About Us
Former CCS conductor and artistic director Dr. Jane M. Iverson founded the Cheyenne Chamber Singers (CCS) in 1991 and the group is now celebrating its 21st season. CCS is an auditioned group of thirty-eight professional singers and gifted amateurs with a part-time staff.
The Singers often collaborate 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, Randall Stroope and Bradley Ellingboe. From its inception, the Cheyenne Chamber Singers have been committed to service, excellence and the promotion of new choral works.
Sean Ambrose, Artistic Director and Conductor
Sean has been with the Cheyenne Chamber Singers as a member of the bass section since 1993 and served as assistant conductor for the past ten years. He is the Music Coordinator for Laramie County School District #1, providing curriculum and activity guidance to 60 teachers serving 12,000 students K-12 in Cheyenne’s 34 public schools.
Sean is an active conductor and clinician for both instrumental and vocal ensembles, recently conducting honor groups in Wyoming, Colorado and South Dakota. He is a frequent musical theater director and conductor in the local area as well. In 2006, Sean became the director of the Cheyenne Civic Concert Band, a 90 member community ensemble which produces a summer concert series in Cheyenne. He is the founder and director of the Cheyenne Trombone Ensemble, an ensemble that blends professional and student players in the area. A third-generation native of Wyoming, Sean received his Bachelors in Music Education from the University of Wyoming, and has done advanced studies in Educational Administration and Music at UW, Kansas State and Colorado State Universities. In May 2007, the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences recognized Sean as an Outstanding Alumnus. Sean is currently serving on the Executive Board of the National Association for Music Education as the Northwest Division President representing a six-state region of the Pacific Northwest.