Introducing

Philharmonie Austin Chorus is comprised of many of the country’s finest singers and made their first appearance singing A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in December of 2024. In the 2025-2026 season, we are officially launching them as a new resident choral ensemble in Austin, singing in three concerts!

Under the direction of conductor Mark Dupere, the group will explore a diverse range of repertoire from the Renaissance to the modern era. They will serve as the official chorus for all Philharmonie Austin choral-orchestral projects in the future, including their appearance with Philharmonie Austin in this season’s ‘Mass in B-Minor’ by Johann Sebastian Bach. In addition to this concert, they will sing ‘A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols’ with guest conductor Allen Hightower in December and the ‘Hear My Prayer’ concert in March.

They will aim to produce performances that enliven the soul, as the musicians draw on a diverse wealth of knowledge from generations of performance practice research, bringing this into the live performance sphere. The priority of each Philharmonie Austin Chorus performance is generous and communicative music-making, bringing older and newer musical language to life for today’s audience.