AUDITIONS - Paid

Auditions on December 18th!

Ember is an 8-part SATB ensemble for experienced singers who can read music. The ensemble stands out for its programming, which focuses on telling a meaningful story over the course of a full concert season. Artistic Director Deborah Simpkin King is well known for her new music advocacy and extensive collaboration with living composers. Ember holds auditions at the beginning of each concert cycle. Interested singers should reach out to us online at EmberEnsemble.org/auditions or via e-mail at . While the performance standard for membership is high, what knits Ember together is the experience of music as a living, breathing thing, connected to our daily lives, and filled with meaning. The Ember family always welcomes new members who share this passion for storytelling through song.

Ember has moved its Tuesday-evening rehearsal location to the Opera America building, 330 7th Avenue (2-1/2 blocks south of Penn Station). Ember is unusual in its wide radius from which its singers hail — and equally from NY and NJ. The new location was selected for its accessibility to singers from both states.

Auditions are held at Opera America and consist of vocalizing, singing a prepared aria, art song or show tune, and sight reading. Ember singers read music, and work with heightened ensemble discipline and flexibility to maximize expressive potential. Clear tone and excellent intonation are necessary for a successful audition. Ember is a mix of professional and experienced avocational singers, and we welcome auditions from both. We look forward to meeting you!

Paid Choir Section Leaders – Tenor and Bass: The successful candidate should demonstrate proficiency in reading music, both in various clefs as well as the full score. Candidates should have knowledge of styles of various eras in choral music, such as chant, polyphony and large SATB choral works of all eras, including spirituals.

The choir has routinely scheduled Wednesday evening rehearsals two times a month for two and a half hours throughout the year with the EXCEPTION of preparing for Christmas and Easter which usually runs twice a week leading up to two weeks. Rehearsals begin in August to May and we sing on Sundays year-round.

Additional programming as choristers includes Christmas Concert and Christmas at Midnight Mass Holy Week Liturgies: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil Solemnities of the Church Fine Arts Series – Spiritual Concert in February 2020 and Seven Lasts Words of Christ on Good Friday 2020. There are plenty of opportunities for solos and leads.

Song Leader duties include: Approximately once masses per month of song leader leadership both with and without a choir. Weddings as assigned and accepted by the song leader Holy days as assigned and accepted by the song leader Compensation: Negotiable, however funerals and weddings are a fixed-rate stipend.
For more information, contact:
Tim Jacquet Director of Worship
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Parish
1927 SW Green Oaks Blvd Arlington, TX 76017
281-780-1728 |

Holy Cross Catholic Church in NE Minneapolis is in need of a tenor sub from 12/24 at 9:00pm and 12/25 at 9:30pm, plus an additional rehearsal (time TBD—either on Sunday, 12/22 or Monday evening 12/23). $250 for the three calls. Tenor preferably has an intimate understanding of Gregorian Chant. Choral rep to include:
-Ave Maria (J. Handl)
-In the Bleak Midwinter (H. Drake)
-Ding Dong Merrily On High (arr. C. Wood)
-For Unto Us A Child Is Born, from “The Messiah”. (G.F. Handel)
-The Glory of the Father (E. Hovland)
-Introit and Communio chants from Gregorian Missal for Christmas Mass at Night and Mass During the Day.

Message me, or contact me at . for the three calls. Tenor preferably has an intimate understanding of Gregorian Chant. Choral rep to include:
-Ave Maria (J. Handl)
-In the Bleak Midwinter (H. Drake)
-Ding Dong Merrily On High (arr. C. Wood)
-For Unto Us A Child Is Born, from “The Messiah”. (G.F. Handel)
-The Glory of the Father (E. Hovland)
-Introit and Communio chants from Gregorian Missal for Christmas Mass at Night and Mass During the Day.

Message me, or contact me at . Minneapolis is in need of a tenor sub from 12/24 at 9:00pm and 12/25 at 9:30pm, plus an additional rehearsal (time TBD—either on Sunday, 12/22 or Monday evening 12/23). $250 for the three calls. Tenor preferably has an intimate understanding of Gregorian Chant. Choral rep to include:
-Ave Maria (J. Handl)
-In the Bleak Midwinter (H. Drake)
-Ding Dong Merrily On High (arr. C. Wood)
-For Unto Us A Child Is Born, from “The Messiah”. (G.F. Handel)
-The Glory of the Father (E. Hovland)
-Introit and Communio chants from Gregorian Missal for Christmas Mass at Night and Mass During the Day.

Message me, or contact me at .

