North Carolina Master Chorale

The Master Chorale was founded as Raleigh Oratorio Society and their first concert performance was on April 11th, 1943. The North Carolina Master Chorale is an umbrella choral organization, meaning that it encompasses several types of choral ensembles. Our largest ensemble is our adult Symphonic Choir (175 singers), which is a volunteer choral ensemble. Our adult Chamber Choir (ranging from 16 - 60 singers) is a smaller professional choir, and our Youth Choir is a professionally directed honors choir for high school students. All of these choirs require high level auditions to be selected for participation. The North Carolina Master Chorale is the premier semi-professional choir for our region. Our impact includes providing performance opportunities for our avocational singers, developing young singers through our youth choir, providing choral music to area choirs through our newly created lending library, providing choral support to other arts organizations, and providing high-level performances for our audiences.