ORPHEUS MALE CHORUS OF PHOENIX

Founded in November of 1929, The Orpheus Male Chorus of Phoenix is Arizona's longest continually performing choral organization, its debut performance occurring on Christmas morning, 1929 on Phoenix radio station KTAR. Since its inception, Orpheus has performed in venues large and small throughout the Valley and the nation as well as in Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand and on the European continent. Orpheus has created numerous recordings both on vinyl and on digital media.

Orpheus has partnered with other choral organizations in the Valley on numerous occasions and is currently a co-sponsor with the Phoenix Chorale for this year’s Boys to Men event. Orpheus partners with St. Matthew’s School in Phoenix to support their school band program.

Orpheus’s membership is made up exclusively of volunteer singers, most of whom are non-professional musicians. Orpheus’s current roster includes students, business professionals, teachers, attorneys, health professionals, chefs, retail designers and real estate professionals among its ranks; its membership representative of the wide variety of people who love men’s choral singing. Its non-singing volunteers are spouses and partners of singers as well as friends of the Chorus, all supporters of male choral music.

The current Artistic Director, Dr. Brook Larson, is the fourteenth person in Orpheus’s history to wield the conductor’s baton and is a well-know conductor and music educator. Our current accompanist, Mr. Ron Rhode, is a world-renowned theater organist and pianist. Orpheus is a 501(c)3 charitable organization whose mission is to present world-class choral music that entertains and adds cultural value to Phoenix and Arizona Communities, deliver professional quality music to our audiences through performances and outreach activities each year, and provide a rewarding educational and performing experience for male singers