String Chamber Music. Students who participate in string chamber music are placed in appropriate ensembles and coached by a member of the Esterhazy Quartet. The objectives of the groups differ, some doing a great deal of public performance and others spending most of their time learning chamber music techniques and literature. These objectives are determined in consultation with the students. Sections are often combined with pianists or wind players in order to perform the masterpieces of chamber music literature.
Admission is by consent of the string faculty.
University Singers . The University Singers, conducted by David Rayl , is the most prominent choral representative of the MU School of Music and offers a proud tradition of excellence in choral singing. The repertoire is varied, including major works from all periods of music history. The choral excellence of this ensemble has captured the attention of audiences in Washington, D.C. and New York, at national conventions of professional music organizations, and at the Brighton and Exeter Festivals in England. Alumni of the University Singers have gone on to become professional members of touring companies such as those directed by Norman Luboff and Robert Shaw.