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Do you love singing, but have little time to dedicate to it? Consider joining the Midland Center Chorale! Chorale features beautiful voices and engaging, stunning repertoire, under the direction of new Conductor Dr. Letícia Grützmann!

The Chorale rehearses Mondays from 7-9 PM at the Center. If you plan on auditioning, please email Audition Manager Barry George at bbgeorge@tm.net or Dr. Grützmann with any questions at grutzmann@midlandcenter.org

AUDITIONS /
MON, AUG 18, 2025 / 6:30 PM
MON, JAN 12, 2026 / 6 PM
In Rehearsal Room A at Midland Center for the Arts

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Upcoming Chorale Concerts

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Music from Westminster Abbey

Chorale / Music from Westminster Abbey

SAT, OCT 25, 2025 / 4 PM
Located at Memorial Presbyterian Church, 1310 Ashman St, Midland, MI 48640
Directed by Dr. Letícia Grützmann

From the beloved anthem I Was Glad by Sir Hubert Parry to Handel’s iconic Zadok the Priest, the Midland Center Chorale presents a powerful program of timeless music performed at British coronations for centuries. Conducted by Dr. Letícia Grützmann, this concert features collaborative keyboard artist Collin Whitfield and the magnificent pipe organ of Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Holiday Pops

Midland Symphony Orchestra's Holiday Pops

SAT, DEC 13, 2025 / 3 PM
Relaxed Performance / 12 PM (Buy Tickets)

Featuring guest artist Arielle Jacobs

A beloved holiday tradition returns! The Center's Chorale Choir joins the Midland Symphony Orchestra for a festive celebration of the season, featuring Broadway star Arielle Jacobs (In the Heights, Aladdin, Here Lies Love). Enjoy your favorite carols and holiday classics in a joyous concert that’s sure to lift your spirit. Don't miss the Great Lakes Bay Region's signature holiday event!

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An Evening with Beethoven

Chorale / An Evening with Beethoven

SAT, APR 19, 2026 / 4 PM
Directed by Dr. Letícia Grützmann

The Midland Center Chorale is once again joined by the SVSU Choirs to perform the stupendous C Major Mass by Ludwig von Beethoven, commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterházy II in 1807. Conducted by Dr. Letícia Grützmann, this concert opens with Beethoven’s Symphony No.1, and it brings to Midland hailed soloists Soprano Jenna Ziccardi, Mezzo-Soprano Karen Archbold, Tenor George Milosh, and Baritone Benton DeGroot.

Meet the Conductor!

Dr. Letícia Grützmann
Dr. Letícia Grützmann is the conductor of the Midland Center for the Arts Chorale and Camerata, and the Director of Choral Studies at the Saginaw Valley State University also teaching classes in the voice, conducting, and music education areas. 

As an active clinician and researcher, Dr. Grützmann has conducted a variety of studies and conference presentations in the areas of vocal technique and body awareness for choral singers. She has been awarded a research grant from SVSU for the academic year 24-25, and she is leading research on the effects of routine physical exercises in the vocal production of choral singers in collaboration with her colleagues in the kinesiology department. She is also a member of the Faculty Learning Community, investigating communication and perception alternative grading by undergraduate students.

As an artist entrepreneur, she founded and led the Vox Principalis Choral Association, dedicated to the performances of major works for choir and orchestra for four seasons. Concomitantly, she created and led Vox Principalis Chamber Music Concert Series. During her doctoral studies, she was the conductor of the West Virginia Women’s Chorus, regularly collaborating with the Morgantown Community Orchestra, and the conductor for the Morgantown Children’s Chorus, regularly collaborating with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra and with the Morgantown Community Orchestra.

In her home country, Brazil, Dr. Grützmann was an active choral scholar, and held several appointments conducting community, church, and children’s choruses. She was the assistant conductor for the String Orchestra at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and for the University of Caxias do Sul Symphony Orchestra. Besides her primary activity as a conductor, she sang in professional choirs, and in a quartet specialized in Renaissance Music for five seasons. She also performed multiple times as soloist for choral/orchestral major works, and in several opera choruses. In addition, she was an assistant undergraduate researcher, which led her to win three undergraduate research presentation awards at her university (UFRGS).

Previously to her appointment at SVSU, she was the Director of Choirs and Vocal Music at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. Dr. Grützmann earned two undergraduate degrees, one in conducting performance, and later a music education degree with voice emphasis. From West Virginia University she earned two masters’ degrees, conducting and voice performance, and a Doctoral Degree in Conducting.