The conductor Robert Shaw formed this ensemble largely from members of the Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus, which he led when he was the conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Additional singers came from his French summer workshops’ the Robert Shaw Festival Singers. Becoming an acclaimed choir in their own right they based themselves at the Spivey Hall in Atlanta and performed non-orchestral concerts on a regular basis.
Together they have recorded albums, which include Gloria! – Music of Praise and Inspiration, O Magnum Mysterium, A Robert Shaw Christmas: Angels on High, Schubert: Songs for Male Chorus and Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns & Carols.
Members
Wayne Bailey (Bass)
Wayne Baughman (Bass)
Jeffrey Baxter (Tenor)
Heather Beard (Alto)
David Blalock (Tenor)
Ronal Burrichter (Tenor)
Donna Carter (Soprano)
Christopher Cock (Tenor)
John Cooledge (Bass)
Lynn Craig (Alto)
Carolyn Davis (Soprano)
Grace Edwards (Soprano)
Pamela Elrod (Alto)
Delane Floyd (Alto)
Nola Frink (Alto)
Doris Granum (Soprano)
Tom Granum (Tenor)
Jolie Greenleaf (Soprano)
Forrest Guittar (Tenor)
Charles Hamilton (Bass)
Michael Henry (Tenor)
Lisa Hilliard (Soprano)
Ann Howard Jones (Alto)
Steven Kelly Jones (Bass)
Harold Keuper (Bass)
Rebekah Kinsey (Soprano)
Keith Lee (Tenor)
Nancy Llamazales (Alto)
Arietha Lockhart (Soprano)
Cheryl Lower (Soprano)
Robert Lower (Bass)
James Marshall (Bass)
Katherine Murray (Alto)
Monte Nichols (Bass)
Jame Potter (Alto)
Karen Self (Soprano)
Linda Sharp (Soprano)
Caroline Shaw (Soprano)
Phoebe Snow (Soprano)
Nannette Soles (Alto)
Charles Sprawls (Bass)
Timothy Stalter (Alto)
Rachel Stewart (Soprano)
Timothy Swain (Tenor)
Gerald Tedford (Bass)
Frank Timmerman (Tenor)
Mark Tschupp (Bass)
Brent Weaver (Bass)
Anne White (Soprano)
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers recordings
Angels We Have Heard on High (Traditional French/James Chadwick/Edward Barnes)
Telarc 80377 (CD: Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns & Carols)
El can dels ocells (Carol of the Birds/The Song of the Birds) (Traditional Catalonian)
Soprano – Janice Chandler
Conductor – Robert Shaw
Arranger- Alice Parker/Robert Shaw
Telarc 80461 (CD- A Robert Shaw Christmas/Angels on High)
Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra recordings
Angels We Have Heard on High (Traditional French/James Chadwick/Edward Barnes)
RCA 6429 (CD: A Festival of Carols)
Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (Traditional/Emile Blemont/Marc-Antoine Charpentier/Louis-Denis Seguin)(English Translation: Edward Cuthbert Nunn)(Alternate Version: Nicolas Saboly)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
(Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker)
Deck the Halls (Traditional Welsh)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
(Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker)
The First Nowell (Traditional/Anonymous)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
(Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Traditional/Anonymous)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
(Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker)
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Charles Wesley/George Whitefield/Martin Madan/Felix Mendelssohn/William Hayman Cummings)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
(Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker)
I Saw Three Ships (Traditional/Anonymous)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear (Edmund Sears/Richard Storrs Willis/Uzziah Christopher Burnap/Sir Arthur S. Sullivan)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker
Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming (Traditional Anonymous German)
(Revisions and translations – Michael Praetorius/Melchior Vulpius/Friedrich Layriz/Harried Reynolds Kraugh/Theodore Baker/John C. Mattes)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
(Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker)
March of the Kings (Traditional/Joseph-Francois Domergue)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
(Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker)
O Come All Ye Faithful(John FrancisWade/Frederick Oakeley)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker
O Little Town of Bethleham (Phillips Brooks/Lewis Redner)
RCA 6429 – 2 – RG (CD: A Festival of Carols)
(Arrangers – Robert Shaw/Alice Parker)
Sources:
- CD Liner notes – Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns & Carols
- http://www.answers.com/topic/robert-shaw-chamber-singers
- http://www.rainwaterreptileranch.org/scr/rs.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Shaw_(conductor)
- http://www.singers.com/groups/Robert-Shaw-Chamber-Singers/