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The '''Harvard Choruses''' are three choral ensembles at [[Harvard University]], consisting of the [[Harvard Glee Club]], the [[Radcliffe Choral Society]], and the [[Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum]] (respectively tenor/bass, soprano/alto, and mixed choruses). Often, the three Harvard Choruses combine to perform a large choral-orchestral work.<br />
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The Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus is an adjunct member, consisting of both Harvard students and members of the broader community, and serving in part as a training chorus for the other groups.<br />
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The Harvard Choruses are under the direction of Harvard's director of choral activities, Andrew Clark.<br />
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== History ==<br />
The all-male Harvard Glee-Club, the oldest collegiate choir in America, was established in 1858 by the president of Harvard's [[Pierian Sodality]] and several of their college friends.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://harvardgleeclub.org/about/ |access-date=2017-07-05 |website=[[Harvard Glee Club]] |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Archibald T. Davison]] was the Glee Club's first conductor and he served as choirmaster there before joining the Harvard Music Department in 1910. The members, a combination of undergraduate and graduate level students, are known for singing the Harvard fight songs at university events.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegler |first=Elijah T. |date=November 9, 1990 |title=Inside Harvard Choirs |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1990/11/9/inside-harvard-choirs-pdespite-harvards-cultural/ |access-date=2017-07-05 |website=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |language=en}}</ref> In 1899 the Radcliffe Choral Society was established as a treble choral ensemble.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=http://www.radcliffechoralsociety.com/about1.html |access-date=2017-07-05 |website=[[Radcliffe Choral Society]]}}</ref> More recently came the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, which boasts the only SATB membership of the three groups, and focuses primarily on early-Renaissance music.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}<br />
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Until 2016, the Harvard Choruses were commonly known as the '''Holden Choruses''' or '''Holden Chapel Choirs''', names derived from the choirs' original rehearsal and office space at [[Holden Chapel]] in [[Harvard Yard]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.radcliffechoralsociety.com/history.html |access-date=2021-06-04 |website=[[Radcliffe Choral Society]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://holdenchoruses.fas.harvard.edu/ Holden Choirs]<br />
* [http://harvardgleeclub.org Harvard Glee Club]<br />
* [http://radcliffechoralsociety.org Radcliffe Choral Society]<br />
* [http://www.hrcm.org Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum]<br />
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