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Salt Lake Choral Artists thanks the voters of Salt Lake County for their support of the Zoo, Arts & Parks program.

ABOUT US

Salt Lake Choral Artists is one of America’s premier community choirs, delighting audiences with outstanding choral performances for many years. Under the excellent guidance of Dr. Brady Allred, SLCA continues a tradition of superb community choral singing that began as the Jay Welch Chorale. With the appointment of Dr. Allred as Artistic Director and conductor in the summer of 2004, the organization took on a new mission and name.

The group has been revitalized and reorganized to include a concert choir of 166 voices, a chamber choir of 49 voices, and a women's choir of 77 voices. This creates greater diversity of repertoire which allows more singers to participate in a high-level artistic experience and enhances audience appeal. The choir focuses on classical, contemporary, and culturally diverse music and emphasizes collaborations with other performing groups from the community.

Hired in 2003 as Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at the University of Utah, Dr. Allred is the recent winner of two prestigious international choral festivals with his University of Utah Singers, an accomplishment that has brought significant recognition to Utah and the University. Dr. Allred has applied his wealth of choral conducting experience, remarkable range of musical talent, and exceptional leadership to bring the Salt Lake Choral Artists to a higher level of artistic excellence. His skills have generated new enthusiasm among choir members, serious interest from the media, and the attention of donors who recognize the importance of promoting top-quality performing arts in this community.

With a talented director, a committed, hard-working board, enthusiastic choir members and continued community support, there is no doubt SLCA will reach its goal of providing a unifying and uplifting musical experience and of enhancing educational opportunities.

MISSION

The Salt Lake Choral Artists is a community choir dedicated to:

• Disciplined training and education of musicians in the art of choral singing

• Study and rehearsal of choral literature representative of a variety of significant .musical traditions

• Performances of the highest artistic quality for the purpose of stimulating greater enjoyment, appreciation, and understanding of choral music by as many people as possible