Auditions will be held Tuesday August 30th. We have a few openings in each section, SATB. Join us in producing our 12th season: “A Celebration of Christmas” in the beautiful downtown Newmark Theater, and “Sing, Sing, Sing!: A Tribute to Big Band and the Era of Radio” in the spring of 2017.
Information about the ensemble and securing your audition time is found here: http://portlandensign.org/how-to-join/
About Portland Choir & Orchestra:
Since its founding concert in 2005, Portland Choir & Orchestra has been delighting audiences with excellent, inspiring choral and orchestral music. Each year, thousands of Oregon and Washington residents turn out to hear PCO’s wide variety of concert programs including the annual Celebration of Christmas, master works for choir and orchestra based on sacred texts, and patriotic and pops-style concerts that celebrate humankind’s rich heritage of Faith, Music, Family and Liberty.
Portland Choir & Orchestra has performed the Star Spangled Banner at multiple Portland Trail Blazers’ Games and has also performed with the Newport Symphony Orchestra, the Willamette Falls Symphony, and with national stars like Grammy-nominated and acclaimed concert violinist Jenny Oaks Baker, renowned Mormon Tabernacle Organist Clay Christiansen and Broadway actor and recording artist Dallyn Vail Bayles. Local celebrities such as Bill Schonely and Ray Summers have also collaborated to provide inspiring collaborations of music and narration like Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait.
Portland Choir & Orchestra is a non-profit organization composed of 120 singers and 45 instrumentalists. Members of the choir and orchestra audition and volunteer their time, some traveling as far as 100 miles to participate in rehearsals and performances. Choir and orchestra members are committed to sharing a musical legacy of inspirational music born from the world’s concert halls, churches, homes, and folk traditions. PCO enjoys a reputation of offering some of the finest, most uplifting choral/orchestral concerts in the Portland, Oregon metro area. The organization’s Artistic Director is Dr. David Thomas, with Dr. Edward Higgins serving as Orchestra Director.
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