The Western Michigan University Grand Chorus, under the direction of Dr. Amanda Quist, is the largest choral ensemble at Western Michigan University, involving approximately 180 students and members of the community. The Grand Chorus has performed with the Western Michigan University Symphony Orchestra and the Kalamazoo, Battle Creek and Detroit Symphony orchestras. Major works performed include Jeanne d’Arc (Honnegger), Requiem (Verdi), Te Deum (Berlioz), Belshazzar’s Feast (Walton), Messiah (Handel), L’Enfance du Christ (Berlioz), Ein Deutches Requiem (Brahms), Symphony Number 9 & Missa Solemnis (Beethoven), War Requiem (Britten), Hodie (Vaughan-Williams), Magnificat (Bach), King David (Honnegger), Requiem (Berlioz), Symphony Number 2 & Number 8 (Mahler), Requiem in D Minor (Mozart), Prologue to Mephistopheles (Boito), Carmina Burana (Orff), and Dream of Gerontius (Elgar).

Dr. Amanda Quist (uh-MAN-duh kwist)

Dr. Amanda Quist is the director of choral activities for Western Michigan University’s Irving S. Gilmore School of Music. Quist recently served as guest conductor for Grammy-nominated professional choir Seraphic Fire. She has served as chorus master for the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, New York Philharmonic, and Spoleto Festival. Quist was previously chair and associate professor of conducting at Westminster Choir College, where her ensemble, Kantorei, won the 2019 American Prize for Choral Performance, and she earned the Distinguished Teaching. Quist served as director of choral activities for the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, and San José State University. This summer, Dr. Quist will lead the Choral Conducting Institute at Interlochen, and serve as conductor for the Adult Choir Camp. The WMU Chorale will make their Carnegie Hall debut under Quist’s direction in June, 2025.