The Stanford Chamber Chorale is the Stanford Department of Music's most select choir, comprising 24 students drawn from both graduate and undergraduate populations at Stanford University. Hailing from across the United States and around the world, these singers represent a variety of academic disciplines and degree programs. As members of the Chamber Chorale, these Stanford students meet a demanding schedule of performing, touring, and recording while maintaining their rigorous academic programs. Over the years, the Chorale has toured in the United States, Japan, China, Thailand, England, Wales, Scotland, Austria, Germany, Israel, Italy, and France, and has performed collaboratively with some of the most renowned performing organizations in the world. The ensemble's most recent recording, Illumine: Christmas at Stanford, qualified in five categories for the 2013 Grammy preliminary ballot, including for the category Best Choral Performance.