[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ next_background_color=”#ffffff” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/12\/orchestra-peeps-scaled.jpeg” height=”550px” max_height=”550px” custom_padding=”||||false|false” bottom_divider_style=”arrow2″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”8%||||false|false” custom_padding=”||9px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dsm_text_divider header=”Ensembles” color=”#FFFFFF” divider_style=”none” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”Open Sans|700||on|||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_font_size=”60px” background_enable_color=”off” min_height=”109px” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”26px||||false|false” header_font_size_tablet=”60px” header_font_size_phone=”35px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” background_color_tablet=”rgba(0,0,0,0.39)” background_last_edited=”on|phone” background_enable_color_tablet=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dsm_text_divider][et_pb_divider color=”#FFFFFF” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”51%” module_alignment=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][dsm_text_divider header=”Ensembles” text_alignment=”left” color=”#E71939″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”–et_global_body_font|600|||||||” header_font_size=”25px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/dsm_text_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Ensembles can be taken for credit even by non-music majors. Participation requires an audition. For the fall semester, auditions are typically held in late May and late August; for the spring, auditions are held in late December and late January. <\/span>Register your interest in auditioning<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”-34px|||||” custom_padding=”19px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”–et_global_body_font|600|||||||” header_font_size=”32px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Queens College Orchestra is the premier orchestral ensemble at the Copland School. Concertizing across more than five centuries of repertoire, it is a contemporary musical laboratory for the refinement of ensemble skills, student leadership, and presents a regular season of popular public concerts. Its constituent ensembles, the chamber orchestra, the studio orchestra, and the opera orchestra, all draw upon its membership. Regularly engaged in recording projects and reading sessions, the orchestra also collaborates with Queens Opera and the Queens College Choir and Choral Society.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/prod6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/02\/2017-12-13_Live_Orchestra_Concert_014-scaled.jpg” alt=”Queens College Orchestra” title_text=”Live Orchestra Concert” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/prod6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/01\/qc_symphonic-wind-ensemble_ACSM24-scaled-1.jpg” alt=”Queens College Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Fall 2024″ title_text=”qc_symphonic-wind-ensemble_ACSM24-scaled” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Symphonic Wind Ensemble performs traditional wind band repertoire as well as original compositions of twentieth and twenty-first century works. In addition, the wind ensemble advances our students’ aesthetic awareness and delivers an advanced ensemble performance experience in music from a sweeping variety of cultures and genres. This ensemble produces concerts that educate and delight audiences in music and cultural artistry from diverse backgrounds, especially works and performances from women and other underrepresented people.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”–et_global_body_font||||||||” header_font_size=”32px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Queens College Treble Choir is a select, auditioned ensemble with a membership of approximately 30 singers. Comprised of music and non-music majors, the Treble Choir performs repertoire exclusively for soprano and alto voices. This ensemble is committed to studying culturally responsive and reflective repertoire and highlights a broad spectrum of music from Medieval to Modern. The Treble Choir engages in various performances throughout the academic year and is open by audition only. Recognized as one of the finest collegiate choirs in the region, the QC Treble Choir has appeared in many of Manhattan’s prestigious venues, including St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Carnegie Hall. It has been invited to perform at the New York State School of Music Association Convention in Rochester, New York, and the American Choral Directors Association Conference in Boston, MA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/prod6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/01\/qc_treble-choir.jpg” alt=”Queens College Treble Choir” title_text=”qc_treble-choir” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/01\/qc-choral-society-ensemble-scaled.jpeg” alt=”Queens College Choral Society Ensemble, Colden Auditorium” title_text=”qc-choral-society-ensemble” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Queens College Choral Society, Founded in 1941, is “a singing organization of and for the public, and the students and staff of Queens College.”<\/p>\n From its inception, the Society has had strong ties to the Queens community. Its founding Music Director, Queens College Professor John Castellini, is credited with helping to deepen the Queens community’s exposure to the fullest breadth of musical literature, by leading the Society in premieres of major works\u00a0— a tradition that continues to this day.