Membership is determined by audition. The Hamilton College Choir , founded in 1867, carries forward a long tradition of choral excellence. In addition to several concerts on campus and in neighboring communities, the 60-voice choir tours annually during the spring recess. Recent tours have ranged as far as Chicago to the west, Boston to the east, Montreal to the north and Atlanta to the south. In addition, the Choir has toured Europe six times, most recently a tour of Spain in 1997.
Membership is determined by audition.
The College Hill Singers provides an opportunity for qualified singers to participate in a variety of chamber ensembles, with repertory drawn from all historical periods. Membership is limited to those in the College Choir. Their repertory ranges from Renaissance madrigals to 20th-century vocal jazz. The Hamilton College and Community Oratorio Society , founded in 1975, is an organization of approximately one hundred twenty singers and is open to any member of the community without audition. The Oratorio Society has dedicated itself to bringing together Hamilton students, faculty, staff and their families with members of the surrounding community from as far north as Old Forge and as far south as Sherburne to sing great choral masterworks, accompanied by some of the finest orchestral musicians and vocal soloists in the area.