<p>I’ve never been in either chorus or a capella, but (the old CC disclaimer) I’ve had friends in both. I think it would be pretty hard to do an a capella group and chorus at the same time because each is sort of like playing a sport. You spend a lot of time in rehearsals and traveling around and recording and doing various gigs. Then in your “free time” you’re probably hanging out with your friends from singing, eating together, practicing (doing that annoying/cute a capella group thing where you break out into harmony in weird places like standing in line for parties). And oh yeah, you have to go to class at some point. </p>
<p>So it would be sort of like playing two sports in a single season. Only the season never ends. But you could definitely try out for each and see which you prefer. Frankly, I think a cappella offers the tighter family experience because chorus is a large group, though I know people get tight within their sections. But chorus doesn’t have the stress of fundraising, you get to perform in a lot of amazing places, you’re the official “voice of Smith” if you will and you’re doing more traditional choral music for events like Vespers (the Christmas concert), which some people really prefer.</p>