<\/p>\n The Society’s Music Directors have been John Castellini (1941 – 1969), Carl Eberl (1970 – 1978), Lawrence Eisman (1978 – 2001), Harold Rosenbaum\u00a0(2001 – 2002), and James John (2002 – Present).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” min_height=”421.4px” custom_margin=”-48px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Society’s Members<\/strong><\/p>\n From its earliest days, the Society has drawn families and individuals of every age, ethnic background, and profession to its Wednesday evening rehearsals.What attracts members to the Society? The factors that drew early members are the same ones that attract members today: a\u00a0chance for amateurs to participate in the musical life of Queens; an opportunity to deepen appreciation for musical genius by bringing its fruits to life; the Society’s organizational verve and spirit; and by a common bond, the love of fine choral music.<\/p>\n The Society’s Repertoire<\/strong><\/p>\n The Society typically performs two concerts per year with orchestra (in December and May) devoted to the great masterpieces of choral literature. Recent performances have included Benjamin Britten’s\u00a0<\/span>War Requiem,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Verdi’s\u00a0<\/span>Requiem,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Bach’s\u00a0<\/span>Magnificat,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Haydn’s\u00a0<\/span>Creation,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Beethoven’s\u00a0<\/span>Mass in C,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Brahms’s\u00a0<\/span>Requiem,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>Haydn’s\u00a0<\/span>Lord Nelson Mass,<\/em>\u00a0 Bernstein’s\u00a0<\/span>Chichester Psalms,<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>and Handel’s\u00a0<\/span>Messiah.<\/em><\/p>\n The Society has also performed multiple premieres of new works, including pieces composed by Queens College Music Department faculty members Allen Brings, John Castellini, Joel Mandelbaum, Karol Rathaus, Bruce Saylor, and Hugo Weisgall.<\/p>\n For more information visit the Choral Society’s website at\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.qcchoralsociety.org.<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”–et_global_body_font||||||||” header_font_size=”32px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Queens College Vocal Ensemble is a select chamber choir of 18-24 graduate students, faculty, and advanced undergraduate students specializing in cappella music from the Renaissance to the 21st century. Programs from the past few years have included Bach’s Jesu, meine Freude<\/em>, Britten’s Five Flower Songs<\/em>, Frank Martin’s Songs of Ariel<\/em>, the American premiere of Mondendinge<\/em> (a set of three pieces by contemporary Swiss composer Rudolf Jaggi), Monteverdi’s Sestina<\/em>, Brahms’s Drei Ges\u00e4nge, Op. 42, Barber’s Reincarnations<\/em>, Poulenc’s Un Soir de Neige<\/em>, an evening of Scandinavian choral music, as well as world premieres of works written for the group by Leo Kraft and Sidney Boquiren. In 2006, the Vocal Ensemble appeared at the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Convention in New York City as part of a conducting master class with Jerry Blackstone of the University of Michigan, and was one of four featured collegiate choirs in “An Evening of Choral Artistry” at Alice Tully Hall. In March 2009 the Vocal Ensemble released a CD featuring the part songs of Scottish composer Hamish MacCunn, funded through a PSC-CUNY grant.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/prod6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/01\/Queens_College_Vocal_Ensemble-1.jpg” alt=”Queens College Vocal Ensemble” title_text=”Queens_College_Vocal_Ensemble” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/03\/QC-014-scaled.jpg” alt=”Queens College Jazz Ensemble” title_text=”QC-014″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Jazz Ensemble Program at Queens College offers students hands-on experience working with jazz groups under the tutelage of experienced jazz artists. Jazz Performance Majors are required to take 3 semesters of ensembles led by the jazz faculty:<\/p>\n Ensembles cover a broad range of topics, including Latin music, original compositions, the music of a particular jazz composer such as Dizzy Gillespie or Bud Powell, big band, odd and mixed meter, vocal performance, and choir.<\/p>\n Topics vary from semester to semester.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”–et_global_body_font||||||||” header_font_size=”32px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Percussion Ensemble is directed by Michael Lipsey. The group’s repertoire has included premiere performances of new works as well as standard repertory.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/prod6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/01\/qc-percussion-ensemble.jpg” alt=”Queens College Percussion Ensemble” title_text=”qc-percussion-ensemble” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/12\/Brass-300×225.jpeg” alt=”Queens College Brass Ensemble” title_text=”Brass” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Brass Ensemble, directed by David Jolley, provides the brass players challenging group experiences. The group presents a full concert every semester.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”–et_global_body_font||||||||” header_font_size=”32px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Nota Bene Contemporary Ensemble is dedicated to the performance of twentieth-century music, including repertory classics, new music, and faculty and student works. In past semesters, the Nota Bene Ensemble has performed at New York University’s Black Box Theater and the Open Ears Festival Marathon, worked with violinist Todd Reynolds, and improvised with Sylvan Leroux of the Fula Flute Ensemble. The last concert included works by Andreissen and Rzewski.