Jacksonville State University Choirs

Interested in knowing more about our vocal ensembles? Please stop by the Jacksonville State University Music Department’s booth (University Recreation Center) on Saturday, September 21st during Preview Day. Yes, it’s also Homecoming and Band Day.

Jacksonville State University A Ca****la Choir 24-25 (missing 5 singers in this pic). Many are wearing apparel representing their previous high school or college prior to attending Jacksonville State University such as (AL schools) Jacksonville HS, Gadsden City HS, Weaver HS, Spring Garden HS, Albertville HS, The Donoho School, Oxford HS, Oxford Christian HS, Mortimer Jordan HS, Fort Payne HS, Opelika HS, Moody HS, Southside HS, First Assembly Christian, Harvest Homeschool, Heritage Christian; (GA schools) Cass HS, Heritage HS, Lafayette HS, Model HS, Newnan HS, Ola HS, Robert Alexander HS, Woodland HS; Mohave HS (AZ); Gadsden State, Snead State, Central Alabama CC, Snead State, Wallace State, Auburn U, Faulkner U, Bob Jones U, and UNA.

Sing in any of the Jacksonville State University Choirs!
A Ca****la Choir (MU 218/418)
Civic Chorale (MU 196/396)
Collegiate Choir (MU 146/346, non-auditioned ensemble)
ENCORE! Show Choir (MU 295/495)
Gospel Choir (MU 138/338)
Vocal Jazz

The Jacksonville State University A Ca****la Choir has been invited to compete at the CantaRode International Choral Festival in The Netherlands on May 29 – June 1, 2025. Prior to the competition, the A Ca****la Choir will tour Belgium and perform concerts in Antwerp, Bruges, and Ghent from May 23 – 28.

Led by Professor Dr. Eliezer Yanson Jr., the ensemble is fundraising to raise $40,000 to help manage the cost of the trip. Any amount, large or small, will help provide the most outstanding experience for these deserving students! Please click link to donate. Thank you very much!

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Thankful for a fantastic academic year for the Jacksonville State University A Ca****la Choir, Chamber Singers, and Civic Chorale. Sharing with you some highlights.

✅ Chamber Singers - honorable mention, The American Prize in Choral Performance

✅ A Ca****la Choir - national finalist, The American Prize in Choral Performance

✅ Schubert Mass in G - Civic Chorale

✅ A Ca****la Choir - Spivey Hall debut

✅ A Ca****la Choir - GA, TN, AL choir tour

✅ A Ca****la Choir, Chamber Singers, & Civic Chorale - Haydn Lord Nelson Mass

✅ Chamber Singers - Faure Requiem

Kids these days… Love them! Jacksonville State University Chamber Singers. 🤣❤️🎵

Come to the final Chamber Singers concert tonight!

It's tomorrow!

It’s tonight! Come one, come all! Tickets are still available. Visit our.show/nelsonmass

Meet our baritone soloist for tomorrow's performance of the Haydn Lord Nelson Mass by the Jacksonville State University Choirs. Visit our.show/nelsonmass for tickets.

Nathan Wight, a former faculty member at Jacksonville State University, is a lyric baritone and rancher from West Texas. Dr. Wight has two bachelor’s degrees in biology and music from Abilene Christian University, a master of music from Rice University, and a doctor of musical arts from Arizona State University. He recently transitioned from his duties at JSU to homeschooling his son, who is an accomplished gymnast-currently headed to nationals. During Dr. Wight’s twenty years of service to the David L. Walters Department of Music, his most notable accomplishment was the founding of Jacksonville Opera Theatre where he produced more than 45 operas and musicals. Dr. Wight is an accomplished performer. He has sung with many companies including, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Ars Nova, Arizona Lyric Opera Theatre, Buxton Opera House, and Opera to Go. He has also performed in the Edinburgh Festival, the International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival, innumerable concerts, recitals, and Choral Concerts. He is also a skilled scenic designer, director, and lighting designer. In his spare time he hones his considerable culinary skills by preparing gourmet meals for his friends and the church he attends.

Meet our tenor soloist for our upcoming performance of the Haydn Lord Nelson Mass by the Jacksonville State University Choirs. Visit our.show/nelsonmass for tickets.

Ben Barnwell, tenor, is a graduate of Jacksonville State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Performance. His past performance engagements with JSU include tenor soloist for Franz Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G Major and Mass No. 4 in C Major with the University’s Civic Chorale. Ben has also performed as tenor soloist for Handel’s Messiah with JSU’s Chamber Singers. Past stage roles include Ernesto in Gaetano Donizetti’s Don Pasquale and Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, both with the Jacksonville Opera Theatre under the direction of Dr. Nathan Wight. As a student at JSU, Ben studied with Dr. Nathan Wight and Mr. Eric Wilcox. He has been privileged to be coached by Amber Wagner, Dr. Kristin Ditlow, and Renee Tatum. A native of Delta, AL, he is proud to see and grateful to share the arts in his community.

Meet our mezzo-soprano soloist for our upcoming performance of the Haydn Lord Nelson Mass by the Jacksonville State University Choirs. Visit our.show/nelsonmass for tickets.

Tessa Brown is an artist, worshiper, and teacher from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a graduate of Samford University with a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. Her most recent stage roles include Edith from Gilbert and Sullivan‘s Pirates of Penzance, Pamina from Mozart’s Magic Flute, and Damigella from Montiverdi‘s L'incoronazione di Poppea. Tessa also enjoys taking part in many of Opera Birmingham’s pop up concerts and community events. Her work in classical sacred music has been greatly influenced by her time at Highlands United Methodist Church where she is a choral scholar in the choir directed by Richard Phillips. Tessa currently teaches voice and piano at a conservatory in Trussville, and finds joy in passing on the knowledge of music to her students. She gives all glory and honor to God for the privilege to share her gifts with her community.

Meet our soprano soloist for our upcoming performance of the Haydn Lord Nelson Mass by the Jacksonville State University Choirs. Visit our.show/nelsonmass for tickets.

Kim Brown, soprano, teaches Applied Voice and Diction at Jacksonville State University. Prior, she was on faculty at Wayland Baptist University (Plainview, TX), where she taught varied voice-related courses and served as Director of Vocal Studies.

Dr. Brown earned a DMA in Vocal Performance from the University of Memphis, a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Alabama, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Jacksonville State University.

At home on the recital and concert stage, Dr. Brown has a particular affinity for collaborative chamber works, having performed many complete, multi-movement pieces such as To Be Sung Upon the Water (Argento), Liebeslieder-Walzer (Brahms), I Never Saw Another Butterfly (Laitman), Sechs Deutsche Lieder (Spohr), and Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 (Villa-Lobos). She has appeared as soprano soloist in concert masterworks such as Wachet Auf (Bach), Requiem (Fauré), Messiah (Handel), Te Deum (Hayes), Elijah (Mendelssohn), and Vesperae Solennes di Confessore (Mozart). On the opera stage, she performed roles including Contessa Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro), Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Mimí (La Bohème), and Michaëla (The Tragedy of Carmen).

Dr. Brown is happy to have the opportunity to be connected again with JSU, where she learned so much as a student. She currently lives in her hometown of Oxford with her husband, Daniel, and her two children, Hannah and Luke.

It's this weekend! Have you gotten your tickets yet?
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Wonderful performance tonight, Jacksonville State University Show Choir! Thank you,Tori Parris Stigile and Alison Woodward for all you do!

Come one, come all!

It's coming up soon! Get your tickets, y'all!
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"Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow." ~ Kurt Vonnegut

A CappeLUNCH!

Our first collaborative concert of the year. Come one, come all! FREE!