Essential Voices USA – Auditions for Singers – Sunday, January 24, 2016

Judith Clurman’s Essential Voices USA announces its auditions for volunteer singers for two concerts for their spring season on Sunday, January 24, 2016 from 3-6 PM.

 

The Composer Speaks – Austrian émigrés:
 Schoenberg, Von Trapp and the Power of Music, will be held on March 30, 2016, at the DiMenna Space for Classical Music in New York City. The repertoire will include works by Arnold Schoenberg (Survivor from Warsaw, Folksongs, and Cabaret Songs) and the US Premiere of the David Chase/Larry Hochman arrangement of The Sound of Music Suite. Joining EVUSA will be moderator Naomi Lewin, and guests Larry Schoenberg, Marni Nixon, David Chase, Ted Chapin, Larry Hochman, and soloists Maureen McKay and Joseph Beutel.

 

Do You Hear the People Sing – the New York Pops Gala, honoring Alain Boublil, & Claude-Michel Schönberg, will be held on May 2, 2016, at Carnegie Hall. EVUSA will join an all-star cast and sing selections from Les Miserables and Miss Saigon.

The ensemble will also begin preparations for a fall performance of the Mozart Requiem. Select singers will also record a CD of holiday music.

Bring a piece that you love to sing (preferably, a classical work) to the audition. You will be asked to sight read.

 

 

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Judith Clurman’s Essential Voices USA (EVUSA) is widely regarded as one of New York’s preeminent choral ensembles. It comprises a highly talented roster of both seasoned professionals and auditioned volunteers. Within this group, Clurman has created a dynamic choral model in which the size of the ensemble is dictated by the unique needs of each project. EVUSA performs regularly on the Carnegie Hall subscription series with The New York Pops and at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music. The ensemble was in residence with National Public Radio during the month of February 2011. That same year, the ensemble launched The Composer Speaks, a popular series of informal concerts in workshop format designed to encourage dialogue with composers and lyricists and moderated by Judith. In 2011 and 2012, EVUSA “rocked the rock” on NBC’s national broadcasts of the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting. A highlight of the 2012–2013 season was EVUSA’s participation in the Presidential Inaugural activities, including a sing-along of the “Sing Out, Mr. President” song cycle at the “Church of the Presidents” in Washington, D.C. They performed on July 4th Macy’s 2014 Spectacular Fireworks broadcast on NBC television. In 2015 they presented two sold out performances: The Composer Speaks – “Beyond Broadway: Composers Go Choral” with Sheldon Harnick, Larry Hochman, Andrew Lippa, Joshua Schmidt, Stephen Schwartz,  David Shire, Georgia Stitt, Jonathan Tunick,  and Maury Yeston and “Sing Christmas” at 54 Below in New York City. EVUSA has recorded three critically acclaimed CDs for Sono Luminus: Holiday Harmonies: Songs of Christmas (soloists: Jamie Barton and Maureen McKay), Celebrating the American Spirit (soloists: Kelli O’Hara and Ron Raines) and Cherished Moments: Songs of the Jewish Spirit. Their CDs were featured on National Public Radio on Inauguration Day 2013 and during the holiday season in 2015.