The Yale Russian Chorus

The Yale Russian Chorus is a tenor-bass choir founded in 1953 by Denis Mickiewicz as an offshoot of the Yale Russian Club. The choir made 16 tours to the USSR, starting in 1958, when it was the first private group from the USA to visit after the Lacy-Zarubin Agreement on cultural exchange. The alumni of the chorus continued to meet to preserve Mickiewicz's legacy and perform anniversary concerts. Under Mark Bailey, the university chorus diverged from the repertoire and style of the original chorus and lost touch with the alumni, but the groups were eventually reconnected, and performed together in 2017.

Conductors:
1953-1967: Denis Mickiewicz
1964-1968: Daniel Gsovski
1968-1970: Bruce Lieberman
1970-1972: Daniel Godfrey
1972-1974: Brock Holmes
1974-1977: Alex Kuzma
1977-1979: Steven Lipsitt
1979-1980: Eric Lipsitt
1980-1982: Guy Brewer (2)
1982-1984: Gregory Burnside
1984-1986: Parke Burgess
1986-1989: Michael Schnack
1989-1995: David-Marc Finley
1995-2017: Mark Bailey (18)
2017-2018: Stephan Sveshnikov
2018-2019: Brooks Chupp
2019-Present: Ioann Popov

Spin-off groups: The Yale Slavic Chorus (1969), Slavyanka Men's Russian Chorus (1979), New York Russian Chorus (1983), The Kartuli Ensemble (1985) & Iveria (1985).