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/prod6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/01\/nota-bene-contemporary-ensemble.jpg” alt=”Queens College Nota Bene Contemporary Ensemble ” title_text=”nota-bene-contemporary-ensemble” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/prod6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/01\/Queens_College_saxophone_Ensemble.jpg” alt=”Queens College Saxophone Ensemble” title_text=”Queens_College_saxophone_Ensemble” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The\u00a0<\/span>saxophone quartet<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>has become the seminal chamber ensemble for the saxophonist, and has established itself as an active and vibrant part of music making in the 21st century.Comprised of soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, the Queens College Saxophone quartet is dedicated to the performance of the full spectrum of original works from the 19th through 21st centuries, including classics of the repertory, new music, and faculty and student works. It has scheduled performances in fall and spring semesters.\u00a0<\/p>\n The\u00a0<\/span>saxophone ensemble<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is a conducted group of 8-14 saxophones ranging from\u00a0 sopranino to bass. A vast range of music is played, including transcriptions and original works spanning traditional to contemporary styles.\u00a0 Students have the opportunity to play different size saxophones as well as performing conducted music without part doubling. \u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” header_font=”–et_global_body_font||||||||” header_font_size=”32px” custom_padding=”||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Since its inception in the Spring of 2009 for Queens College’s production of Monteverdi’s Orfeo, the Queens College Baroque Ensemble has been performing works of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Under the direction of baroque violin specialist Dongmyung Ahn, the group focuses on this music of the Baroque period using baroque bows and historically informed performance practice. In addition to the group’s regular performances at Lefrak Hall (Queens College), the group has also performed at The Church of the Holy Trinity (New York), The Church in the Gardens (Forest Hills), King Manor Museum (Jamaica, Queens), and on the acclaimed Chamber Music Live series.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/prod6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/01\/QC-baroque-ensemble.jpg” alt=”Queens College Baroque Ensemble” title_text=”QC-baroque-ensemble” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/149\/2025\/03\/2019-03-20_The_Magic_Flute_Cast_2_73-scaled.jpg” alt=”Queens College Opera” title_text=”The Magic Flute Cast 2″ force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||25px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px|0px|false|false” box_shadow_style=”preset4″ box_shadow_color=”#E71939″ locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”16px” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n The Queens College Opera is a five-time winner of the National Opera Association Opera Production Competition.<\/p>\n Our mission is to give deserving students performing opportunities and exposure to a wide variety of repertoire in both staged productions and scenes. Outreach events allow us to broaden our audience and provide the community a chance to hear our diverse and talented young artists.\u00a0 Performance assignments are tailored to students’ needs to foster musical and dramatic skills development.<\/p>\n Productions have included\u00a0<\/span>The Magic Flute, Le Nozze di Figaro, Dido and Aeneas, Hansel and Gretel,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Bernstein’s\u00a0<\/span>Mass, The Rape of Lucretia, Cos\u00ec fan tutte,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>and at least one world premiere; Bruce Saylor’s\u00a0<\/span>The Image Maker.\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Scenes range from the familiar to the unexpected and have included excerpts from The Chocolate Soldier, Der Rosenkavalier, Don Giovanni, Cendrillon, I Capuletti ed i Montecchi, Werther, L’Italiana in Algeri, and\u00a0<\/span>Pacific Overtures.<\/em><\/p>\n Admission to the Opera is by audition.<\/p>\n Queens College Opera is a member of the New York Opera Alliance.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.2″ _module_preset=”default” min_height=”440.4px” custom_padding=”0px||13px||false|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Open Sans||||||||” text_font_size=”15px” header_4_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font_size=”25px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nQueens College Orchestra<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Symphonic Wind Ensemble<\/h4>\n
Queens College Treble Choir<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Queens College Choral Society<\/h4>\n
Queens College Vocal Ensemble<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Jazz Ensemble<\/h4>\n
Percussion Ensemble<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Brass Ensemble<\/h4>\n
Nota Bene Contemporary Ensemble<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Queens College Saxophone Ensemble<\/h4>\n
Baroque Ensemble<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Queens College Opera<\/h4>\n
Hours and Location<\/h4>\n