Second Shift is an adult a cappella group located in the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, NC). We’re a co-ed, non-profit group that sings a wide variety of song styles. Take a look around our website to learn more about what we do or how you can hear us.
So, why Second Shift, you ask? Well, all of us have day jobs, and we do this for the love of the music. Once we fit in other important things such as family, and having an occasional good time, sometimes it seems like there’s little time left over.
Work… Sing… Sleep. Repeat. That’s life!
SONAM (Singers Of New and Ancient Music) is a chorus of around 20 singers committed to creating high-quality sacred and secular music and giving back to the community. Our mission is to make excellent choral music that supports local non-profits through 3-4 benefit concerts each year. As a volunteer organization, we're sustained entirely by donations of time and resources. We hold selective auditions for 1-2 slots each year.
Singing in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, Russian and English, songs of Jewish people through the ages. The repertoire includes a wide range of traditional/folk and composed music, some secular and some religious. The group is composed of members from all over the Triangle, from students to retirees.
The Triangle Vocal Project was founded in 2022 to explore and promote great choral music and support musical charities throughout the Triangle. The 16-voice chamber choir presents two concerts annually, all proceeds going to a unique musical charity. The ensemble explores a wide and eclectic range of repertoire from Renaissance to music written today, including close harmony jazz and popular selections.
The Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham was founded in 1996 by Rodney Wynkoop to provide superior choral performance opportunities for outstanding singers in the Triangle region. Its members are selected mainly from among musicians who have sung in other choral groups under Dr. Wynkoop’s direction. VAE performed by invitation at the at the National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in 2005 and has performed at numerous ACDA Southern Division Conferences and NC-ACDA Fall Conferences. The group has released two CD recordings: My Spirit Sang All Day (on the Arsis label) and O Holy Night, a collection of holiday music from past VAE concerts. The choir’s mostly a cappella repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the present and has included such diverse and challenging works as Tallis’s Spem in Alium, Poulenc’s Mass in G, Martin’s Messe, Penderecki’s Agnus Dei, MacMillan’s Cantos Sagrados, and Whitacre’s Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine. They have presented world premieres of works by Imant Raminsh, Daniel Elder, and, in June 2024, Mark Kilstofte.
