The Symphonic Chorus of the Upstate 2019 - 2020 59th CONCERT SEASON BINGHAM VICK, JR. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR THE MISSION OF THE GREENVILLE CHORALE is to promote and celebrate the art of choral music.

THE VISION OF THE GREENVILLE CHORALE is to perform concerts of the great choral masterworks at the highest level of excellence; to support the creative and artistic lives of singers at all stages of their musical development; and, to reach into the community to bring the power of live performance to as many people as possible.

We believe...that in a world of political, economic and personal disintegrations music is not a luxury but a necessity --not simply because it is “therapeutic,” nor because it is the “universal language,” but because it is the persistent focus of man’s intelligence, aspiration and goodwill.

Opening statement from the Creed of The Collegiate Chorale (, founder and director, early 1940’s) Buy-one-get-one-free tickets to the best shows in town

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Bingham Vick, Jr Bingham Vick, Jr. is in his thirty- ninth season as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Greenville Chorale. Since 1981 he has expanded the repertoire of the Chorale and excited the Chorale’s ever-growing audience with highly acclaimed performances of great choral- orchestral literature. In 1997 he founded and continues to conduct the professional Herring Chamber Ensemble. Dr. Vick retired as Professor Emeritus from in May, 2010. He was Director of Furman Singers for forty years. A native of Charlotte, NC, he earned degrees from Stetson University and Northwestern University, where he was a student of Margaret Hillis and Assistant Conductor of the . He sang for several years in the Robert Shaw Festival Chorus, conducted by Robert Shaw. Dr. Vick retired in 2003 as Musical Director at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Greenville after twenty-eight years of service. At Furman, in addition to his choral work, Vick taught voice, , choral literature, and vocal-choral methods. He is a Life Member of the American Choral Directors Association (a past president of the thirteen-state Southern Division ACDA), and an active member of the Music Educator’s National Conference, and the International Federation for Choral Music. Vick is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Pi Kappa Lambda, Omicron Delta Kappa, and The Quaternion Society of Furman University. Over the past forty years, Dr.Vick developed an outstanding reputation as a conductor and teacher. During his career, he has conducted many of the great choral-orchestral masterworks, including J.S.Bach’s Mass in B-Minor, Handel’s Messiah, the Berlioz , ’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Haydn’s