In the Fall, the Choral Union is featured in the annual GWU Choral Clinic. The clinic is directed by a nationally recognized choral conductor who has been invited to lead the clinic. Selected North and South Carolina high school students are invited to participate with the Choral Union in this two day event which culminates in a concert featuring all choirs. Numbering approximately 50 musicians, the orchestra performs two concerts per year. The Fall concert features masterworks such as overtures, symphonies, tone poems, dances, and waltzes and often accompanies GWU faculty and local or internationally known solo performers.
Orchestra enrollment is by audition only.
In the Spring, the Orchestra features winners from its Regional Concerto Competition . Winners are chosen from pre-college and college divisions and feature keyboar, instrumental, and vocal performers. This competition has been held annually. The University Orchestra is a full member of the American Symphony Orchestra League and the Association of Symphony Orchestras of North Carolina. Contact the Director of the University Orchestra for more information.