Robert Shaw Chamber Singers

Biography

The Robert Shaw Chamber Singers is one the fine choral and vocal ensembles founded and conducted by the legendary American choral conductor, Robert Shaw (1916-1999), who attained fame as the conductor of the Robert Shaw Chorale.

While serving as conductor of the Atlanta Symphony, he also founded the 200-voice Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the much smaller Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus; the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers represented a continuation of the ASO Chamber Chorus. Based in Atlanta, the Robert Shaw Chamber Singers established a regular series of non-orchestral concerts at Atlanta's Spivey Hall. ~ Joseph Stevenson, Rovi