About Us
We are the Choral Society at Johns Hopkins University, Homewood's SATB choir, and the parent group of the ECCO Chamber Choir. The Choral Society is a non-auditioned full chorus whose focus is large-scale choral works, usually from the Baroque or Classical periods. Our repertoire varies in difficulty, but wea welcome singers of all ranges and experience levels, including JHU students, faculty and staff, and community members. The Choral Society performs in two concerts a year, and regularly collaborates with the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra.
ECCO, JHU Homewood's auditioned chamber choir, is a subset of the Choral Society open only to JHU students. We perform more difficult and varied repertoire, and participate in more performances per year. In recent years, ECCO has sung with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, has performed for the JHU Board of Directors, at Family Weekend, and has been invited to sing at Alumni Weekend.
Every season is a new opportunity to improve yourself as a singer under the tutelage of our director, Dr. Mark Hardy, who is also the choral program director at the Baltimore School for the Arts. We encourage anyone who is interested in either of our groups to reach out to us. We hope to sing with you soon!
