Taylor
Joseph Walls
Jack Ward
Curtis Weispfenning
Thomas Wilson
Donald Ziff
