Large Ensembles

Open by audition, the APSU Wind Ensemble consists of a pool of 45 select musicians from the music department. Recognized as one of the premier ensembles of its kind in the southeast the ensemble regularly performs the classic band and chamber wind literature, as well as new works by today's leading composers. Recent premiers have been met with great enthusiasm by composers Anthony Plog, Lee Hoiby and Jeffrey Wood. Recent accomplishments include performances at:

• 2008 College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Conference in Columbus, Ga,
• 2008 Tennessee Music Educators Association Annual Convention in Nashville
• 2010 College Band Directors National Association Southern Division Conference in Oxford, Ms.
• 2017 Tennessee Music Educators Association Annual Convention in Nashville

The Wind Ensemble performs two concerts per semester on the APSU campus as well as an annual spring tour to Tennessee public schools. The ensemble's first CD, Aubade, was released in the spring of 2008 featuring works by Poulenc, Stucky, Ticheli, Holst and Ives.

For more information, or to audition, contact:
Prof. John Schnettler: schnettlerj@apsu.edu | 931-221-6820

For APSU students with experience on wind or percussion instruments, the Symphonic Band offers an opportunity to perform classic and contemporary symphonic band literature during two spring concerts. Scholarships are available. 

Contact:
Professor John Schnettler: schnettlerj@apsu.edu | 931-221-6820 

No APSU basketball game would be complete without the high-energy sounds of the Pep Band.  Performing during home basketball games, conference tournament games and NCAA tournament appearances, the Band is open to all APSU students with experience playing the saxophone, mellophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone, tuba, drum set, bass or electric guitar, without audition.

Contact:
Professor John Schnettler: schnettlerj@apsu.edu | 931-221-6820

Chamber Singers is the premier choral ensemble of the university. Repertoire ranges from Renaissance motets to classical masterworks and highly challenging contemporary literature. In addition to annual holiday and spring concerts, the Chamber Singers regularly represent the music department on concert tours, at university functions, and serve as a lab choir for graduate conducting students.

The Chamber Singers are recognized as one of the most distinguished choral groups in the southeast, and have been selected to perform for regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the Tennessee Music Educators Association.

To audition or for more information, contact:
Dr. Korre Foster: fosterk@apsu.edu | 931-221-7002

Governors Singers is open to TTTB voices.

The highlight of the fall semester is the Holiday Dinner, which draws a large audience from the campus as well as the entire Clarksville community.

To audition or for more information, contact:
Dr. Korre Foster: fosterk@apsu.edu | 931-221-7002

Governor's Singers is open to SSAA voices

The highlight of the fall semester is the Holiday Dinner, which draws a large audience from the campus as well as the entire Clarksville community.

To audition or for more information, contact:
Dr. Korre Foster: fosterk@apsu.edu | 931-221-7002

Each fall, students in every major are welcome to join Opera Workshop for the fall scenes concert. Also, in the fall auditions are held for the mainstage production during the spring. Opera Workshop performances have included Italian, American, German and French operas.

To audition or for more information, contact:
Opera Director Dr. Penelope Shumate - shumatep@apsu.edu