The Concert Choir has also been Temple's choral ambassador in the United States and abroad. The choir is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students and performs some of the great masterworks of the choral and choral/orchestral canon in addition to new American choral music. TUCC and has presented many first Philadelphia performances, including Robert Moran's Hagoromo, Alfred Schnittke's Requiem, Arvo Pärt's Passio Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Joannem, Eriks Ešenvalds's Three Teasdale Poems and Donald McCullough's Song of the Shulamite. Praised for 'professional musicianship' and 'rich, free sound' (Boston Music Intelligencer), the Temple University Concert Choir (TUCC) has enjoyed a regional and national reputation for excellence and versatility. Rehearses Tuesday and Thursday, 1:00PM - 2:50PM Engagements for 2015-2016 included invited conference performances for the National Collegiate Choral Organization and American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division, as well as a performance of Bach motets with special guest conductor Helmuth Rilling. Between the 1940s and 1980s the combined choirs performed annually with The Philadelphia Orchestra, and since 2002 have collaborated annually with the Temple University Orchestra at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. In 2015, the Concert Choir and members of the University Singers joined The Philadelphia Orchestra and Westminster Symphonic Chorus for a four-performance run of Bernstein's MASS under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. 8 for that year’s Grammy Award for Best Classical Choral Performance (Other Than Opera). In 1967, under the preparation of Robert Page and the baton of Eugene Ormandy, the choirs performed Carl Orff’s Catulli Carmina with The Philadelphia Orchestra, a performance that tied with Leonard Bernstein’s Mahler’s Symphony No. They embrace both standard choral works and contemporary music from all around the world. Temple choirs strive for excellence, artistry, and individual growth. The seven ensembles comprise nearly 200 students each year, and have enjoyed regional and national acclaim for their performances both individually and collectively. The Temple University Choirs have enjoyed a rich tradition of excellence under the batons of some of Philadelphia's most prominent conductors.

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