Who We Are
A Tradition of Choral Excellence
The Chamber Singers of Keene is a select choral ensemble dedicated to the performance of choral music spanning centuries of human creativity — from the soaring polyphony of the Renaissance to the bold harmonies of the contemporary age.
Based in Keene, New Hampshire, our singers bring professional-caliber musicianship and a deep love of the choral art to audiences throughout the region. We perform two concerts each year and are committed to both the preservation of the great choral canon and the championing of new voices in composition.
Under dedicated artistic leadership, the Chamber Singers of Keene has cultivated a distinctive sound — intimate, expressive, and refined — that has made it a beloved fixture of the Keene arts community.
Morgan Bothwell
Artistic Director, Chamber Singers of Keene
Bass-baritone Morgan Bothwell holds a Master of Music in Opera Performance from Wichita State University, where he studied with Alan Held and Samuel Ramey.
This season, he joins the Grammy-nominated True Concord Voices & Orchestra for their I Dream a World series featuring works by Jake Runestad and Peter Boyer under Eric Holtan, and appears with Upper Valley Baroque led by Filippo Ciabatti in Bach’s Easter Oratorio and Magnificat. He is also a member of the Zenith Ensemble.
He teaches voice and conducts at Keene State College and Franklin Pierce University, and serves as Artistic Director of the Chamber Singers of Keene. This fall he joins the doctoral cohort at the University of Illinois for his DMA in Choral Conducting.
Kirsten Becker Davis
Collaborative Pianist, Chamber Singers of Keene
Kirsten Becker Davis is a classical pianist, teacher, and composer from southern New Hampshire. A summa cum laude graduate of Keene State College, she studied with Dr. Christina Wright-Ivanova, Dr. Matthew Odell, and Dr. Carleen Graff, and received awards including the Presser Scholar and winner of the 2020 KSC Concerto Competition.
She is currently on staff at Keene State College as a collaborative pianist and piano instructor. She also collaborates with many ensembles and festivals in the Monadnock region, including the Chamber Singers of Keene, Music on Norway Pond, and Viva Bach Peterborough.
An active composer with over seventy original works and two albums to her credit, she performs as both soloist and collaborator, celebrated for her thoughtful musical approach and dynamic artistry.