About the Chorale
The Larimer Chorale, founded in 1977, is the largest classical choral group in northern Colorado featuring over 110 auditioned adult voices. Our diverse repertoire includes works by the masters of classical choral music, including Bach, Mozart, Brahms, and Beethoven. We also perform lighter music, such as pieces by Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and other 19th- and 20th-century composers. Our singers volunteer their time (over 20,000 hours per year), attend weekly rehearsals, and perform three or more concerts from September through May. We are a member of the nonprofit organization, the Larimer Choral Society, along with the Centennial Children's Chorus, Colorado Youth Chorale, and Choice City Singers.
Our Mission
The Larimer Chorale, an auditioned symphonic chorus based in Fort Collins, is committed to presenting choral music at a high artistic standard, with an emphasis on choral-orchestral masterworks, and to enriching and educating singers and audiences throughout northern Colorado through live performances, recordings, workshops, and the creation of new choral works.
To accomplish this mission, we perform three to five full-length concerts per year and engage in an active program of community outreach, particularly to youth. Over the course of a concert season, our concert attendance exceeds three thousand. Our youth outreach includes providing tickets for youth at the heavily discounted price of five dollars each in order to encourage attendance, providing an annual scholarship for a local student vocalist to Colorado State University’s Rocky Mountain Summer Music Camp entirely subsidized by member contributions, and hosting a visit to a dress rehearsal by children from the Boys and Girls Club of Larimer County. During this visit, the children tour the performance hall, meet some of the performers, learn about the work being performed and how a concert comes together, and sing a bit with the Chorale.
To learn more about the Larimer Chorale, visit our profile on the Colorado GivingFirst website:
http://www.givingfirst.org/LarimerChorale