For more than a century, Doane choral groups have inspired audiences all over the world with performances of sacred and secular music. During annual national tours, the choir has presented concerts all over the United States, from Minneapolis to Dallas, Los Angeles to New York City, and at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.  The choir regularly tours internationally, and has sung concerts in 15 countries, including Brazil, Costa Rica, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, and Switzerland.  On the choir’s 2018 South Africa tour, they performed for and with the world-renowned Soweto Gospel Choir and presented concerts in Cape Town and Johannesburg.  Doane’s choirs are returning to South Africa in May of 202.  The choir has also presented concerts at many of the most prestigious musical cathedrals in Europe, including St. Mark’s Cathedral in Venice and the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany.

The Doane Choir regularly performs choral-orchestral works with area orchestras, including Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (twice), Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Jake Runestad’s Dreams of the Falleni and A Silence Haunts Me, and Johannes Brahms’ A German Requiem.  The Doane Choir has regularly been featured at Nebraska state music convention, and has sung at a regional convention of the American Choral Directors Association.  The choir has worked with such noted guest conductors and artists as Simon Carrington, Eph Ely, William Hatcher, Joseph Jennings, Craig Hella Johnson, Kyle Ketelsen, Weston Noble, Alice Parker, Doreen Rao, Jake Runestad, Constantina Tsolaninou, Eric Whitacre, and both Sir David Willcocks and his son, Jonathan Willcocks.

Videos of several of Doane’s choral groups are available for viewing on YouTube; search “Doane Choir,” “Doane Doublewide,” or “Doane Jazz Unlimited.”  Doane offers four choral organizations; every interested student has an opportunity to participate.  In addition to the Doane Choir, other choral ensembles include Collegiate Chorale, Doublewide, and Jazz Unlimited.  You can follow the Doane choirs and music department on both Instagram (@doanevocalmusic) and Facebook (Doane University Music Department).