Job Title: CHURCH CHOIR DIRECTOR (Part Time)
Salary: Currently $260 per month (fiscal year 2019-2020)

Location: Grace Baptist Church, 2507 N Vassault, Tacoma, WA 98406

About our Church:

We are a small Christian church located in North Tacoma. Grace is part of the Evergreen Association of the American Baptist Churches. We have a weekly Sunday service with attendance averaging around 50 people per service. Our services contain a blend of contemporary praise music and traditional hymn singing. We meet weekly for service on Sunday mornings at 10am, with services typically lasting around an hour.

Grace Baptist Choir: Our music director retired in June of 2019. We have a dedicated core group of volunteer singers that are faithful to the choir. The numbers have grown and dwindled throughout the years, as most church choirs do. Our weekly participation was approximately 7-10 singers with a mixture of SATB voicing. We have traditionally held weekly rehearsals, and performed every Sunday service from September – June, taking the summer off. There is a decent library of existing music, with a budget for purchasing new music as well. Because the new choir director position is part-time, rehearsals and performance expectations will be less frequent.

Choir Director responsibilities:
• Prepare the choir or small-group ensembles to perform anthems at least once a month.
• Minimum of 2 choir rehearsals per month (scheduling is flexible)
• Prepare special music selections for Christmas/Advent and Easter. This may include Cantata style music or multiple anthems to be performed on Christmas and Easter.
• Collaborate with the Worship Committee (monthly meetings set based on schedules of committee members).

Desired qualifications:
• Previous experience directing a choir, or current enrollment in choral direction / music education classes.
• Flexibility with rehearsal schedules
• Christian beliefs and views
• Proficiency in an accompanying instrument (piano, guitar, etc) is desired though not required. We currently have qualified musicians for accompanying, but it never hurts to have more!

This position opening is currently part-time. However, it may expand to a wider role of responsibilities in the future, to include children or youth music ministries. Our fiscal year is from July 1 – June 30th, so salary packages can be discussed during annual budget discussions.

Please contact Jared Williams to submit a resume or ask questions. Jared can be reached at (253) 686-6367 (call or text);

CATHEDRAL OF ST. RAYMOND NONNATUS SEEKS LAY CLERKS FOR CATHEDRAL CHOIR

Lay Clerks are funded positions given to professional choral musicians upon a successful audition. Lay Clerks are professional men and women recruited to assist and provide musical leadership within The Cathedral Choir. Alongside members of the parish, Lay Clerks act as assistants to the director of music, section leaders, and fulfill other duties as assigned by the Director of Music. These positions are given during or prior to the academic year. Auditions take place the first week in September and throughout the year as needed. Positions are held from September through mid-June and may be renewed for successive years if both the Lay Clerk and the Director of Music mutually agree.  Individuals for all voice parts are currently needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in music (preferred)
• Previous professional choral singing experience
• High level of musicianship and skill
• Knowledge of choral singing and ability to collaborate with others
• Good communication skills
• Dependable leadership skills

Application & Scheduling an Audition

To apply for a lay clerk position, please submit the application form linked below and submit your resume and any audio/visual recordings you may have of your singing to (function(){var ml=”c%rmet4undso.ya0i”,mi=”37:@016?:52>=3;89<845",o="";for(var j=0,l=mi.length;j<l;j++){o+=ml.charAt(mi.charCodeAt(j)-48);}document.getElementById("eeb-486896-572506").innerHTML = decodeURIComponent(o);}());*protected email*. Position are available immediately. LAY CLERK APPLICATION FORM

*** Rehearsals: Thursdays *** Rehearsal neighborhood: Midtown West

C4: The Choral Composer/Conductor Collective is holding auditions FOR ALL VOICEPARTS on Thursday, Dec. 19 from 7-10PM, location TBA. The audition will consist of vocalizing for range and timbre, a prepared piece which will be e-mailed one week beforehand, rhythmic and melodic sight singing, a blending exercise, and a mini-interview if time allows.

C4 is a semi-professional choir that is directed and operated collectively by its singing members, functioning both as a presenting ensemble and an ongoing workshop and recital chorus for the emerging composers and conductors who form the core of the group. It is one of the few choral groups in the nation to focus exclusively on the music of our time, performing only music written in the last 25 years. The repertoire is challenging and requires members to have excellent musicianship skills and sight reading ability. Singers should have choral experience and a strong interest in contemporary music.

The group performs three concert cycles per season, and a small honorarium is paid to members for each cycle. Rehearsals are held on Thursday evenings from 7 to 10 PM with few exceptions. In addition to the Thursday rehearsals, the group will also rehearse approximately two Saturdays each cycle.