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University of Windsor Singers
The University of Windsor Singers is the oldest and largest musical ensemble on campus, with a membership of 70 - 80 singers each term. We welcome members from all segments of the campus who can pass a minimal audition. As do all our ensembles, the University Singers carries a half course credit which is repeatable for several semesters, and is a graded course. Thus, it makes an attractive Arts option for those who need such a credit.

The choir usually performs two or three times per year, including (in many years) an appearance with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra. In April 1997, they were one of two choirs who joined the WSO to give two performances of Mendelssohn's landmark oratorio, Elijah. They are also an integral part of "A Festival of Christmas, " the annual Christmas choral concert presented by the University of Windsor School of Music.

Rehearsals for the University Singers are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Auditions for new members are held at the beginning of each term.

Jeffrey Walker, director
Jeffrey Walker holds organ performance degrees from the Oberlin College Conservatory and the Eastman School of Music. He is a past winner of the prestigious American Guild of Organists National Competition. He studied conducting with Daniel Moe and Robert Baustian at Oberlin, and James G. Smith at Eastman. He was a full-time church musician for 25 years, conducting choirs of all ages. Having completed an 18-year tenure at the First Presbyterian Church of Flint, Michigan, he is now in his fourth season as Organist/Choirmaster of Christ Episcopal Church in Detroit, where he directs a semi-professional parish choir. He is instructor of organ and harpsichord at the Flint Institute of Music, and performs regularly in the Flint Symphony Orchestra. He also maintains a busy schedule as a piano, organ, and harpsichord tuner/technician throughout mid-Michigan.

While at First Presbyterian Church, Mr. Walker instituted a concert series to feature significant choral repertoire with professional orchestra. The 70-voice Chancel Choir sang such works as Mozart's Coronation Mass and Solemn Vespers, the Haydn Lord Nelson Mass, Beethoven Mass in C, Schubert's Mass in B-flat, and the Duruflé Requiem. The choir was invited to participate in performances in New York City under the auspices of Mid-America Productions, including Mendelssohn's Elijah at Carnegie Hall, and the Brahms Requiem at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

University Singers Concerts 2009 / 2010

Sunday, Dec. 6/09 at 3:00 pm
Festival of Christmas with University Singers
Assumption Church, 350 Huron Church Rd.
University Singers, Jeffrey Walker, director
Let the University Singers lift you into Holiday spirit at this annual choral concert

Sunday, March 14/10 at 3:00 pm
University Singers Spring Concert
Assumption University Chapel, 400 Huron Church Rd.
University Singers, Jeffrey Walker, director

Saturday, March 27/10 at 8:00 pm
La musique sublime – Fauré
Chrysler Theatre
Windsor Symphony Orchestra, John Morris Russell, conductor
Lillian Scheirich, violin
WSO Chorus, Jeffrey Walker, chorusmaster
University Singers, Jeffrey Walker, director