Kansas State University was founded February 16, 1863. Since that time, instruction in music has been a feature throughout the history of the school. From the earliest performance of the "Choral Union" in 1865, Kansas State University Choral ensembles have been a vital and visible entity to the more than 24,000 students at KSU every year.  Currently, the Choral Music Division is led by Dr. Joshua Oppenheim and Dr. Julie Yu - Co-Directors of Choral Activities. Since 1966, the choir has been selected thirty-two times to appear before state, regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference, Music Teachers National Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.  The KSU Choirs have worked with notable conductors: Robert Shaw, John Alldis, Roger Wagner and Aaron Copland.  International performance and travel are an important aspect to the choral program at K-Starte.  We have recently begun embarking on international performance tours every other year. International travel has included: Paris, Vienna, Berlin, London, Salzburg, Wales, England, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Australia, Netherlands, Belgium, Rome, Florence, and Venice.

scholarships... auditions 

We have both non-auditioned and auditioned choirs.  If you'd like to audition for an audition choir  or be considered for a choral scholarship regardless of major- we've made it even easier with our online submissions to be considered for scholarships and choral placements.


the momentum continues...

For the sixth consecutive year, we've had a record number of singers in the choirs.  We're very excited to work with all the groups this year.

The K-State Women's Choir was selected to sing the Honor Concert at the Kansas Music Educators Association conference in February, 2013.  This marks the second year in a row that a K-State Choir has been selected to perform on this honors concert.  

In-A-Chord will be featured entertainment at the Kansas State University 150th celebration.  They will be performing throughout the weekend and premiering a special commissioned arrangement just for this event.

The KSU Choirs will be embarking on their third international tour in May.  We will walk in the footsteps of Berlioz, Bizet, Debussy, Fauré, Gounod, Offenbach, Ravel, and many other influential composers with performance tours of Paris, Caen and Tours. 


another successful year closes!

2011-2012 saw many wonderful developments and additions in the choral music division at Kansas State University.  All of the the choral ensembles had wonderful achievements including:

-Invited performance by the KSU Men's Choir at KMEA.
-Invited performance by the KSU Concert Choir at ACDA.
-A record number of attendees at All-State Prep Day
-A record number of attendees at Vocal Arts Day
-A record number of auditions for the Summer Choral Institute.
-In•A•Chord makes a big splash around Kansas
-The first "Choral Holiday Concert" in McCain

2012 SW-ACDA Conference Performance
The KSU Concert Choir recently competed their performance at the Meyerson Dallas Symphony Center.  They received an enthusiastic standing ovation at the 2012 SW-ACDA Conference in Dallas, TX.  The choir was selected by competitive audition to perform at the Southwest Region of the American Choral Directors Association. 

KMEA Conference Performance
The KSU Men's Choir was selected by audition to perform on the "Honor Concert" of the Kansas Music Educators Association Conference in Wichita in February of 2012.  The choir was honored to perform and received a standing ovation form an enthusiastic audience.  This is the ensemble's first invited performance at the conference, and we are honored to be selected for this prestigious performance.