Chronology of Major Choir Events
1974 – Morgan State University Choir’s first international tour to Helsinki, London, Copenhagen, and Leningrad at the request of conductor Paul Freeman. The choir performs with the Helsinki Philharmonic.
1977 – Choir performs at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic performing works of Black Composers
1990 – USIA tour of Eastern Africa – Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, Mauritius, and Madagascar
1992 – Choir performs for the 1992 International Beethoven Festival in Bonn, Germany.
1993 – Premiere of Too Hot to Handle with Marin Alsop and the Concordia Symphony Orchestra in Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
1994 - Canary Islands – choir performs Porgy and Bess with Paul Freeman and the Chicago Sinfionetta.
1995 – Choir records Hanibal Peterson’s African Portraits with Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Daniel Barenboim
March 1995 –Choir performs John Corrigiliano’s Poem on His Birthday at Carnegie Hall with the American Composers Orchestra
1995 – Choir sings with Kathleen Battle on the rededication of Kennedy Center Concert Hall
1996 – MPT, Emmy Award Winning Silver Anniversary taped and aired celebrating 25 years of Nathan Carter at the helm of the Morgan State University Choir
1997 – Porgy & Bess, Paul Freeman Germany – Chicago Infinite
1997 –Choir records Phillips Glass’ – Civil War Dennis Russell Davies
1997- 100th Birthday Tribute to Marian Anderson with Robert Shaw and Orchestra of St. Luks Sylvia McNair, Jessye Norman, Florence Quivar, Denise Graves Carnegie Hall
1997 - “Too Hot to Handel” premieres in Carnegie Hall with Marin Alsop and the Concordia Orchestra
SUMMER 1998 – PBS special Glorious Gospel in Performance at the White House, hosted by Ce-CE Winans
Summer 2000 – Choir’s first tour of Prague – performing Porgy and Bess with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
1999-2000 Season – performed a premiere of Wynton Marsalis's “All Rise” with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Kurt Mazur
Summer 2003 – Choir returns to the Czech Republic for a 3-week tour.
2003 – Recorded All-Rise in Paris with Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Jazz Ensemble.
January 2004 – performed Porgy and Bess with Yuri Temirkanov at the St. Petersburg Winter Festival.
April 2004 – Named “America’s Best College Choir in America” by Reader’s Digest Magazine
May 2004 - Choir sings concerts in Martinique!
January 2005 – Choir sings Mendelssohn’s Symphony #2 with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
February 2005 – Choir Sings for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for the US State Department’s African American History Month Celebration
April 8-10, 2005 - Departmental Musical - RAISIN - The Musical
June, 2005 - Choir performs in Prague, Czech Republic with National Czech Orchestra, under the direction of Paul Freeman.
October 2005 – Choir sings at National ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda celebrating the life of Civil Rights matriarch Rosa Parks
March 2006 – Choir sings perform in New Orleans for a special benefit concert for victims of Katrina.
March 30- April 2, 2006 - Departmental Production of Ragtime
May 2006 - Choir performs at Kennedy Center for Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival with Billy Taylor and Dave Brubeck
November 8, 2006 - Choir sings concert for the Bicentennial celebration for eh the Baltimore Basilica - America's First Cathedral
June 2007 – Choir performs in Ghana at the invitation of Pamela Bridgewater for the country’s 50 anniversary of their independence
March 2008 – Perform at the University of Virgin Islands, St. Croix and Tortola; and Nassau, Bahama
April 2008 – Choir performs Faure Requiem with St. Lukes Orchestra under the direction of Booby McFerrin at Carnegie Hall!
October 2008 – the choir performs in Carnegie Hall and Kennedy Center with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performing Leonard Bernstein’s Mass. These performances were recorded and nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Classical Album.
November 2008 - the choir performs with grammy-award-winning artist Faith Hill at Rockefeller Center and the David Letterman show.
April 3-5, 2009 - Departmental production of Sarafina!
March 7, 2009 - Choir sings with Rochester Oratorio Society, Rochester, NY
July 2009 – Choir tours South Africa and sings for Nelson Mandela on National Television Station
Spring Tour - Mid-West New York, NY; Cleveland, OH; Detroit, MI; Chicago, IL, and Kalamazoo MI
May 2010 – performs with Kathleen and Battle and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
June 2010 – Choir tours China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Xi’an, and Shanghai. The choir performs at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
July 2010 – Choir performs in Medellin, Colombia
October 2010 – Choir performs for International Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia
April 2011—The choir records "Lift Every Heart" for Maryland Public Television to air in a promotion of the Morgan State University choir program.
