Choruses
YMC has three choruses, tailored to age and level of challenge desired:
musicus: one who plays or sings music — musician
musicum: pl. musicus
Internationally award-winning!
Collegium Musicum
Click on photos to hear performance samples!
Ages 11-17+
Collegium Musicum has performed to critical acclaim – despite the group's irreverent nature. Our members have been singing together for as long as 12 years, and on average 6. The kind of cohesion engendered by such a long-standing ensemble is rare amoung youth groups. We have developed a reputation for strong musicianship, challenging repertoire, musical character, subtlety of interpretation, and of course: self-accompaniment.
collegium: 1. An executive council of equally empowered members. 2. A group whose members pursue shared goals while working within a framework of mutual trust and respect. (American Heritage Dictionary)
collegium musicum: The original collegia musica came about during the Reformation, partially as a way for non-aristocratic lay-musicians — usually students — to perform sophisticated music, primarily for their own enjoyment. Under Bach and Telemann, these amateur ensembles were often both choral and instrumental.
St. Alban's Church
1501 Washington Ave.
Albany, CA 94706
(about a mile from Crowden)
Amazing Grace (arr. John Coates Jr.) – GGF Spiritual Competition
Hymn of the Rain (Marvit)
Gnothi Safton (Papoulis)
Right before first time ever competing internationally...
– to YMC's Collegium Musicum –
honored to be the one choir at July's Golden Gate International Choral Festival
to receive awards in all five singing categories!
View some of their performances here
CONGRATULATIONS!
Collegium Musicum has performed sets with the following choral organizations:
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San Francisco Boys Chorus (First, Second)
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Viva la Musica
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San Francisco Choral Society
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San Francisco Choral Artists
participates in festivals:
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First (and last) annual West Bay Choral Festival
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HNU Choral Festival
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July 2023: Golden Gate International Choral Festival – where we definitely made a splash! Took silver in the Contemporary division.
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July 2026: Golden Gate International Choral Festival: Silvers in Contemporary, Gospel/Spiritual, and Solo. Bronze in Historical and Folk.
and was the exemplary chorus for Kodály Foundation for Music Educators' 2025 celebration: Review
This ensemble is hugely rewarding; each semester, attrition amoung those who still live here is usually zero. The music is challenging, however, so we do hold an informal audition. Potential new members are asked to please arrive at the beginning of B musicum (10:30 a.m.) on the first day to learn the material with which to demonstrate vocal independence and a clean sound.
Collegium Musicum:
Saturdays, noon-2:00 11-17+
Fall Semester: September 5 - December12th
(no rehearsal 11/28: Thanksgiving weekend)
14 weeks
Tuition: $570 per semester
12 Days After Christmas (arr. Gilpin/Marvit)
Click on performance images (above and below) to play videos