Fall 2016 Auditions Continue for Chicago South Suburban Chamber Choir

The Midwest Motet Society,

Intimate Settings, Inspired Singing

Announces Auditions for their Fall 2016 concert cycle

Auditions continue through September 27, 2016

All voice types are encouraged to audition, however, we really need tenors and baritones/basses

Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings in Flossmoor

Fall Concert will be

“19^th Century Motets and Sacred Music: Songs From Here and There”

Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 4:00 pm

Spring Concert will be

“Partsongs Across Place and Time”

Sunday, June 4, 2017 at 4:00 pm and

Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 4:00 pm

Fall Repertoire

Unaccompanied

Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Johannes Brahms

Ave Verum, Anton Bruckner

Tantum Ergo, A. Bruckner

Heilig, Heilig (Sanctus), Franz Schubert, From “German Mass”

O Salutaris Hostia, Giacomo Rossini

God So Loved the World, John Stainer, From “The Crucifixion”

My Faith Looks Up to Thee, Lowell Mason

O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing, L. Mason

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, L. Mason

Any How, arr. Evelyn LaRue Pittman

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal, arr. Alice Parker

Accompanied

Tantum ergo, Gabriel Faure (women)

How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings, J. Brahms, From “German Requiem”

There Shall A Star Come Out of Jacob, Felix Mendelssohn, From “Christus”

For an audition appointment please contact

The Midwest Motet Society
P.O. Box 706
Flossmoor, IL 60422
(708) 206-0380

midwestmotet.org

Marie Grass Amenta, Founder and Music Director

“The Midwest Motet Society is truly a local gem, in the Southland.” Rev. Michael Gilligan, Ph.D., Executive Director of American Catholic Press

Quotes from The Midwest Motet Society Members

“Marie Amenta has a rich knowledge of the composers who truly love the choral instrument. She programs gems of pieces that are as fun to sing as they are to listen to.”– Ruth Hansen, MMS Mezzo-Soprano from Fall 2011 to Spring 2016

“Rep is key. Many groups repeat much of the repertoire from year to year, but I look forward to each MMS season and being presented with new music to challenge and thrill me.”– Kari Coventry Smith, MMS Soprano

“I haven’t sung music at this level, with this attention to detail and professionalism, since college. Everyone on the South Side, and beyond, should get out and hear it, because it’s an incredible treat when it’s performed at this level, and it simply isn’t done very often at all these days.” –Russell Hansen, MMS Baritone from Fall 2011 to Spring 2016