UMD TREBLE CHOIR

The UMD Treble Choir comprises soprano, alto and mezzo-soprano singers from throughout the campus community. Since 2001, the group’s membership has brought together undergraduate and graduate students from all of the major colleges and schools at the University of Maryland.

The choir sings art and folk repertoire for treble voices spanning eras, styles and genres from Renaissance to contemporary and across both Western and non-Western cultural traditions. Known especially for its exploration of choral music written by living composers, the UMD Treble Choir has commissioned and premiered works by Erik Esenvalds and presented acclaimed performances of music by Eleanor Daley, Györgi Orbán, Levente Gyöngösi, Rosephanye Powell, Moira Smiley and Sara Quartel, among many others.

Each year, the UMD Treble Choir presents a slate of performances including fall and spring showcase concerts and, in conjunction with Tactus (formerly known as the UMD Men’s Chorus), the annual Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols in December at the beautiful UMD Memorial Chapel.

The ensemble has appeared with the NSO Pops at the Kennedy Center and in 2016 performed by invitation for the Eastern Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association.

UMD Treble Choir Assistant Conductor

Michael Hudlin

Contact: mhudlin@umd.edu
MICHAEL HUDLIN is a Trinidadian conductor and composer. He has served as an adjunct lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, the choir director and organist at the All Saints Anglican Church in Port of Spain, and the music director and conductor of Chandelier Productions. His passion for both classical music and the indigenous genres of the Caribbean has led him to produce many works, ranging from Handel’s Dixit Dominus, and Haydn’s The Creation to his most recent composition, Te Deum Laudamus, which achieves his goal of combining Caribbean genres with classical composition techniques. Michael holds a Certificate of Music from the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, a B.A. in music from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and an M.M. in conducting from the Eastman School of Music, Rochester and is currently pursuing a D.M.A. in choral conducting from the University of Maryland.