The Arizona Masterworks Chorale
Making Music Better for Over 40 Years
Our vision is to be known as a premier performing ensemble in Arizona.
Our mission is to inspire and enrich our community through the power of choral music.
“For a conscious being, to exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on endlessly creating oneself”
Henri Bergson in Creative Evolution
We are dedicated to delivering exceptional performances that captivate, uplift, and engage audiences of all ages and backgrounds.
With a commitment to artistic excellence, we strive to explore a diverse repertoire that spans different genres, time periods, and cultures, showcasing the beauty and versatility of choral music.
Through our passionate performances, we seek to foster a deep appreciation for the art form and create musical experiences that leave a lasting impact on our listeners.
As ambassadors of harmony and unity, we aim to promote inclusivity, collaboration, and cultural exchange among our singers and within the broader community.
By nurturing the talents of our members and providing a platform for growth, we aspire to be a catalyst for personal and artistic development, fostering a lifelong love and commitment to choral singing.
Together, we aim to create transcendent moments of musical expression, connecting hearts, minds, and souls through the shared language of music.
Meet the AMC Singers
Meet the AMC Music Staff
Meet the AMC Board of Directors
About the Arizona Masterworks Chorale
The English word Chorus comes from the Ancient Greek root verb “χορός” meaning “to express in unison another person’s words, or a particular sentiment,” as done by a group of persons: a chorus or choir. Chorale, first used in 1841, derives from Martin Luther’s translation of sacred hymns into the vernacular and refers to the songs themselves or the group of persons singing them together.
The Arizona Masterworks Chorale (AMC), founded in 1979, exists to bring the pleasure of voices joined together in song to our community through exhilarating and inspiring performances of the finest choral music. We’ll do it in a distinctive way to delight both the audiences who hear us and ourselves, the musicians who perform.
The COVID-19 pandemic suspended our rehearsals and concerts in the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, giving AMC leadership an opportunity to reinvent the Chorale. We elected new directors, appointed new officers, significantly updated our back-office operations, engaged a new music staff, and made a successful return to the stage in the 2021-2022 season with four concerts celebrating the diversity of American choral music, and performed the world premieres of two works written for AMC. In the community, we founded The Arts at Ascension artistic partnership with the Women’s Orchestra of Arizona and Ascension Lutheran Church to promote awareness and foster growth and collaboration.
Since then we’ve produced annual free Messiah Sing-Alongs with the Arts at Ascension, and educational and community outreach with the Global Academy of Phoenix (GAP) and Circle the City. With the GAP Treble Choir, we performed the world premiere of Whispering Hope, commissioned by the Chorale with support from a grant from the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture. We performed a Christmas concert at Circle the City’s Downtown Phoenix Medical Respite center in 2024.
We’ve defined and published a strategic plan that guides our artistic and organizational growth, and continue into the 2025-2026 season with new artistic leadership and a renewed commitment to performing both classic and contemporary masterworks of choral music at an even higher level of satisfaction and reward. AMC’s success will be a joint effort of all our artists, staff, board, and volunteers, working together in an atmosphere of community, congeniality, and professionalism, delivering the finest possible musical experience to our patrons, supporters, and the community in which we live and work.
The Arizona Masterworks Chorale, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and representation. We’re supported by ticket sales and donations, and receive annual grants from the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture and the Arizona Commission on the Arts.