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Members of the Chorus - a profile

Results of chorus survey - September 2002
Total number of survey sheets returned: 112

Age distribution , Years in Chorus , UNM registration , Level of education , Graduates of a NM university
UNM employee? , Profession , Former profession , What we like best about Chorus , How singing enriches our lives
Married to someone in chorus? , Play a musical instrument? , Special interests , Note

Age Distribution

Age group 18 - 25 26 - 35 36 - 45 46 - 55 56 - 65 66 -   
Number of members 15 9 11 23 30 24

Number of Years in University Chorus
less than 1 year is included in "1"

Years in chorus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 19 20 22 28
Number of members 38 15 9 14 6 3 1 4 2 8 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1

UNM Registration

Shows how the members registered for chorus. Note: "UNM Staff" may be inappropriately included here because some checked both Staff and Continuing Ed.

Category Undergrad Graduate Continuing Education UNM Staff
Number of members 15 5 81 11

Level of Education Completed

Level of Education High School BA/BS degree MS degree PhD/MD degree "Some college"
Number of members 7 27 33 16 28

Graduates of a New Mexico University

UNM = University of New Mexico, NMSU = New Mexico State University
ENMU = Eastern New Mexico University, NMHU = New Mexico Highlands University
University UNM NMSU ENMU NMHU Other/outside NM
Number of members 42 2 1 0 24

UNM Employee? What department?

22 responded
Health Sciences Departments Other
  • Behavioral Health - 2
  • CASAA - 1
  • HSC - 2
  • Medical School - 1
  • Molec Genet & Microbio - 1
  • Psychiatry - 1
  • Radiology - 1
  • Anderson School - 1
  • Arts & Sciences - 1
  • Biology - 1
  • Computer & Info Res & Tech - 1
  • Contracts & Grants - 1
  • English - 1
  • Libraries - 2
  • Music - 2
  • Physics & Astronomy - 3

Profession (if still employed)

  • Accountant - 1
  • Archeologist - 1
  • Attorney - 4
  • Biologist -1
  • Carpenter - 1
  • Chemist - 1
  • Construction worker - 1
  • Business owner/mgr - 1
  • Daycare - 2
  • Designer - 1
  • Educational asst - 2
  • Financial services rep - 1
  • General services asst - 1
  • Geologist - 1
  • Homemaker - 1
  • Horse breeder - 1
  • Housewife - 1
  • Info technology - 1
  • Journalist/reporter - 1
  • Librarian - 1
  • Machinist - 1
  • Manager - 2
  • Medical admin - 1
  • Massage therapist - 1
  • Microbiologist - 1
  • Museum collect mgr - 1
  • Musician - 2
  • Nonprofit exec - 1
  • Physician - 2
  • Physician admin - 1
  • Professor of English - 1
  • Purchasing coord - 1
  • Quality improve mgr - 1
  • Research asst - 1
  • Registered nurse - 7
  • School counselor - 1
  • School librarian - 1
  • Secretary/admin asst - 3
  • Self employed - 1
  • Student - 12
  • Teacher - 8
  • Training specialist - 1
  • Video producer - 1

Former Profession (if retired)

  • Attorney - 1
  • Auditor/accountant - 2
  • Book & paper conserv - 1
  • Business owner/mgr - 1
  • Career counselor - 1
  • Child dev preschool - 1
  • Community volunteer - 1
  • Dean of Medicine - 1
  • Disability specialist - 1
  • Draftsman - 1
  • Educ/school admin - 2
  • Engineer - 1
  • Fundraising - 1
  • Insurance marketing - 1
  • Medical examiner - 1
  • Medical technician - 1
  • Nurse - 3
  • Physicist & engineer - 2
  • Political science - 1
  • Retail manager - 1
  • Secr/adm asst/off mgr - 2
  • Teacher - 4
  • UNM staff - 1
  • Welfare admin - 1

What do you like best about Chorus?