June 2011- Choir tours Italy! With destinations in Rome, Pisa, & Florence! Performed in at a Mass at the Vatican
Friday August 2011- Choi sings Charles Dickerson's "I Have a Dream" with orchestra for VIP luncheon at the Washington Convention Center in celebration of the dedication of the MLK Memorial on the Washington Mall.
November 2011 - Choir performs Honneger's Joan D'Arc in French with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
December 2011 - Choir records DVD for Maryland Public Television.
March 29- April 1, 2012 - Full cast production of Porgy and Bess at Murphy Fine Arts Center - featuring Kevin Short, and Kishna Davis
April 13, 2012 - Choir performs on Kennedy Center stage with Sweet Honey and the Rock and Thomas Wilkins, conductor, and National Symphony Orchestra
March/April 2012 - Morgan presents the full opera Porgy and Bess by George Gershwin
June 2012 - Choir tours Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
July 2012- The Choir is invited to sing for the 25th anniversary of the independence of Jamaica in Kingston!
March 31-April 2, 2013 - Departmental Production of THE WIZ celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Murphy Fine Arts Center!
April 11-14, 2013 - Departmental Production of Color Purple
June 2013 - Choir travels to Sydney & Melbourne, Australia
December 2013 - Choir sings at National Cathedral for Nelson Mandela Memorial Service
May 2014 - Choir travels to Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Erimates
June 2014 - Choir travels to Belarus and Montenegro
September 2014 - choir sings the national anthem with Jordyn Sparks for the national Star Spangled Bicentennial Concert at Fort McHenry, Vice-Presidnet Biden speaking at the event.
April 2015 – Choir sings with Shirley Caesar, Lyle Lovett, Aretha Franklin, and Tamela Mann during the nationally televised telecast Live at the White Series at the invitation of Michelle Obama.
May 2015 - Choir travels to Argentina
June 2015 - Choir sings for installation service of Loretta Lynch, Attorney General of the United States, at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC.
December 2015 - Morgan Choir presents a Christmas concert at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
May 2016 - Choir tours Cuba!
August 2016 - Choir sings Beethoven 9 with Philadelphia Orchestra in Saratoga Springs, NY
February 2017 - Choir performs All Rise with Wynton Marsalis and Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, MD
March 2017 - Spring tour to the Southern States, including Virginia North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
May 2017 - Choir tours Spain and Portugal!
June 2017 - Members of the choir accompany Angelique Kidro and Kesha at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC
September 16, 2017 - Choir sings for Dick Gregory Homegoing Service.
September 22, 2017 - Choir sings first-ever concert at the African American Museum in Washington, DC
Mid-West Spring Tour March 21-25, 2018 = Cleveland, OH; Detroit, MI; Kalamazoo, MI;
May 2018 - Choir tours Austria, Slovakia, and Germany. One of the highlights was a performance in St. Stephens Cathedral in Vienna, Austria!
December 18, 2018 - Choir sings with Cece Winans for a special Christmas concert with the BSO.
March 28-30, 2019 - Choir sings with the Philadelphia Orchestra premiere: Hannibal 's Healing Tones.
May 2019 - Choir tours Scotland, Wales and England
December 7, 2021 - Choir sings at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor!
April 11, 2022 - Morgan Choir sings the national anthem on the opening day of the Baltimore Orioles season - celebrating 30 years of Ballpark at Camden Yards.
May 2022 - Choir tours Peru, Ecuador, and the Galapagos Islands!
September 22-26, 2022 - Choir performs at the Monterey Jazz Festival
October 5, 2022—The Choir Sings for a nationally televised concert with the American Pops Orchestra celebrating Black Broadway, televised on PBS.
March 17-19, 2023 - All Texas Tour
May 2023—The Choir will perform Beethoven 9 with the Philadelphia Orchestra, with Morgan alums Leah Hawkins, Issachah Savage, and Kevin Short as soloists!
May 2023 - Choir tours West African Countries of Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria!
September 7, 2023 - Choir sings with Yolanda Adams for the US Conference on HIV/AIDS
October 17, 2023 - Choir sings at Carnegie Hall to commemorate Sergei Rachmaninoff's 150th birthday!
April 29, 2023 - The Choir sings with Karen Clark Sheard for the 2024 BSO Gospelfest!
January 28, 2024 - The Choir sings the national anthem for the AFC Championship game against the Kansas City Chiefs
March 2024 - Morgan choir sings concert as the headliner group for the Eastern Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association in Providence, Rhode Island
April 27, 2024 - The Choir sings with Donald Lawrence for the 2024 BSO Gospelfest!
May 2024 - Choir tours Greece!