Founded in January 1999, the P&S Choir is a co-ed group of 15-20 singers representing all schools of the Columbia University Medical Center Campus. We are devoted to performing diverse, challenging, and fun pieces while providing a low-key, low-stress outlet for those who love to sing. The choir meets for rehearsals once a week, on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm in the Bard Hall music rooms. We have two major performances per year: a holiday concert in early December and a spring concert in late April or early May. In the past, we have performed at P&S Coffeehouses and holiday parties, and we also go caroling in Milstein Hospital during the holiday season. Our musical repertoire ranges from madrigals and classical choral masterpieces to folk pieces and contemporary classics. A recent concert featured not only Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”, but also “Sure on this Shining Night” by Samuel Barber, among other pieces. Over the years we have performed pieces by Palestrina, Rachmaninoff, Purcell, Offenbach, Brahms, Billy Joel, and many others.
Auditions are held in September and January and are open to all, regardless of prior singing
experience.