OFA Choral Ensembles

Sheldon K.X. Reid, ’97, Conductor, Kuumba Singers of Harvard College

Kuumba is a non-auditioned choir and artistic space dedicated to singing music from the African Diaspora including spirituals, gospel, R&B, and jazz, and celebrating Black creativity and spirituality through song, dance, poetry, theater, and visual art. The oldest Black undergraduate organization on Harvard’s campus, Kuumba was founded in 1971.

Andrew Clark, Director of Choral Activities; Senior Lecturer on Music
Hana J. Cai, Associate Director of Choral Activities

The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Harvard’s nationally acclaimed mixed-voice choir, performs dynamic and innovative repertoire ranging from classical masterpieces to new compositions by renowned, emerging, and student composers. Collegium also features Underground, a student-led subset. 

Hana J. Cai, Associate Director of Choral Activities

The Radcliffe Choral Society (RCS), a treble chorus founded in 1899, performs a distinctive repertoire spanning nine centuries of choral literature. By fostering the appreciation of treble choral music, the ensemble strives to honor its history and celebrate the extraordinary community formed through its music-making. 

Andrew Clark, Director of Choral Activities; Senior Lecturer on Music

The Harvard Glee Club is America’s oldest collegiate choir and has carried on the tradition of tenor-bass choral music since 1858. Guided by our four cardinal virtues of glee, good humor, unity, and joy, the Glee Club cultivates and sustains the art of tenor bass choral music across centuries of tradition. 

Edward Elwyn Jones, Music Director

Founded in 1979, the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus is comprised of students, faculty, staff, and community singers, and performs two concerts of major choral orchestral works each season. The group enjoys an extremely diverse membership and is home to singers from widely varying musical backgrounds, from the beginning student to the experienced choral singer.

Andrew Clark, Director of Choral Activities; Senior Lecturer on Music

Cambridge Common Voices is a community chorus established in partnership between Harvard College and the Threshold Program at Lesley University, a transition program for young adults with diverse learning challenges. This ensemble strives to create an inclusive musical space and practice, affirming individual voices, and explore innovative approaches to music-making, including elements of Universal Design for Learning and Empowering Song.