The Conspirare Symphonic Choir, established in 2000, is an auditioned chorus of both professional and volunteer singers. Most reside in the Austin area, though several commute to rehearsals and performances from as far away as the Hill Country, San Antonio, and Victoria. All are highly skilled singers with significant previous choral experience.
Led by Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson, the ensemble carries on the great oratorio tradition of epic choral storytelling. The dedicated Symphonic Choir singers are collaborative artists who sing the greatest choral masterworks with orchestra as well as new works for voices and instruments. They participate regularly in Conspirare outreach programs and serve as singing hosts for Conspirare’s popular Big Sings. Symphonic choral forces range from 50 to over 100 singers depending on the work performed.
The Symphonic Choir performs large choral-orchestral works annually in Austin and other cities as part of the Conspirare season, and collaborates frequently with other major arts organizations such as the Austin Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Austin, and Victoria Bach Festival. The choir has won several Austin Critics Table Awards, most recently for the 2012 performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms with the Austin Symphony.
Meet Our Featured Symphonic Singers
Symphonic Choir Galleries
Soprano
- Alison Acton
- Irene Adams
- Susan Anderson
- Rebecca Atkins
- Janice Beavers
- Cina Crisara
- Amy Crouch
- Catherine Davis
- Amber Deem Mullikin
- Rebecca Ellis
- Susan Fernandez
- Lori Fisher
- Caroline Frommhold
- Sara Hill
- Jen Hitt
- Millicent Garza Jardine
- Charlotte Johnson
- Monica Johnson
- Bona Kim
- Eva Laskaris
- Zoe Littleton
- Virginia Luehrsen
- Cynthia Lux
- Kari McDonald
- Susan Meitz
- Suzanne Mitchell
- Elizabeth Moyle
- Rebecca Muñiz
- Sara Pavliscak
- Adrienne Pedrotti
- Courtney Pierce
- Brittany Roach
- Lena Salha
- Senaida San Miguel
- Kelly Smeltzer
- Lisa Solomon
- Brittany Spong
- Megan Starkey
- Jen Tiller
- Allison Tucker
- Kirsten Watson
- Anna Welch
- Shari Wilson
Alto
- Louise Avant
- Brooke Beasley
- Grace Eun Cho
- Fran Collmann
- Mary Anne Connolly
- Dorea Cook
- Monica Cravotta
- Melissa Eddy
- Karen Fincher
- Rebecca Frazier-Smith
- Cheryl Fuller
- Wravan Godsoe
- Glenda Goehrs
- Kristen Graeter
- Helen Hays
- Melissa Huebsch-Stroud
- LouAnn Lasher
- Kathy Leighton
- Nancy Lesch
- Katie Lessley
- Kendra Lipman
- Mim Luetje
- Laura Martin
- Morgan Mingle
- Lindsay Nelson
- Susan Ohlrich
- Andrea Pobanz
- Linda Blair Ramsey
- Heather Rosen
- Deborah Rupp
- Christy Salinas
- Diana Sanchez-Bushong
- Steven Serpa
- Mary Simon
- Agatha Torku
- Lauren Vick
- Chandi Wagner
- Katherine White
Tenor
- Ken Beck
- Anne Bertholf
- Jack Byrom
- Bob Clagett
- Daniel Cooper
- Michael Feris
- Gary Goethe
- Adam Gonzalez
- Loel Graber
- Timothy Hissam
- William Hulsey
- Daniel Jackson
- Jonathan Kelly
- Robbie LaBanca
- Bill Lasher
- Jon-Michael Lees
- David Lindquist
- Jim Maxwell
- Ker Medero
- Paula Priour
- Bev Raney
- Louis Renaud
- Dick Rew
- Jonathan Riemer
- Eli Salazar
- John Spence
- Chris Tuggey
- Raymond Votolato
- Curtis White
- Miguel Angel Zuniga, Jr.
Bass
- Roland Barrera
- Caleb Bennetch
- Klaus Bichteler
- Eric Copper
- Marshal Crenshaw
- Rick Gabrillo
- Shawn Hampton
- Robert Harlan
- Bruce Haufler
- Doug Haunsperger
- Robert Hays
- Dionysus Henderson
- Eric Hungate
- Jake Jacobsen
- Scott Johnson
- Bob Karli
- Ben R. King
- Matthew Klimek
- Michael Kriese
- Jack Leifer
- Joe Loukotkta
- Will Pearson
- Gary W. Pyle
- Steve Reedy
- Miguel Roberts
- Duane Roth
- Thann Scoggin
- Reed Starnes
- Christian Taylor
- Jerry Young
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SOPRANO
- Erika Bacon
- Kellie Bledsoe
- Annie Byrom
- Mackenzie Carlson
- Virginia Elizondo
- Calla Feucht
- Gwen Flory
- Margaret Henderson
- Jenny Houghton
- Katie Kuhn
- Amy Mathews-Muttwill
- Angela Padilla
- Courtney Pierce
- Kathryn Quirk
- Jennifer Wang
ALTO
- Beth Berman
- Gwen Flory
- Mallory Flemister
- Becky Knox
- Julia MacDonald
- Beverly McCune
- Rebecca Miller
- Barbara O’Brien
- Flo Ann Randle
- Gabrielle Sanchez
- Kristen Simpson
TENOR
- Chris Boveroux
- Howard Burkett
- Cole Hildebrand
- Randy Preston
- Asher Streets
- Steve White
BASS
- Paul Byars
- Larry Collmann
- Gary Godfrey
- Bob Hayden
- Jackson Holtkamp
- Richard Knox
- Gabriel Lucio-Martin
- Fisher Reynolds
- Eric Schell
- Steven Sifner