(SEAC) 1255 University Ave., Rochester, NY 14607
Mount Hope World Singers seeks to build community and foster intercultural understanding through engaging, high-quality, respectful performance of music in original languages from around the globe.
The chorus’s repertoire is varied and often includes collaborations with other artists including dancers, visual artists, composers, and other choral ensembles. We are passionate about bringing art into the community, particularly to underserved areas.
Mount Hope World Singers is fragrance-free and is working to become accessible and welcoming to individuals who are blind or have low vision and individuals who for other reasons do not read music.
The chorus is a member organization of the South East Area Coalition (SEAC), a 501(c)3 organization.
Mount Hope World Singers is led by Artistic Director Annika Bentley, Conductor Brian White, and manager Kathleen Fraser.
Annika Bentley is a singer-songwriter, composer, and artist with an integrated degree in photography and music. A professional musician for over 25 years, she has worked as a touring and recording artist, soloist, section leader, session musician, producer, and composer. Annika has served as the Artistic Director of Mount Hope World Singers since 2019; she also sings with the Rochester Oratorio Society. Annika is a co-creator and the Creative Director of "The Hundred Windows" and “Stories From the Living Tree,” two immersive, multidisciplinary experiences collectively featuring Mount Hope World Singers, animator Christine Banna, BIODANCE, composer Greg Woodsbie, and composer Logan Barrett, which premiered at the Rochester Academy of Medicine and Rochester Fringe Festival in 2025, and at the Memorial Art Gallery and Rochester Fringe Festival in 2023, respectively.
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We rehearse for roughly seven months of the year (February through May and September through December). Rehearsals are held on Sundays from 2 to 4 pm at the Community of the Savior (4 East Henrietta Road) and remotely via Zoom. All are welcome; no auditions are required.