GSO Chorus

choral/orchestral works, pops, and produces independent choral concerts. Highlights from recent seasons include choral masterworks with the Georgia Symphony, being featured on a GSO Jazz! performance at the Strand Theatre, singing in a sold-out concert of music from the video game “Zelda,” and presenting a historic regional premiere of American music.

Comprised of accomplished vocalists from the greater metropolitan area, performances have included Mahler’s Second Symphony , Vaughan Williams’ Sea Symphony , Orff’s Carmina Burana, Haydn's Creation , and Verdi's Te Deum. The ensemble has also presented state, regional, and world premieres.

Founded in 2007, and directed by Bryan Black, the chorus recently performed with the Morehouse College Glee Club, the Spelman College Glee Club, the Uzee Brown Society of Choraliers, and the Georgia Spiritual Ensemble.

Bryan Black is the founding conductor of the Georgia Symphony Orchestra Chorus which he established in 2007. The hundred-voice Chorus has performed masterworks such as Orff’s Carmina Burana , Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Poulenc’s Gloria , Bach’s Magnificat , Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast , Vaughan-William’s Sea Symphony , and the Georgia premier of William Grant Still’s And They Lynched Him On A Tree . Other concerts have featured notable choral repertoire including Corigliano’s Fern Hill , Handel’s Let God Arise , and Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass . The chorus made its first international tour to Spain in 2012 under his direction and toured the United Kingdom in 2025 with the Uzee Brown Society of Choraliers.