#  OFA Choral Ensembles 

 



##  About the Choral Ensembles 

Harvard's choral ensembles bring students together through music that spans centuries, cultures, and traditions. From chamber choirs to powerhouse choruses, 450 student and community singers perform, tour, and celebrate identity through music in over 80 performances annually.

Several ensembles including the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, Harvard Glee Club, and the Radcliffe Choral Society can be taken for course credit in partnership with the Music Department. These ensembles, along with the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus and Cambridge Common Voices comprise the Harvard Choruses Organization. See below for further information on choral ensembles.



 

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Having access to the cello through the rental program has been one of the most meaningful parts of my first year at Harvard. It helped me grow as a collaborator, performer, and listener.

 

Meena Karimi ‘28

 

 



 

 

 

 

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 [## Kuumba Singers

 ](https://kuumbasingers.org/)**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.



 

 

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 [## Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum

 ](https://hrcm.org/)**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.



 

 

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 [## Radcliffe Choral Society

 ](http://www.radcliffechoralsociety.com/)**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.



 

 

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 [## Harvard Glee Club

 ](https://harvardgleeclub.org/)**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.



 

 

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 [## Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus 

 ](https://hrc.harvardchoruses.fas.harvard.edu/)**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.



 

 

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 [## Cambridge Common Voices

 ](https://www.singatharvard.com/ccv.html)**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.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

### Explore all our Music Program offerings 

 

From the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra to the Harvard Glee Club, students can learn and perform in a variety of ensembles and musical traditions. Last year, over 950 students were involved in OFA Music Program activities, presenting over 150 performances. The OFA also provides funding for individual instrumental and vocal lessons, instrument rentals, and for student music groups.



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##  Explore Our Other Programs 

 



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 [### OFA Ceramics Program

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 [### OFA Dance Program

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 [### OFA Theater Program

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