Looking for a youth choir for a new musical, “Knowing God.” This choir is the “show within the show” of the musical, singing virtually every musical number. Think “White Christmas” – how that movie showed the cast rehearsing for the show and it was the actual show.
May end up touring.
Message of the show: If you keep pursuing your God-given dreams, they will come true – perhaps not the way you imagined, but still come true!
Virtual rehearsals to begin.
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AUDITIONS - Volunteers
Ember has select openings!
The Ember ensemble has immediate openings for one high soprano, one low bass, and one tenor for our May concert called “Voices of the Earth,” featuring the commissioned premiere of Eric Banks’ Famous Last Words, based on the award-winning book by Jared Diamond, Collapse. Singers interested in auditioning for these chairs are invited to reach out asap here.
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Ember is an 8-part SATB ensemble for experienced singers who read music well. 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 is now celebrating its 25th anniversary season with the theme of “Listening” — listening to each other with civility; listening to our own internal voices, and those often considered to be “on the fringe;” listening to the earth and to the universe; considering what lessons we can learn as we heighten our awareness and ability to listen on multiple levels. Remaining concerts of the season will be on May 16/17. To learn more about us, please visit our website, EmberEnsemble.org.
Choir members wanted
Setauket United Methodist Church (East Setauket, Long Island, NY) is seeking singers to join us every Sunday for a refreshing morning of music and worship. Warm up begins at 9:30am- Woship at 10am, followed by a rehearsal starting around 11:30am. In between, there is fellowship, and coffee.
For more information or questions, contact Carl J Ferrara, Music director.
Voices of Silicon Valley auditions – San Jose and San Francisco
What: Auditions for the Spring 2020 production
When: February 29, Saturday from 2 pm to 4:30
Where: Westminster Presbyterian Church, downtown San Jose
Contact: to schedule audition time
Rehearsal schedule: VOSV meets 2-3 times every month, usually 2 Saturday afternoons and 1 Monday night. We are looking for experienced and advanced singers who are interested in a wide range of repertoire and can learn music on their own, so our rehearsal schedule can be much lighter than other choral/vocal groups in the area.
Repertoire: This Spring Voices of Silicon Valley will present a staged production of great Luciano Berio Cries of London, Meredith Monk Earth Seen from Above (please see the link below) and madrigals by Gesualdo. This is a great opportunity for singers as this staged production will be presented in late May-early June in some of Bay area’s best concert venues.
Recent VOSV recording:
About Voices of Silicon Valley: founded 2014, VOSV is a vocal ensemble/chamber chorus that over the past 5 years has made a significant progress in expanding the range of possibilities for a choral/vocal performance, presenting interactive works for choir and audience/cell phones, rarely performed avent-garde masterpieces and traditional works combined with recent technology. In recent years, Voices have been named “one of the 8 music groups changing Bay Area” by KDFC and “an adventurous new ensemble” by Joshua Kosman (San Francisco Chronicle).
VOSV most recent Ghost Ship Memorial concert was featured on Bay Area evening news.
Choral opportunities at St. Louis’s Baptist ‘cathedral’
As Lent approaches, some powerful music is planned for Third Baptist Church in Grand Center, St. Louis. Singers interested in taking part in some or all of these presentations (repertoire available on church website) are invited to contact the Director of Music, Dr. Philip Barnes, at the church. Prior choral experience is expected, and some reading skills necessary; these help in keeping the weekly time commitment to a minimum. Contact pbarnes (at) third-baptist.org for more information.
All Singers Wanted: Beethoven Missa Solemnis & Spirituals
No auditions necessary; all voice types welcome. Join the Schiller Institute NYC Choruses for a wonderful year of Beethoven and African-American Spirituals. We will be singing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis at several 9-11 concerts, with concerts and musikabends between now and then.
Branch choruses meet weekly in Manhattan, Flushing, Brooklyn, and Northern NJ (Bogota). For a full rehearsal schedule, please visit our website sinycchorus.com
For more information and to participate, call Margaret Greenspan at 646-509-5451