  • Brad's expertise - 27
  • Challenge - 4
  • Change of pace, something different - 2
  • Everything - 2
  • Focus mind/body - 1
  • Friendship, camaraderie, people - 37
  • Fun, excitement, joy - 4
  • Iris's expertise - 3
  • Javier's expertise - 1
  • Lack of audition - 2
  • Learning music, singing, repertoire - 78
  • Performances - 12
  • Positive atmosphere - 2

How does singing enrich your life?

  • Accomplishment - 11
  • Affects person in positive way - 36*
  • Bring joy to others through performance - 3
  • Challenge, different activity - 3
  • Creative - 9
  • Expand musical knowledge - 11
  • Fun - 21
  • Inspiration - 3
  • Lifelong love/passion of singing - 7
  • Self esteem, confidence booster - 1
  • Self-expression - 1
  • Stress release, emotion outlet, therapy - 23
  • Touring with group - 2
*Grouped several answers; e.g., optimism, happy, energetic, peaceful, spiritually uplifting, joy, makes me feel good, etc.
Some interesting and quotable comments in this category:
  • "If I could tell you, I'd be a poet."
  • "I cannot imagine life without singing."
  • "An opportunity to be part of a successful group effort that outshines each individual's part in it."
  • "It drives the neighbors away."

Are you married to someone in Chorus?

We have 7 married couples.

Do you play a musical instrument?

Many people admitted that they played the instrument a little or not well.
  • Accordion - 1
  • Bass guitar - 1
  • Cello - 1
  • Clarinet - 3
  • Cornet - 1
  • Double bass - 1
  • Flute - 6
  • French horn - 4
  • Guitar - 11
  • Mandolin - 1
  • Marimba - 1
  • Oboe - 1
  • Organ - 2
  • Percussion - 4
  • Piano - 36
  • Recorder - 2
  • Viola - 1
  • Violin - 5

What other special interests do you have?

Here we truly show our amazing diversity. Almost everyone listed more than one interest.
  • Art - 8
  • Astronomy - 1
  • Bike riding - 2
  • Camping - 3
  • Carving - 1
  • Church, religion - 3
  • Clock repair - 1
  • Community activities - 6
  • Computer, Internet - 6
  • Cooking/baking - 5
  • Counseling - 2
  • Dancing - 5
  • Dollhouse construction - 1
  • Drawing, painting - 4
  • Environment - 1
  • Exercise - 5
  • Family - 9
  • Fishing - 3
  • Flying - 1
  • Gardening/flowers - 8
  • Genealogy - 2
  • Geomorphology - 1
  • Graphics - 1
  • Hiking, climbing - 13
  • History - 2
  • Horseback riding - 3
  • Hypnotherapy - 1
  • Languages - 3
  • Martial arts - 1
  • Meditation - 3
  • Metaphysics - 1
  • Music - 9
  • Native Amer Dancing - 1
  • Opera, theater, movies - 8
  • Paleontology - 1
  • Photography - 7
  • Pottery - 1
  • Reading - 32
  • School - 1
  • Science - 1
  • Scrap booking - 1
  • Sew, crafts - 13
  • Singing - 3
  • Sports - 13
  • Stained glass - 1
  • Surfing - 1
  • Technology - 1
  • Travel - 16
  • Tutoring - 1
  • Walking - 3
  • Work - 1
  • Writing - 7
  • Writing music - 1
  • Yard & 2nd hand sales - 1
  • Yoga - 3
Note : Some arbitrary decisions had to be made in deciding where to include some of the answers; e.g., under "Special Interests," several answers have been lumped under the category of "Sports" other than those activities that are specifically called out. Also note, not everyone answered every question, and some put multiple answers to some.
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Thanks to Lynn and Carol for collecting and analyzing the data on this page
Background adapted from an image by Alan Paine Radebaugh
This page updated Wednesday, January 25, 2006