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.