What is the Druid City Chorus?
The Druid City Chorus (DCC) is a community ensemble consisting of Tuscaloosa Community members (ages 18+), University of Alabama (UA) faculty/staff, and students from UA, Stillman College, and Shelton State. The DCC performs solo choral performances and collaborates with choral and symphonic ensembles from across the state and beyond. The Druid City Chorus is committed to engaging with a wide variety of choral repertoire styles, composers, and historical eras representative of the diverse world in which our community exists.
Participation in DCC requires a voicing appointment before registering. Sign-up for your voicing appointment using the link below. Once you have attended your voicing, use one of the links below to register (for-credit OR non-credit) for the ensemble. All participants must complete a registration form prior to attending.
Rehearsal Schedule
While UA is in session, the DCC holds weekly Monday evening rehearsals from 6:30-8:00pm from mid-August through April, in room 1000 of the University of Alabama Music Building (810 2nd Avenue). Additional rehearsals may be scheduled depending on each season’s concert schedule. Dress rehearsals are typically held at the venue where each concert will be performed. DCC follows the UA calendar re observed holidays and breaks (ex. Labor Day closure, Winter Break, etc.). UA mandates regarding unexpected closures (ex. severe weather) will also be observed.
Dues
Dues will cover all repertoire and instrumental fees.
Student Singers (UA, Stillman College, and Shelton State)
Undergraduate students (of any degree-path) pay only $15 per semester for the first two semesters in the ensemble. Returning student singers who have participated in DCC for at least two semesters are exempt from payment of dues.
Graduate students in choral studies are exempt from payment of dues.
Graduate students who are non-choral students pay only $15 per semester for the first two semesters.
Community Members and Faculty/Staff (ages 18y+)
$50 per semester OR $80 per year
Scholarships are available. Please reach out to Dr. Luttig (mluttig@ua.edu) for more information.
Registration
For credit: Students – UA, Stillman, Shelton
Register for MUA 116/216/316/416
Students may take this course for 0-credits (-002) or 1-credit (-001)
Non-credit:
Complete all non-credit registration and/or payment of dues via the Community Music School website after July 15: Link to come by mid-July.
Voicings
All participants in the DCC will participate in an individual voicing. Voicings will take no longer than 15 minutes.
Voicings for the 2024-25 season will be held in two waves: Friday-Sunday, May 17-19, 2024 and Sunday-Tuesday August 4-6, 2024.
UA, Stillman, and Shelton State students only may complete their voicings on Sunday-Monday, August 18-19.
All voicings will be held at the University of Alabama School of Music.
Current members must do a re-voicing every two years. Re-voicings are necessary to keep up with the pace of the ensemble’s standards as a collaborator across the state of Alabama and beyond!
No preparation is needed for your voicing. However, please come warmed up and ready to sing! Voicings for the 2024-2025 season will consist of:
- Vocalization demonstrating your vocal range and tessitura
- Aural skills assessment
- Sight-reading an exercise or two of moderate difficulty
- A short musicianship quiz that demonstrates your understanding of reading choral music.
Sign up for a voicing here.
Performance Schedule
Inaugural Druid City Chorus Performance
Tuesday, December 3
7:30pm
Moody Concert Hall, Tuscaloosa, AL
Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Collaboration
featuring Chichester Psalms and Missa Brevis by Leonard Bernstein
Friday and Saturday, April 11-12, 2025
Birmingham, AL
Any additional performances will be announced prior to the start of the semester.
Parking
Free parking is available in the Capstone Parking Deck across from the School of Music (810 2nd Avenue). If open, feel free to use the surface lot next to the parking deck as well.
We have an exciting season ahead! We hope you’ll join us. Please reach out to Dr. Morgan Luttig at mluttig@ua.edu with any questions.