Music Ensembles at Fort Lewis College
FLC Music Ensembles are open to all students, regardless of major.
Choirs
The large Concert Choir is open to all interested students at Fort Lewis College. It performs four major concerts per year, and focuses on a wide range of music and styles, including great works of the choral repertoire.
The Chamber Choir (16 to 18 voices) is selected by audition at the beginning of each term. The group concentrates on serious choral works written for chamber ensembles.
The Men’s Ensemble is a select group that performs a wide range of literature from the Renaissance to the most avant garde.
Bands
The Symphonic Band is an open enrollment ensemble representing students from a variety of majors across campus. Approximately 65 percent of the ensemble’s members are music majors or minors. The band plays four major concerts per year, performing repertoire from traditional band works to modern compositions.
The Wind Ensemble is a select group of wind players and percussionists drawn from the symphonic band. This group performs challenging literature written specifically for the wind ensemble medium.
Jazz
The Jazz Ensemble is the college’s premier jazz group that performs several concerts each year, both on and off campus. The ensemble performs a wide variety of literature associated with the jazz idiom, from standards to modern works written and arranged by local and national composers. The Jazz Ensemble is featured each winter term at the Four Corners Jazz Festival.
The Jazz Combo provides the opportunity for students who wish to improve improvisational skills and performance ability in a smaller setting. The group performs a variety of styles from swing to Latin music.
Orchestra
The San Juan Symphony is a semi-professional orchestra whose members come from the entire Four Corners region. The SJS plays concerts in both Durango, CO and Farmington, NM. The schedule includes a subscription series of 4 sets of concerts as well as a children’s program. All string majors participate in this ensemble, and admission is by audition only.
Other Ensembles
The following select ensembles provide the opportunity to study and perform literature for a wide range of specific instrumentations. Admission is by audition, and musicians participate in several on-campus performances as well as clinics/concerts in schools and community venues throughout the region.
The Baroque Ensemble’s yearly concert features performers dressed in period costumes.
