University of Wyoming Collegiate Chorale Recital
Free lunchtime concert on Tuesday 26th May at 1pm
Free lunchtime concert on Tuesday 26th May at 1pm
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We are delighted to welcome musicians from the University of Wyoming Collegiate Chorale, the premier ensemble of the University of Wyoming Choral Program.
Since its founding more than 80 years ago, Collegiate Chorale has had a distinguished history of conductors that include George Gunn, Carlyle Weiss, Nicole Lamartine, Holly Dalrymple, and Brian C. Murray. Collegiate Chorale has appeared on numerous state, regional, and national convention programs of the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, and the Music Teachers National Conference.
Recent performances have included G. F. Handel’s Messiah (2025), Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana (2025), W. A. Mozart’s Requiem (2024), Elaine Hagenberg’s Illuminare (2023), and Johannes Brahms’ ein Deutsches Requiem (2022). The choir has also premiered commissions and consortiums including Jeff Lippencott’s American Patriot Hymn (2025), Timothy Takach’s We Are Phoenix (2025), and Reginal Wright’s “Imagined Corners” (2025).
Touring opportunities have led to performances at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Teton Village, Wyoming; Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver, Colorado; and Avery Fisher Hall in New York. On the international stage, Collegiate Chorale has performed in the finest concert halls and cathedrals of England, Wales, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Mexico, and Brazil. Collegiate Chorale regularly collaborates with the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra as well as regional orchestras in performances of choral/orchestral masterworks.
Since its founding more than 80 years ago, Collegiate Chorale has had a distinguished history of conductors that include George Gunn, Carlyle Weiss, Nicole Lamartine, Holly Dalrymple, and Brian C. Murray. Collegiate Chorale has appeared on numerous state, regional, and national convention programs of the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, and the Music Teachers National Conference.
Recent performances have included G. F. Handel’s Messiah (2025), Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana (2025), W. A. Mozart’s Requiem (2024), Elaine Hagenberg’s Illuminare (2023), and Johannes Brahms’ ein Deutsches Requiem (2022). The choir has also premiered commissions and consortiums including Jeff Lippencott’s American Patriot Hymn (2025), Timothy Takach’s We Are Phoenix (2025), and Reginal Wright’s “Imagined Corners” (2025).
Touring opportunities have led to performances at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Teton Village, Wyoming; Boettcher Concert Hall in Denver, Colorado; and Avery Fisher Hall in New York. On the international stage, Collegiate Chorale has performed in the finest concert halls and cathedrals of England, Wales, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Mexico, and Brazil. Collegiate Chorale regularly collaborates with the University of Wyoming Symphony Orchestra as well as regional orchestras in performances of choral/orchestral masterworks.
Brian C. Murray is the Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Wyoming. At UW, he leads a program of seven choral ensembles as well as graduate studies in choral conducting. In addition to individual concerts and recruiting festivals, the University of Wyoming Choirs frequently perform choral masterworks. Recent collaborations include Brahms’ ein Deutsches Requiem (2022), Hagenberg’s Illuminare (2023), Mozart’s Requiem in d minor (2024), and Orff’s Carmina Burana (2025). Notably, in 2024 the UW Singing Statesmen gave invited performances for the Wyoming Music Educators Association and the Northwestern American Choral Directors Association. Prior to earning his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting at the University of North Texas, Dr. Murray taught high school choir for seven years in Carrollton, Texas. He received a Master of Music Education degree from the Florida State University and a Bachelor of Music degree in choral music education, summa cum laude, from the University of North Texas. He remains connected to his alma mater by returning each summer and serving as an associate director of the UNT All-State Choir Camp and a faculty member for the UNT Choral Conducting Symposium. Dr. Murray has presented interest sessions for state, divisional, and international choral conferences and he has published in ChorTeach and the Choral Journal. He is a frequent clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor, and has led professional engagements in 15 states as well as Canada, the Czech Republic, and South Korea.dit.
