About Us
About Us
Celebrated as the region’s premier all-professional vocal ensemble, ProArteOHIO has established its role as a vital force in choral music by performing challenging repertoire drawn from the rich treasury of the past, programming new works that inspire the American public to thoughtfully explore its present, and supporting educational programming with young singers to promote the future of the choral arts. The organization seeks to broaden the understanding and enjoyment of the choral arts through enriching, high-quality, stylistically diverse choral performances in Columbus, Lancaster, and other communities throughout Ohio.
Engaging the region’s leading professional vocal artists, ProArteOHIO garners high praise in the arts community and in the media for its beauty of tone, musical integrity, remarkable blend, and exceptional commitment to elegant text phrasing. Under the direction of nationally recognized composer Stephen Caracciolo, the ensemble performs an astonishingly wide range of choral literature including plainchant, Renaissance and Baroque motets, German-Romantic part songs, French chansons, the sacred literature of the English and Russian churches, opera choruses, carols of every variety, American folk songs and spirituals, and works by living composers.