About
The Greystone Singers, regularly conducted by Dr. Jennifer Lang, currently conducted by Matthew Praksas and accompanied by Deborah Buck, is a mixed-voice choir open by audition to all University of Saskatchewan students from all Departments and Colleges. It is a choir for those who love singing and
enjoy learning challenging and varied repertoire.
This ensemble places a high value on collaborating with musicians near and far, cherishing the connections we have made with other ensembles and choral conductors. We celebrate Canadian composers and the commissioning of new repertoire from local, national, and international composers. Since 1958, when the choir was first organized, thousands of young adults have sung with this award-winning ensemble.
Rehearsing twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30-3:50pm in Quance Theatre (EDUC 1003 in the Education Building), the music ranges from traditional and classical to sacred and secular, in a variety of languages and styles. We hold a retreat once each term where an intensive experience of
singing and socializing set the tone for an enjoyable and rewarding semester.
The Greystone Singers were most recently invited to perform as a conducting masterclass choir at the Choral Canada national choral conference (Podium in Victoria, BC), and also in collaboration with Mount Royal Kantorei, Ola Gjeilo, and Dr. Irene Messoloras in Luminous Night (Calgary, AB). Highlights of the
Greystone Singers’ performances also include singing with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra (SSO) and Aurora Voce in: Rebecca Dale’s Night Seasons (2026); Christopher Tin’s The Lost Birds (2025); Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (2024), Hagenberg’s Illuminare for the Quantum Light Project (2024); Ešenvalds’ Nordic Light (2023); Brahms’ Requiem (2022); Rebecca Dale’s Materna Requiem (2020); and Mozart’s Requiem (2019); the SSO and the Canadian Chamber Choir in Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man (2018); the SSO and University Chorus in Larysa Kuzmenko’s The Golden Harvest (2017); the Saskatoon Chamber Singers in a Double Treat (2017); the SSO and University Chorus in
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (2016); The Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra, Dee Daniels and Fred Stride in Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert at the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival (2016).
Audition Information
2026-27 Season
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for the Greystone Singers! Auditions
will take place by online sign-up only, September 1-3, 2026 in EDUC 1031
(located in the Usask Education Building).
Please fill out the form pertaining to you (returning or new singer) found below.
U of S Student Participants must register through PAWS to participate in the ensemble:
Undergrads: MUAP 203.1 (01)
Grads: MUAP 813.1 (01)
Upcoming Concerts
Upcoming Concerts:
Upcoming Concerts
⁃ Saturday, October 17 - Play it Forward (Quance Theatre)
⁃ Sunday, November 22 (Knox United Church)
⁃ Sunday, April 4 (Knox United Church)
General Admission tickets HERE
Student/Senior Tickets HERE
Greystone Singers in NYC: Carnegie Hall 2024
In December of 2023, Dr. Jennifer Lang put out a call for singers to join her on stage at Carnegie Hall to perform Elaine Hagenberg's Illuminare. In May of 2024, that dream became a reality, and the Greystone Singers took the stage by storm and received a roaring applause and standing ovation from the audience. To have 115 choristers from across the province join together on the world stage for this magical performance was an unforgettable and lasting experience for all of the singers.
Hope Lingers On: Spring 2021 Video Gallery
You Do Not Walk Alone
Hope Lingers On
Always Something Sings
Spaces in Between Us
Archived Photos & Videos
Canada 150 / 110th USask Anniversary Commission Project
Scenes of Plains Peoples
Scenes of a Prairie Peoples is a piece commissioned by the University of Saskatchewan in 2017 to commemorate Canada’s sesquicentennial, and the 110th Anniversary of the University of Saskatchewan. This 3-movement piece is a celebration of the land, and, of the different peoples that have inhabited it.