September 2016

Joshua Rohde became the director of Alden Voices, Glee Club, Festival Chorus, and Chamber Choir.

May 2015

The first recipient of the Malama Robbins Award was Sarah Roth. This award is given to a woman of the graduating class who has made significant improvements to the music community at WPI.

May 2015

During alumni weekend in 2016, the alumnae of Alden Voices met in the Taylor Room (basement of the campus center) and decided to form the Alden Voices Alumnae Association. We elected 3 board members: Caroline (Concannon) Bartlett as President, Katie Hudon as Secretary, and Eileen Wrabel as Social Chair. We also collected our first member dues.

September 2015

The choruses had previously been rehearsing in Alden Hall (Janet Earle for the split rehearsals, and the Great Hall for the combined Festival rehearsals). However, due to the expanding music programs at WPI, space became tight in Alden Hall, so the choruses moved to the First Baptist Church (FBC) on Park Ave, behind the campus center. They rehearse in Gordon Hall and often perform in the Sanctuary. The music library is behind the stage and downstairs, the officer meetings take place in various rooms in the church, and the a cappella groups sometimes have rehearsals in the rehearsal rooms downstairs.

May 2014

Alden Voices and Men's Glee Club toured London, England, under the direction of John Delorey. The choruses sang at Southwark Cathedral, St. Martin in the Fields, Worcester Cathedral, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Royal Naval College Chapel, and St. Paul's Church at Covent Garden.

2014

Lessa Cerio let each family (consisting of big/little "trees") choose a name for themselves. Every family is named after a songbird. Some "founder" trees have multiple songbird families under them.

2010

Amanda (Eaton) Lettiere assigned the first bigs/littles, in order to foster connection within the chorus. Many of the "founding sisters" at the top of family trees are from 2010.

2010

In Paul Winter's album "Miho: Journey to the Mountain", we were featured on the track "Remembering".

2007

Interstate 8/Technichords is the first all-female a cappella group on campus. This a cappella group is an auditioned subset of Alden Voices.

Fall 2006

VOX Musical Theatre's first performance was Sweeney Todd, in A-Term of 2006. Click the photo for a complete list of VOX shows.

Spring 2006

Witchwife: A Requiem For Susanna Martin
Narrated by Peter Kenny
Written by John Delorey, based on a book by Janet Delorey
Conducted and Executive Produced by John Delorey
Recorded, Mixed, and Artistic Produced by Jarrod Ratcliffe, http://www.jpsoundsolutions.com/

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The WPI Chrouses have been attending the annual earth mass for many years.

2001

John Delorey became the Director of Alden Voices, Men's Glee Club, and Festival Chorus. John started WPI's semi-professional chamber choir, called Vocal Performance Lab. He also started VOX Musical Theatre.

1976

Malama Robbins Collinsworth founded the WPI Women’s Chorale, today known as Alden Voices, in 1976. 

1968

Women started to make their presence noticed on campus in the fall of 1967, when Barbara Murphy became the first woman faculty member. In 1968, the Board of Trustees voted to admit women undergraduates, breaking WPI’s century-old tradition of an all-male student body. The first women were admitted in the fall of 1968 as commuters, as there was no female housing at the time. Lesley Small and Jayne Rosetti, both mathematics majors, were the first to enroll. The following year 24 women were admitted. While five commuted, 19 women lived on the first floor of Sanford Riley Hall.

1966

Louis Curran became the director of Choral Music at WPI.

1876

Men's Glee Club is the oldest student organization on WPI's campus. The chorus was run by student Charles Annan (Class of 1876) from 1874-1876, but it didn't become an official organization until 1876.

1865

Worcester Polytechnic Institute was founded by self-made tinware manufacturer, John Boynton, and Ichabod Washburn, owner of the world’s largest wire mill. Boynton envisioned science schooling that would elevate the social position of the mechanic and manufacturer, but not necessarily teach the skills needed to become either. Washburn, on the other hand, wanted to teach technical skills through a sophisticated apprenticeship approach. Boynton consulted Seth Sweetser, a pastor, for ways to realize his vision. By chance it happened that Ichabod Washburn had previously consulted Sweetser about the proper way to actualize his own vision.[3]