Cheyenne Chamber Singers

About the Cheyenne Chamber Singers

Dr. Jane M. Iverson, CCS conductor and artistic director, in 1991, founded the Cheyenne Chamber Singers (CCS), now in its twentieth season. It is an auditioned group of forty professional singers and gifted amateurs with a part-time staff. CCS often collaborates with other groups and is a frequent guest artist in Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra concerts with whom they have performed such works as Handel’s Messiah, the Debussy Nocturnes, Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music and Fantasia on Christmas Carols, portions of the Bach Christmas Oratorio, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, and the Mozart, Verdi and Brahms Requiems.

The Cheyenne Chamber Singers have also performed with other community choirs in the region, as well as with the University of Wyoming. CCS makes outreach concerts to regional communities a priority. The group has made an unusual and important commitment to promote and perform new choral works by commissioning new works from contemporary choral composers such as Ben Allaway, Bob Chilcott, James McCray, Dale Warland, Donald Fraser, and this season, a new piece especially for CCS from Z. Randall Stroope. The Stroope commission was provided by a grant from the Wyoming Arts Council in its American Masterworks Choral grant program. From its inception, the Cheyenne Chamber Singers have been committed to service, excellence and the promotion of new choral works.

Our Directors

Jane Iverson Dr. Jane M. Iverson is the founder and artistic director of the Cheyenne Chamber Singers. A native of Minnesota, she completed her undergraduate studies at St. Olaf College, earned her M.M. from Minnesota State University at Mankato, and her D.A. from the University of Northern Colorado. She was the Coordinator of Music at Laramie County Community College for nine years. During that time, she received a Teaching Excellence Award for the Arts and Humanities Division three times. In 2004, she received the Wyoming Governor’s Arts Award for her outstanding contributions to the arts in Wyoming. In 2008, she was the recipient of the St. Olaf College Alumni Achievement Award. Currently, Dr. Iverson conducts the Cheyenne Chamber Singers, serves as the adult choir director for Ascension Lutheran Church, and is active as a guest conductor and clinician in the Rocky Mountain region. Jane is a past president of Wyoming American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and currently serves as the state ACDA Repertoire and Standards Chair for Church Choirs.

Sean Ambrose has been singing with the Cheyenne Chamber Singers as a member of the bass section for thirteen years, and has served as assistant conductor for the past ten years. He is the Music Coordinator for the Cheyenne, Wyoming public schools. Sean is an active conductor and clinician for both instrumental and vocal ensembles; he has recently conducted honor bands in Casper Wyoming, Spearfish, South Dakota, and the Denver, Colorado area. In 2006, Sean became the director of the Cheyenne Civic Concert Band, which performs for summer evening audiences at the amphitheater in Lions Park. He directs a sixteen-member trombone ensemble that performs frequently in the Cheyenne area. A native of Cheyenne, Sean received his Bachelors in Music Education and his Masters Degree in Educational Administration from the University of Wyoming. In May 2007, the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences recognized Sean as an Outstanding Alumnus. He currently serves as Cover Conductor for the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra.