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

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SOPRANO

  • Erika Bacon
  • Annie Byrom
  • Mackenzie Carlson
  • Virginia Elizondo
  • Margaret Henderson
  • Jenny Houghton
  • Melissa Huebsch-Stroud
  • Katie Kuhn
  • Angela Padilla
  • Kathryn Quirk

ALTO

  • Brooke Beasley
  • Karen Fincher
  • 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

  • David-Anthony Burger
  • Paul Byars
  • Larry Collmann
  • Gary Godfrey
  • Bob Hayden
  • Jackson Holtkamp
  • Richard Knox
  • Gabriel Lucio-Martin
  • Fisher Reynolds
  • Eric Schell
  • Steven Sifner