Collegium Sine Nomine?

So you may be asking yourself where that college is located and what it's best majors might be... Actually you might just think the new choir director fell on his head. Either way, let me explain.

Collegium Sine Nomine is the name the members of the combined Men's Vocal Ensemble/Women's Choir chose for themselves. Because of the number of students registered for each of those courses the decision was made last spring to combine the two choirs into one mixed choir. Though I was not a part of that decision I wholeheartedly support it and think that it will be a very positive development in the vocal music department here at CDH. However calling the choir Women's Choir/Men's Vocal Ensemble or any other such "combined" name doesn't exactly roll off of one's tongue so I challenged the students to pick a name for themselves, at least for this year. Eventually I ended up giving them several options from which to pick and they liked Collegium Sine Nomine the best.

It is a rather tongue-in-cheek choice and I think it reflects the combined personalities of the group quite well. Collegium sine nomine is a Latin term used for centuries to describe a variety of groups, roughly translated it means "group with no name."