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The Lubbock Civic Chorale began in September 1976, following numerous
enthusiastic performances by a ''sing-along'' group during the Bicentennial
celebration. That first group was only a handful of unauditioned people who had
a dream of choral excellence on the South Plains. Over the years, the group
grew to a viable force in Lubbock. It successfully performed the works of such
composers as Bach, Mozart, Haydn and Brahms. Most of these were accompanied by
piano until the spring of 1985 when the Chorale was asked to perform with the
Texas Tech University choirs and the University Symphony Orchestra in the
annual Orchestra/choir Scholarship Concerts.
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It was after the 1987 scholarship concert that efforts were made to
form a union between the civic and university forces. The Lubbock Civic Chorale
and the Texas Tech Chorale Union merged into the University-Civic Chorale to
provide musical interaction between Tech's college students, faculty and staff
and people in the community. The result has been outstanding as it continues to
act as an independent musical organization with both youthful enthusiasm and
mature aspirations.
The combined forces created a chorale of substantial size to perform
many of the major choral works with full orchestral accompaniment. Included in
the Chorale's repertoire are such works as the Mozart's GRAND MASS IN C,
Beethoven's NINTH SYMPHONY, and Haydn's CREATION.
The Director of Choral Activities at Texas Tech serves as the
conductor of the ensemble, which changed its name to The Lubbock Chorale in
October 1992. It is under the present conductor that the concert seasons have
regularly included accompaniment by full orchestra on the majority of
performances. Now, the Chorale performs major works with orchestra three times
a year.
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The Lubbock Chorale performs great choral masterworks at the highest
attainable standards and provides a public service by bringing such music to
the attention of the community.
The Chorale regularly performs with other organizations of national
and international reputation both in and out of Lubbock. Also, the Chorale
provides a meeting place for choral singers of compentences and achievement to
further their musical education.
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