Tabor Academy’s 94 choristers swell the ranks of six different choral ensembles.  The options are many, from entry-level training chorus to the select Madrigal Singers. Tabor’s choral musicians audition for and perform at the Southeastern District, Massachusetts All-State and All-Eastern Music Festivals.  They study voice and perform in solo recitals, choral concerts, school meetings and chapel.  They sing any time the community gathers for reflection or celebration and take their special gifts to schools, churches and nursing homes outside Tabor.  Tabor Academy’s Choral Music Program is diverse, challenging and growing. 

Choral Classes

The Mixed Chorus (50 voices) is for students new to Tabor, new to singing, or just looking to be part of a large, mixed ensemble that performs everything from Handel to the Beatles.

The Men's Chamber Choir (12 voices) is a select ensemble by audition in the spring.  Emphasis is on developing the skills needed to perform demanding repertoire through the unique blend of all-male arrangements.

The Women's Chamber Choir (12 voices) is select ensemble by audition in the spring committed to the highest standards of blend and musicianship for female voices.  Both Chamber Choirs perform alone and together throughout the year. 

The Madrigal Singers (20 voices) is a select, mixed group of twenty highly skilled musicians by audition in the spring, who master a cappella classical repertoire as well as contemporary jazz and popular arrangements of note.  Past tours have taken them to San Francisco, Washington, D.C., New York, Chicago, Florida and they will be traveling to Ireland this coming year.  Emphasis is on vocal and tonal balance and spontaneity of musical expression.

Additional A Cappella Ensembles

The Tabor Tones (12 - 15 voices) is a male a cappella group meets once a week as a club.  The group is assembled by audition in the fall.

       The Nightingales (12 - 15 voices) is a female a cappella group meets once a week as a club.  The group is assembled by audition in the fall.

Private Vocal Instruction

There are over 20 students currently enrolled in private vocal instruction studying tone production, vocal placement, support and musicianship.  Students are encouraged to sing on the Music Student’s Recitals.

Music Major I and II

A comprehensive theory and musicianship class, Music Major I is open to any student who is serious about improving as a musician.  Music Major II is open to any student who has taken Music Major I or has the consent of the instructor.

Choral and Vocal Music Performance Venues

Chapel meets twice weekly and all Tabor’s Choral Ensembles take their turn leading the singing of hymns with the congregation or performing anthems and motets.  Whether for Senior Convocation, Martin Luther King’s Birthday, Veteran’s Day or Memorial day, The Chapel Program is served by Tabor Academy’s Choral Groups.  Chapel is also a popular venue for performances by our most advanced soloists.

All-School Meeting offers another weekly opportunity for vocal ensembles and solo performers to present themselves to the community. 

Lessons and Carols is a traditional Christmas worship service.  Tabor’s choral ensembles are featured throughout the service which also includes gospel readings by students and faculty members.  The Chapel is filled for this popular service bringing together the Tabor community, townespeople and for many alumni it has become a holiday tradition.

Although not limited exclusively to vocal music, Tabor Academy’s Music Alternative Program offers a unique opportunity for singers to practice their art intensively culminating in one of three annual recitals.  Recitalists must be studying privately to enroll.

The Mixed Chorus presents with the Wind Ensemble and the String Ensemble in an evening Spring Concert for the entire school community that is one of the highlights of the spring term.

The Chamber Choirs and the A Cappella groups perform with other small instrumental ensembles in a Spring Chamber Recital which offers a delightfully eclectic blend of classical and popular repertoire the second week of May.

The Madrigal Singers present the fruits of intensive labor after their Spring Tour Concert in the Chapel.