Conspirare is a GRAMMY® -winning choir that provides transformational musical experiences that have a deep impact on people in Central Texas and around the world. Through live performances, recordings, concert videos, and music education, we tell stories and shape our culture.
Our professional choir is comprised of accomplished musicians from around the country selected to come together to rehearse, perform, and record. Conspirare collaborates with a variety of other musicians and groups to expand our reach, most recently with the Miró Quartet and Isaac Cates’s choir Ordained. Conspirare’s performing season includes concerts in mid-size venues, community singing events, and our iconic Christmas concert at the Long Center which tours to other Texas cities.
Recognition & Awards
- GRAMMY® Award for Best Choral Performance for The Sacred Spirit of Russia
- Edison Award (Dutch equivalent of Grammys) for Requiem (Harmonia Mundi’s 2009 re-release), 2010.
- GRAMMY® Nomination for Best Classical Crossover, “A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert” (PBS television special), 2009.
Founder Craig Hella Johnson chose the name “Conspirare” which translates from Latin as “to breathe together.” Conspirare quickly established its reputation for “expanding the boundaries of choral performance” (Wall Street Journal).
Conspirare’s commitment to new music and diverse programming is evident from our first recording, Through the Green Fuse (2004), which features a Gaelic hymn, African American spirituals, and works by Sibelius, Stephen Foster, and Eric Whitacre, among others.
Conspirare has performed throughout the U.S., including appearances as a featured choir at the American Choral Directors Association annual conference and regional ACDA conventions.
By commissioning new choral works by living composers, Conspirare aims to create great choral masterpieces for the future, while helping all voices to be heard. Believing that music can hold everything, Conspirare sings of joy, love, praise, and the painful separation caused by racial injustice, gun violence, and climate crisis.
Soprano Gallery

Hailey Arnold

Emily Yocum Black

Ivy Cantu

Anna Christofaro

Nancy Curtis

Mela Sarajane Dailey

Meg Dudley

Kemper Florin

Melissa Givens

Estelí Gomez

Nicole Joseph

Chelsea Helm

Julie Keim

Michel Kennell

Tabitha Lewis

Gitanjali Mathur

Julie Wittington McCoy

Kori Miller

Stefanie Moore

Sarah Moyer

Fotina Naumenko

Adrienne Pedrotti

Savannah Porter

Hannah Penzner

Nina Revering

Kathlene Ritch

Lauren Snouffer

Alissa Ruth Suver

Sonja DuToit Tengblad

Maura Tuffy

Shari Alise Wilson

Cynthia Gonzales (Emeritus)
Alto Gallery

Lara Alami

Ana Baida

Wendy Bloom

Sarah Brauer

Angela Burns

Janet Carlsen Campbell

Cina Crisara

Tynan Davis

Ellen Graham

Stella Hastings

Pam Elrod Huffman

Helen Karloski

Grace Kiver

Melissa Marse

Laura Mercado-Wright

Lauren McAllister

Elizabeth Pétillot

Keely J. Rhodes

Megan Roth

Cecilia Kittley Shinn

Mitzi Westra

Lianna Wimberly Williams

Angela Young Smucker
Tenor Gallery

Matt Alber

Tony Beck

Cole Blume

Todd Brennan

Steven Brennfleck

Daniel Buchanan

J.D. Burnett

Derek Chester

Dann Coakwell

Paul D'Arcy

Douglas Easterling

Zach Finkelstein

Brian Giebler

Bodie Gilbert

Haitham Haidar

Ernest Harrison

Carr Hornbuckle

Mark Istratie

Michael Jones

David Kurtenbach

Robbie LaBanca

Scott Mello

Jos Milton

Eric Neuville

Wilson Nichols

Paul John Rudoi

Trevor Shaw

Tracy Jacob Shirk

Steven Soph

Brendan Jacob Smith

Matthew Tresler

Jason Vest
Bass Gallery

Eric Alatorre

Jason Awbrey

Simon Barrad

James K. Bass

Cameron Beauchamp

Dashon Burton

Drayton Eggleson

Charles Wesley Evans

David Farwig

Gregory Fletcher

Rick Gabrillo

Jonathan Gentry

Bradford Gleim

Robert Harlan

Michael Hawes

Harris Ipock

Sam Kreidenweis

Enrico Lagasca

Stephen Lancaster

Glenn A. Miller

Tim O'Brien

Craig Peterson

John Proft

Marques Jerrell Ruff

David Rugger

Thann Scoggin

Ross Tamaccio

Sean Taylor

Jason Thoms
