

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: High Point University Chamber Singers in Galway
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Free lunchtime concert! 🎶

Outstanding visiting university choir from North Carolina USA, with director Marc Ashley Foster

Modern and traditional sacred, spiritual and gospel favourites by John Tavener, Eric Whitacre, Thomas Tallis, John Rutter, Dolly Parton and many more 🤩

The Chamber Singers from High Point University, located in High Point, NC, is the premier vocal ensemble of the university.  This select ensemble is made of students from many academic disciplines across campus and who hail from all over the country.  Each person was chosen through a competitive audition and receives of scholarship for his or her participation.  The choir rehearses five days per week and performs over 40 concerts annually.  
The choir has been honored to perform a solo concert to a sold-out audience at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2011; was the featured collegiate choir performing at the North Carolina Music Educators Association (NCMEA) Conference in 2013; The regional convention of the College Music Society (CMS) in March, 2015; performed at the North Carolina American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Conference in September, 2015 and 2018; the Southern Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in Chattanooga, TN in March, 2016; and was excited to be one of the featured collegiate choirs, selected from over 700 world-wide, at the Quadrennial General Conference of the United Methodist Church in Portland, Oregon in May, 2016.  Chamber Singers have also been featured on several compact disc recordings from Hinshaw Music Inc. as part of their promotion of new choral music and have been honored to premier choral works by Dan Forrest, Richard Waters, James Green, David Schwoebel, and many others. 
Chamber Singers have toured extensively throughout the United States and abroad.  International performances include St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the Duomo in Florence, and St. Mark’s in Venice, Italy; and concerts in Vienna and Salzburg, Austria; Berlin, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Budapest, Hungary; and Wroclaw, Poland.  From January through May of 2017, members of the choir spent the semester touring Europe, while based out of Prague, Czech Republic and studying at Anglo-American University.  In December of 2021 and 2023 Dr. Foster and the choirs at High Point University were featured on a nationally televised Christmas Eve special on ABC affiliate tv stations and reproduced in December 2022 on NBC affiliate tv stations.  In June 2022, Chamber Singers toured the Czech Republic and was a featured ensemble in Vienna, Austria where they participated in a concert celebrating the 252nd birthday of Beethoven with a festival chorus, orchestra, and soloists at St. Stephen’s Cathedral.  In June of 2023 the choir traveled to London England and joined with professional choruses Vox Anima and Voces 8 in a concert featuring the music of acclaimed composer Paul Mealor.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/galway/high-point-university-chamber-singers-in-galway/200029851084259
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Galway
- **state**: GY
- **country**: Ireland
- **location**: St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
- **lat**: 53.27277
- **long**: -9.05366
- **full address**: St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Lombard Street, Gaillimh, County Galway, H91 PY20, Éire, Galway, Ireland

## Event Organizer details

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- **organizer**: The International Music Exchange (https://allevents.in/org/the-international-music-exchange/12709752)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 06 May, 2026 at 01:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Saint Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Lombard Street, Gaillimh, County Galway, H91 PY20, Éire, Galway, Ireland
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The International Music Exchange
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, music, concerts, business, conferences, performances, festivals
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about High Point University Chamber Singers in Galway ?
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