Ars Choralis is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating the human spirit through the performance of choral music of all periods and styles.  We believe music has the power to transcend all barriers of language, culture, race, class, and emotion to unite people in a world of increasing factionalism and violence.  Ars Choralis seeks to inspire, encourage, heal, uplift, and further the cause of world peace.

Ars Choralis ignited the musical life of the Woodstock, NY arts community with its first concert at the Dutch Reformed Church on June 12, 1966. Since that time, the group has been unfailing in its pledge to provide the community with the world’s finest choral music.

Drawing its membership from throughout the Hudson River Valley, Ars Choralis reflects the Valley’s diverse artistic community, including professional musicians, writers, teachers, lawyers, nurses, builders, students, clergy, gardeners, editors, etc. Though diverse in their professions and backgrounds, members share a common joy of singing, and a deep spirituality that imbues every performance with a special quality.

The chorus meets for rehearsal on Sunday evenings in an upstairs room of Christ’s Lutheran Church in Woodstock and begins blending voices, learning new music, and preparing for the three major concerts presented each year. Rehearsing two hours a week, Ars Choralis performs a constantly changing repertoire from great choral masterworks such as the Mozart "Requiem" and Orf's "Carmina Burana", chamber music from all periods and genres to new commissions and premiered music, contemporary gospel and pop. They continually strive to bring their audience innovative programming, alone and in conjunction with other musical groups such as the Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, the joyful gospel choir of Riverview Missionary Baptist Church, and the Hudson Valley Youth Chorale.