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If you are an Alto 2 who is looking for a singing opportunity, we need you!
NOVA Women’s Choral Project needs one more Alto 2 to sing with us for a choral workshop on Saturday, October 23rd from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. in Weston, MA. Come join some really terrific people as we work on works by Dale Trumbore, Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, and Sarah Quartel. For more details please visit out website at www.novawcp.org or email Artistic Director, Jennifer Kane, at .
Out of Bounds
New works in public spaces
Commissioned, developed, and produced by PROTOTYPE
Co-presented with Times Square Arts Alliance
Composed by Daniel Bernard Roumain
Libretto and Creative Direction by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
Music Direction by Carolyn Kuan
Together in song – we heal, we rise.
PROTOTYPE Festival will kick off its 10th anniversary season with an exuberant cri de coeur, bringing communities together through what we know best – the voice. We have long missed the opera houses, black box theatres, and jazz clubs, but perhaps what we have missed most is singing – the joyous feeling of expressing one’s being through song.
The All Sing brings more than 1,000 people together to weave a vibrant tapestry of sound, poetic justice, and hope. From the voices who tread the boards of some of our most hallowed stages to those who tread the tiles of their shower, all are welcome in this ebullient celebration of connection, community, and our capacity to love. Together as one we will craft an unforgettable moment and sing for a return to a more just, healthy, and music-filled life in a post-COVID world.
Commitment: We ask that each ensemble rehearse the music independently between December 1, 2021 – January 6, 2022. The music can be learned in one 30 – 45 minute rehearsal. An audio recording of the vocal lines will be made available in early December to assist with rehearsals. PROTOTYPE will print and mail copies of the piano/vocal score to each ensemble prior to December 1, 2021, if requested. We ask that each music librarian or choral admin distribute to their singers. A PDF of the score will be made available on the PROTOTYPE website on December 1, 2021. prototypefestival.org
Duration: 3-5 minutes of vocal music. The piece will open with spoken text and close with instrumentals. We anticipate the performance lasting ~15-20 minutes.
Relevant dates: There will be some light movement/staging during the piece, which will be discussed during a meeting held in Times Square at 6pm ET on Wednesday, January 5 or 6pm ET on Thursday, January 6. Please hold both dates. We ask that each choral group assign a captain who will lead the ensemble as they process in and recess out. The choral captain should be present at this meeting; the ensemble need not attend.
Performance: Saturday, January 8 (**subject to change)
10am Indoor rehearsal: Location TBD
12:15pm Sound Check / Outdoors in Times Square on the steps at Duffy Square (7th Ave & West 47th Street)
12:45pm Dress Rehearsal
Break
2pm Performance
2:30pm End
Raindate: Sunday, January 9 – same schedule and location as above
COVID protocol: For the safety of all involved, at this time, we strongly encourage all singers to be vaccinated. Should this become mandatory, PROTOTYPE will be in touch.
Attire:
• Black binder or choral folder (memorization is not necessary)
• Please plan to dress warmly as this is an outdoor event!
• Bag drop details are forthcoming. In the event that bag drop cannot be offered, please travel to the performance site with only your music in hand.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
PROTOTYPE: Opera|Theatre|Now, now celebrating its tenth anniversary, is an annual festival of visionary opera-theatre and music-theatre works by pioneering contemporary artists from New York City and around the world. The festival is the only one of its kind in the United States – presenting fully produced premieres, national and international presentations, and showings of original genre-bending works by both emerging and career artists from the contemporary classical opera-theatre and music-theatre idiom. Learn more about PROTOTYPE at prototypefestival.org. PROTOTYPE returns for its tenth iteration January 7 – 16, 2022.
The world needs more Altos…and so do we!
Join NOVA Women’s Choral Project for a treble choral workshop on October 22-23rd as we explore works by contemporary women composers!
NOVA Women’s Choral Project is a new, project-based women’s choral ensemble in the Greater Boston area that uses innovative choral experiences to raise awareness of issues that impact both women and our communities. For more information on NOVA or to learn more about our workshop, please visit our web page: https://www.novawcp.org/auditions
Announcing the Fall 2021 program for the Shreveport Bossier Community Chorale in Northwest Louisiana and east Texas. Dr. Glen Adkins is the director of the mass choir and Dr. Gay Grosz is the accompanist. No audition is required and the choir is open to the entire ArkLaTex community. There is a $40 registration fee per singer.
On Sunday, December 5, 2021 The community choir will perform Gloria by John Rutter, as well as Glorias by Randall Bass, Mozart, and Vivaldi. Weekly rehearsals begin Sunday, October 3, 2021 at First Baptist Church Shreveport. We are accepting singers through Sunday, October 24. The community choir is under the auspices of the Academy for the Arts. https://aftafbcs.org/
To register for the SB Chorale or for more information go to https://aftafbcs.org/community-chorale/ .
The Church of Our Lady of the Lake in Verona, NJ invites all who are interested in finding a new choir home. We embrace all voice parts and look forward to having you. Rehearsals are Thursdays from 7:30pm to 9pm, and the choir sings at the weekly 10:30am Mass. During COVID, we sing socially-distant, but masks are only required for unvaccinated churchgoers. Reach our to music director Vincent Carr at . We look forward to seeing you there!
Join the Downers Grove Choral Society for our season kickoff rehearsals on the Mondays of September 13 and 20 from 7:30-9:45pm at First United Methodist Church (1032 Maple Ave., Downers Grove, IL). All voices are welcome as we start to prepare our concert “Light Out of Darkness.” This concert will be performed on Sunday, November 14, 2021, 4:00pm at First United Methodist church and will feature J.S. Bach’s Aus der Tiefen and Faure’s Requiem. For more information about joining the Downers Grove Choral Society see www.dgcs.org. We look forward to seeing you at one of our open rehearsals!