Hilo Community Chorus

Hilo Community Chorus began as an extension of the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH-Hilo)’s Music Program with community members under the direction of Tom McAlexander in 2006.

Presenting its first independent concert in 2008, the group became a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with twenty- one (21) members.

Past concert highlights include performances in New York, and Washington DC, China, South America, Turkey, and local joint concerts with UH-Hilo’s Kapili Choir and UH-Hilo Chorus, Kanilehua Chorale, the Volcano Festival Chorus, and Brigham Young University of Hawaii’s Ho`olōkahi Chamber Choir, also performing a commemorative tenth-anniversary concert on September 11, 2001.

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The Chorus performs two choral concerts a year: one in December comprised of seasonal songs and carols, and one in Spring comprised of classical and contemporary music and co-sponsors a Messiah sing-along in Hilo. This event returned on December 23, 2023.

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If you love choral singing and can devote two hours each week on Monday nights from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM for rehearsals at the University of Hawaii at Hilo Music Building (PB-8), we invite you to join us. Spring rehearsals begin in mid-January, and Holiday rehearsals begin in late August.

If you are interested in joining our choir, we would be thrilled to welcome you.

For enrollment information, please send us an email with the subject line "Sign Me Up to Sing!" to our organizational email, [email protected].