Wellesley College Choir Fundraiser Fall 2013

The Wellesley College Choir is a musical ensemble dedicated to creating and sharing the power of music. Since 1900 we have been providing young women from all academic disciplines and backgrounds the opportunity to learn teamwork, leadership skills and musical theory.

All of our concerts are free and open to the entire Wellesley community. We perform a selection of contemporary and classical music from a wide variety of cultures and religions. As well as performing locally, every year we go on tour to a new destination. Last year we traveled to Canada, where we collaborated with singers from McGill University and performed for elementary-aged music students in Quebec City.

This year our tour will take us to North Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C.! We are very excited to have the opportunity to travel and especially to perform with the University of Virginia's Men's Glee Club, but because our members come from a wide range of financial backgrounds, not everyone can afford the entire cost of the trip.

We feel that this tour will be an incredible learning experience, so we are committed to making sure that everyone can go, regardless of individual financial situations. To that end, we have assembled an online auction that will open on the 9th of November and close on the 8th of December. Choir members have donated fantastic items including homemade jam, a private tour of the Massachusetts State House by Representative Jennifer Benson, hand-crafted jewelry, numerous knitted accessories and much more. We invite you to participate in our auction; all proceeds from this fundraiser will go towards defraying the cost of our tour.

The Wellesley College Choir is a charitable organization. Our Tax ID number is 20-2851809.

If you are interested in making a donation, but do not wish to participate in our auction, please send an email to our Business Manager, Kendall Lackey, at klackey@wellesley.edu. She can also be reached by phone at (512) 538-8297.

Thank you for supporting the Wellesley College Choir! Help us share our music with the world!

Wellesley’s Choral Ensembles allow students from all disciplines and backgrounds to experience the exhilaration and joy of performing great choral music in beautiful venues with excellent musicians. With over a century’s worth of history, the tradition of choral singing at Wellesley has long been a vital part of campus life. In addition to presenting works for women’s voices, the choir collaborates with male choruses to perform works for mixed voices and orchestra. The choir tours annually, having concertized throughout the US and in many European countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Canada, and the Baltic States. Recently, they toured to Seoul, South Korea, where they sang for audiences as large at 7,000 people. In 2010, Choir was chosen to sing at the American Choral Director’s Association conference in Philadelphia and were also featured at the Boston ACDA conference in February 2017. They were featured in the 2003 motion picture Mona Lisa Smile along with the Chamber Singers. This year, the Choir will go on tour to Charleston, SC and Atlanta, and Savannah, GA.