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The BJU Chorage and Symphony Orchestra perform Dan Forrest

Encounters with Excellence

From the Gustafson Fine Arts Center to Rodeheaver Stage, from Greenville’s Peace Center for the Performing Arts to New York’s Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Symphony Center, and international tours, students enjoy a wide range of performance opportunities in exciting venues.

Membership in Division of Music ensembles is by audition and is open to all University students regardless of academic major. Students register and receive academic credit for ensembles each semester. 

Register for your course number of interest (see below), block hours on your schedule, and audition during Welcome Week. 

Instrumental Ensembles 

Symphonic Wind Band MWF 4-5 p.m. - register for Ens 191 Large Instrumental Ensemble
University Symphony Orchestra TTH 4-6 p.m., W 4-5 p.m. (string sectionals) - register for Ens 191 Large Instrumental Ensemble
Chamber Ensembles - register for Ens 192 Chamber Ensemble
     Brass Choir TTH 11:45 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
     Chamber Harp Ensemble W 4-5:50 p.m.
     Percussion Ensemble MW 1-1:50 p.m. 
     String chamber groups various times
     Woodwind chamber groups various times

Choral Ensembles - register for Ens 190 Choral Ensemble to your registration

University Singers MWF 11:45 a.m.; TH 4-5:30 p.m.
Concert Choir MWF 4 p.m.; TH 4-5:30 p.m.
Chorale MWF 4 p.m.; TH 4-5:30 p.m.
Chamber Singers MW 5-5:50 p.m. 

Oratorio, Opera, and Musical Theatre Productions

Donzetti's Elixir of Love
Rogers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music
Haydn's The Creation
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Saint-Saens' Samson and Delilah
A Tale of Two Cities
Mozart's Cosi fan tutte
Lucia Di Lammermoor
La Cenerentola

Ensembles in Residence

Rivertree Singers
Greenville Concert Band

Featured Performances

 

Orchestra

 

Choirs

 

Symphonic Wind Band

 

Opera and Musical Theatre

Download the BJU Orchestra Handbook 2024-2025 here. 

Download The Art of Professionalism here.