About Us
Mission Statement
Coro Lux (“Chorus of Light”): a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preparation and performance of great choral music for the enrichment and delight of our audiences and ourselves, and to propagating love of the choral art in the next generation of singers.
History
Coro Lux (“Chorus of Light”) is an auditioned community choral organization based in Albuquerque, founded in the fall of 2015. Under Artistic Director Bradley Ellingboe, Coro Lux has grown into one of New Mexico’s leading choral ensembles. The organization includes two performance groups: Coro Lux, the full chorus of 60 singers, and Luminare, a 16-voice chamber ensemble.
Coro Lux has participated in music events far from Albuquerque, including a Carnegie Hall concert in 2016 and the Great American Choral Series festival in Florence, Italy, in the summer of 2018. In 2017 Coro Lux became the Ensemble in Residence at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Albuquerque. As such, our rehearsals and many of our performances are held there. We are proud to be associated with the oldest Lutheran congregation in the state of New Mexico, founded in 1891, and long a leader in worship and the arts in our community. In 2019 we began a regular and ongoing partnership with the United Church of Santa Fe, making regular appearances in the state capital.
Coro Lux is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization and values your support in promoting great choral music and in expanding our scholarship programs. Follow us on Facebook and YouTube.
Doing Good While Doing Well
Coro Lux has an unofficial motto that we like “to do good while we do well.” As a non-profit organization, we have often used our concerts to draw attention to other worthy causes in our community and to raise funds for them as well. To date our efforts have benefited:
- The New Mexico Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Health (FebFest 2022)
- The NAACP College Scholarship Fund (JanFest 2021)
- The NM Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind (Fall 2020)
- Paws and Stripes (Fall 2017)
- The Roadrunner Food Bank (JanFest 2020)
- And our own members in need of financial assistance during Covid-19
LAND USE STATEMENT
With profound respect, Coro Lux acknowledges that the city of Albuquerque where we sing is the traditional homeland of the Tiwa-speaking pueblos, and that the larger state of New Mexico is the ancestral homelands of the indigenous members of the Pueblos, Apache, and Navajo (Dine), and the adopted homeland of many other indigenous tribal members who have made New Mexico their home. Coro Lux sings for a better world, and we honor the land on which we sing and those who lived here before us.
CORO LUX STATEMENT ON INCLUSIVITY
Coro Lux is built on the ideal of “doing good as we do well.” We believe that in diversity there is strength. We believe the voices of the world should be heard, regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, or sexual orientation. In the past we have used our concerts to call for peace and to benefit charitable causes, and we will redouble our efforts going forward. Through our art we sing for a better world.