About the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison

Mission

The Philharmonic Chorus of Madison shares choral singing in the Madison community. We love to sing, we live to sing, for you, with you.

About Us

The Philharmonic Chorus of Madison has been sharing music with the Madison community since 1946. We are an auditioned group, singing primarily a cappella but also accompanied on occasion.

The chorus performs in two concert series each year. In the spring, we typically hold three performances at various Madison area locations. In the winter, the chorus is exploring opportunities to host our own original concert series, carrying forward familiar Tudor traditions while also incorporating festive new elements. The chorus fosters several small groups of assorted sizes, which perform in our concerts and beyond.

Making music come alive with a harmonious blend of voices requires an extraordinary director. To that end, we are pleased to have hired Clare Malinowski as our director in 2022. Under her leadership, we will maintain and build upon the rich repertoire for which we are known, from classical masterpieces to modern works.

The Philharmonic Chorus of Madison is a self-governed, nonprofit chorus with a hired creative director. In addition to sharing our music with Madison, one of our objectives is to give back to our community, which we do by sponsoring young musicians with scholarships to the UW-Madison Summer Music Clinic.

Honorary Members of the Philharmonic Chorus of Madison

Periodically, the Chorus recognizes honorary members. To become an honorary member a person must meet the following criteria:

• Continuous active membership for fifteen or more seasons, including approved leaves of absence for no more than three seasons;

• Interrupted active membership for twenty or more seasons;

• A combination of active membership and Executive Board service for twenty or more seasons (e.g., being an active member for thirteen seasons and serving on the Board for seven of the thirteen seasons);

• Service to the Chorus as Musical Director for five or more seasons;

• An outstanding contribution to the musical or organizational well-being of the Chorus or to the furtherance of its objectives, as defined by the Executive Board.

Those who have been named Honorary members in the past years are listed below.

Paul Bergee
Mr. & Mrs. Bjornor Bergethon
Thomas E. Cleary
Doug & Peggy Danz
Sylvia Edlebeck
Marie Ellingson
Mary Ann Fahl
Barbara Gordon
John Hanson
Dr. Samuel M. Jones
Marie LaFontaine
Becky Lofdahl
Gerry Maruska
Jeanne Maruska
Mary Jo Moran
Sondra Sue Neimann
Donna Olson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Petzold
L. E. Pfankuchen
J. Marshall Osborn
Professor Bernhardt Westlund
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Young