Stony Brook Chorale and Camerata Singers
About the Ensembles
The Stony Brook Chorale is a 75-voice choral ensemble that incorporates members of the student body and campus community.
Camerata Singers is a chamber choir of 35 singers that performs standard choral repertoire, as well as contemporary and world music. Past conductors include Mark Orton, Timothy Mount, Jeffrey Francom, and Alice Cavanaugh. The ensemble has been under the direction of Shoshana Hershkowitz since 2014.
Performances by the Stony Brook Chorale and Camerata Singers will highlight underrepresented composers, including women and composers of color. The ensembles have a standing commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, and strive to reflect this in their programming
Concerts
Monday, November 30, 2026
Monday, May 3, 2027
Tickets: $15/$10 seniors (62+)/$5 students. Both performances take place at 7:30 pm
in
the Staller Center Recital Hall.
Stony Brook Chorale - MUS 261
Monday evenings
Camerata Singers - MUS 271
Wednesday Evenings
Conducted by Shoshana Hershkowitz
shoshana.hershkowitz@stonybrook.edu
AUDITION INFORMATION
Stony Brook Chorale and Camerata Singers will hold in-person auditions the first Monday and Wednesday of the semester. You can audition on either day for either ensemble. Only one audition is necessary. Sign up for your audition time here with your Stony Brook email address.
Auditions will take place in Staller 2342 (second floor of the music building).
Placement in the Chorale is guaranteed, this audition is simply to place singers in the correct voice part. Returning members do not need to re-audition. All new members should prepare any song that they are comfortable singing unaccompanied.
Singers must audition for placement in Camerata Singers, where space is limited. Singers should prepare a song to sing unaccompanied. Singers will also be asked to sight read in the audition.