Borealis is the select treble choir on campus. These singers frequently collaborate with guest conductors and other ensembles and have sung with Anonymous 4, Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory, Z. Randall Stroope, Mark Sirett, the Des Moines Symphony, and the Seoul Women's Chorus of South Korea, as well as other collegiate women's choirs.
Students in Borealis are both majors and students majoring in academic disciplines in every college of Drake University. They include first-year students through seniors. Auditions for Borealis take place in the spring for returning students and for new students the weekend preceding the start of the fall semester.
Meeting Times: Tuesdays & Thursdays from 3:30pm-5:00pm
Conductor: Ted Brimeyer, Teaching Artist of Choirs