About Us

The CSU Channel Islands Choir is offered as a part of the University's Performing Arts Program. The choir is currently open to enrolled students, CSUCI staff, and the community. We are a diverse group encompassing all ages and musical backgrounds.

We offer the choir a chance to travel off-campus and engage with the community by performing each semester’s concerts in various venues throughout Ventura County. Acting as ambassadors for the University, the choir’s concerts encourage future enrollment into the Performing Arts Program as the choir’s presence and reputation grows in the community.

Professor KuanFen Liu (pictured right) is the instructor; she has conducted the choir since its inception in 2004. Originally from Taiwan, KuanFen began her piano studies at the age of five and pursued piano, violin and singing throughout her childhood. Her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Voice Performance was earned from Tunghai University in Taiwan. She then earned her Master of Music in Conducting from the Eastman School of Music, and her Doctor of Musical Arts from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California.

Pieces performed by the choir so far include Vivaldi’s Gloria and Handel’s Messiah (both with a chamber orchestra), Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Rutter’s Fancies, Purcell’s Te Deum, Mozart’s Mass in C Major, Brahms Zigeunerlieder, Gershwin Portraits, Serenade to Music and excerpts from Dona Nobis Pacem by R. Vaughn Williams. Among musical styles performed are Spirituals, American Folk Music, Christmas Carols, Madrigals and music from around the world in several different languages including Hebrew, Gaelic, German, Latin, Taiwanese, and Swahili.

Auditions are held twice a year before the start of each semester.  Enrolled students do not need to audition, but need to sing for the instructor to determine vocal range and placement in the choir. The class fee for non-enrolled students is $75 per semester.

For more information about the choir or to inquire about enrollment, contact instructor KuanFen Liu at (805) 643-8430 or email her. To inquire about this website,email  choir webmaster Lisa Ricapito.