The Southern Chorale is the vocal ensemble of the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, performing frequently throughout the United States and Europe. In 1996, it performed at the Prague Spring Festival, the Legnica Festival in Poland, and in Leipzig at the Thomaskirche (St. Thomas). In 1998, the chorale made a tour of the United States East Coast that culminated in a performance at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall. This ensemble has also performed with the New Orleans Philharmonic, the Illinois Symphony, the Mississippi Symphony, and other orchestras.