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Milton Pullen, Head Director of the
choral program of Pepperdine University offers a choice of three
outstanding ensembles in which to participate - the Concert Choir,
Collegium Musicum, and the Women's Choir.
The Concert Choir is the largest mixed performing group made up of
all music majors and/or music award recipients, as well as talented
singers from other disciplines throughout the Seaver Campus.
 The Women's Choir is composed of female voice majors, minors, and
other talented women from other disciplines. The Women's Choir
performs octavo selections from a wide range of music written by the
great composers from the Renaissance to the contemporary. This group
sings two concerts in the fall with the Concert Choir, and in the
Spring, the Women's Choir performs a concert with Collegium Musicum
in the beautiful Raitt Recital Hall.
The Collegium Musicum is a smaller mixed ensemble with a
concentration in early musical forms such as Renaissance madrigals
and motets. This ensemble is only offered each spring semester.
 Although performance is considered to be of the utmost importance
the philosophy of the choral program is much deeper. Each student is
urged to use ensemble participation in a three-fold manner: 1) to
enhance one's development of the technical science of music and vocal
production in a choral laboratorial environment, 2) to advance the
science and the composer's intentions into an inspiring art form, 3)
to internalize the University's mission by sharing the gift of music
in a wholesome atmosphere of Christian service to others.
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