Student Arts at Chicago
Students at the University of Chicago are passionate about the arts, whether writing, dance and movement, music, or the visual arts. There are dozens of student-run organizations, ensembles, troupes, and cultural/ethnic groups that are creatively engaged and ready to entertain you or even to take you on board.
Performing Arts
Music
Department of Music Performance Program
- Central Javenese Gamelan Ensemble
- Chamber Music Program
- Early Music Ensemble
- Jazz X-tet
- Middle East Music Ensemble
- Motet Choir
- New Music Ensemble
- Piano Program
- Rockefeller Chapel Choir
- University Chamber Orchestra
- University Chorus
- University Symphony Orchestra
- University Wind Ensemble
- Women’s Chorale
Music Ensembles
- Aristocratic Octopus
- Chicago Men’s A Cappella
- Chicago Rhythm and Jews
- Golosa: The University of Chicago Russian Choir
- Loose Roots
- Make a Joyful Noise
- Men in Drag
- Middle East Music Society
- Pep Band
- Phat Pitch
- Ransom Notes
- Res Musicata
- Rockebellers
- Say Ahhhh Acappella
- Scales of Justice
- Shapenote Singers Association
- Soul Umoja
- Sufi Music and Culture Club
- Unaccompanied Women
- University of Chicago Jazz Choir
- Voices in your Head
Theater
Theater Ensembles
- Classical Entertainment Society
- The Dean’s Men
- Jugglers Enriching Lives Like Yours
- Law School Musical
- Le Vorris and Vox Circus
- Occam’s Razor
Dance and Movement
- Argentine Tango Club
- Ballroom and Latin Dance Association
- Bhangra Team, U of C
- Chicago Swing Dance Society
- Gingarte Capoeira Club
- Middle Eastern Dance
- Raas Team, University of Chicago
- Rhythmic Bodies in Motion
- Tap That!
- UC Dancers
- UChicago Maya
- University Ballet
Presenting Student Organizations
Visual Arts / Film
- Doc Films
- Experimental Film Club
- Fire Escape Films
- The Glass Eyeball: UChicago’s Photography Club
- Japanese Animation Society
- Law School Film Fest
- Outside the Lines: The University of Chicago Art Club
- Science in Art
- Smart Museum Activities Committee
Literary Arts
- Chicago Maroon
- Chicago Weekly
- Chinese Calligraphy Club
- MODA
- Moim @ the Kilmok
- Sliced Bread
- Work in Progress
Cultural
The Recognized Student Organizations (RSOs) listed below celebrate the diversity within the University of Chicago community through a variety of ethnic- and cultural-themed performances, gatherings, and events.
- African & Caribbean Students’ Association
- Armenian Students Association
- Asian Student Union
- Balkan Express
- Bhangra Team, U of C
- Chicago Italian Appreciation Organization
- Chinese Student and Scholar Association
- Chinese Undergrad Student Association
- Czech and Slovak Cultural Organization
- European Students Association
- Hong Kong Student Association
- Japanese Club
- Korean Students Organization
- Malaysian Student Association
- MEChA
- Organization of Black Students
- Organization of Latin American Students
- PanAsia
- Persian Cultural Society
- Polish American Students Organization
- Puerto Rican Student Organization
- Raas Team, University of Chicago
- Samahan
- SAMSU Singaporean Society
- South Asian Students Association
- Society for Creative Anachronism
- Sufi Music and Culture Club
- Taiwanese Student Association
- Thai Students Association
- Union of Russian Students
