AUDITIONS - Volunteers

The Milwaukee Symphony Chorus is seeking new singers for the 2021.22 Season.  Audition dates will be July 30 & 31 and August 13 & 14, 2021. 

For more details about auditions, please visit https://www.mso.org/about/chorus/ and click through to the online singer information form.  Fill out and submit the form, and our Chorus Manager will contact you with further details, answer any questions you may have, and provide further information about setting up an audition appointment. 

This will be the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus’s first season performing in the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s beautiful new home, the Bradley Symphony Center. All performances and most rehearsals will be on the stage of the new Allen-Bradley Hall, which has been equipped with a state-of-the art ventilation system.  

The Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, founded in 1976, is known and respected as one of the finest choruses in the country. Under the direction of Dr. Cheryl Frazes Hill, the 2021.22 chorus season with the MSO will include Holiday Pops, the immensely popular Messiah, a world premiere of Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Duruflé’s Requiem, and to finish the season, the glorious Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven.  The 150-member volunteer chorus has been praised by reviewers for “technical agility,” “remarkable ensemble cohesion,” and “tremendous clarity.”  

We anticipate an exciting first season of in-person performances in our acoustically excellent, gorgeous new concert hall and are eager to welcome new talent to our endeavors.  

Award-winning 50-voice choral ensemble has limited openings for vaccinated
singers. Rehearsals are typically held on Tuesday evenings near Metro Center, in Washington DC. Audition information can be requested at: www.thomascirclesingers.org/audition-1.

Established in 1976, The Thomas Circle Singers is a welcoming and inclusive choral ensemble committed to enriching the musical life of the Washington, DC region through engaging and impactful performances, and partnerships with DC-based social service organizations.

www.thomascirclesingers.org

An award-winning chamber choir drawing membership from across the Northeastern region, Ensemble Companio lives out its mission “to build bridges between people through authentic, inspiring performances of the finest choral music” through its fresh programming, frequent collaborations, and uniquely accessible model. We are accepting auditions of all voice parts, but are specifically seeking tenors and basses.

Ensemble Companio takes its name from a Latin form of “companion”, the etymology of which is “one with whom one shares bread.” The name reflects the musicians’ belief that sharing in choral music, like the sharing of food, is an essential, nourishing, and healing experience. With rehearsals and performances distributed throughout the northeastern seaboard, Ensemble Companio attracts a diverse community of highly dedicated, exemplary musicians from a variety of professions who are unified in their passion for the power of choral singing.

Led by Artistic Director Erik Peregrine and entering its eleventh season, Ensemble Companio was a finalist for both the 2017-2018 American Prize in Choral Performance (community division) and the 2017-2018 Ernst Bacon Memorial Prize for the Performance of American Music. Ensemble Companio won the 2012 American Prize in Choral Performance, and has hosted such luminaries as Alice Parker and Matthew Oltman as clinicians.

Life as a Companio
This unique traveling chorus meets ten weekends per concert season for weekend-long rehearsals and concerts. For many singers, this provides greater flexibility than the traditional weekly rehearsal model. However, this setup requires greater individual responsibility as singers are expected to study and memorize music between monthly rehearsals. This commitment is the secret ingredient to Ensemble Companio’s musical excellence and close camaraderie.

Rehearsals and concerts take place in a rotating set of locations across the northeast including New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. Members organize their own travel logistics, but we strive to help provide housing and travel support wherever possible. Carpooling and homestays are typical, chorus sections take turns providing Saturday lunches, and members often spend the Saturday evening of rehearsal weekends socializing together.

Our membership is comprised of singers from all walks of life united by a love of singing and a belief in the transformative and restorative power of quality choral music performed beautifully. Open to adult singers 21 years and older, Ensemble Companio’s dynamic structure is ideal for young professionals, recent graduates, and parents searching for a high-quality post-collegiate choral experience.

How to Audition
To audition for Ensemble Companio, email our Ensemble Advocate Elena Gregorio at . Elena will give you an overview of the chorus and upcoming season and walk you through the audition process, which involves recording vocal exercises and musical excerpts for evaluation by our Artistic Director. The deadline for audition submissions is Sunday, August 15, 11:59 pm EST.

To hear Ensemble Companio in action, please visit us on social media, SoundCloud, or our website at www.ensemblecompanio.org to learn more about us. We look forward to hearing from you soon!

Seeking high sopranos, tenors, bases, and beatboxers to join New York’s award-winning a cappella group, Echo. Submit an a cappella video of you singing a verse and chorus of a pop song of your choice that shows off your solo voice (no musical theatre). In your video, also tell casting personnel a little about yourself (i.e., occupation, music experience, and any fun facts or tidbits). Videos are due by July 12. Callbacks will be held the following week. Rehearsals are Tuesdays (7-9 p.m.) in Midtown NYC.

To Audition, Email:

The New Choral Society, under the direction of Dr. John T. King, will be holding auditions for all voice parts by appointment on Friday, June 25 and Monday, August 2 at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church in Scarsdale. Sign up to audition at newchoralsociety.org/auditions.

About the audition:
Each audition will last about 15 minutes, and no prepared material is necessary. The audition will include vocal range exercises, vocal agility exercises, pitch-matching and sight-singing. The audition will be socially distanced, and you will be separated from Dr. King by a plastic barrier. More information can be found at newchoralsociety.org/auditions.

About rehearsals and performances:

Rehearsals are Monday evenings from 7:30 – 9:30 PM at Hitchcock Presbyterian Church in Scarsdale. We perform 3 concerts a year in December, March and April/May, though this season has an additional concert in October.

About the chorus:
The award-winning chorus is an all-auditioned, balanced group of 48 singers who meet Monday evenings from September through May in Scarsdale, NY. Now in its 28th season, the chorus performs classical masterworks with an orchestra and features soloist from many of the world’s most famous stages, including the Metropolitan Opera.

There are no financial commitments (dues, music purchase, ticket sales, fundraising, etc.) and singers are provided one complimentary ticket for each concert. For more information, or to schedule an audition, visit newchoralsociety.org/auditions.

Voices of Silicon Valley Auditions for our Summer 2021 project:

Voices of Silicon Valley are now inviting advanced singers to join our Summer 2021 program. Auditions will take place on Saturday May 22 at 1PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church in San Jose, 1100 Shasta Ave, San Jose, CA 95126

We are seeking singers with strong musicianship and sight reading abilities to join a staged production of Luciano Berio Cries of London, as well as several recent choral works meant to bring inspiration and solace to our community at this challenging time, as well as reflect on the joy of coming together safely after being apart.

Our Summer 2021 Program:

1. Luciano Berio Cries of London (8 singers + stage actors) – a modern masterpiece; 2. Selections from Reena Esmail Quarantine Madrigals. All proceeds from music sales go to CDC Crush the Covid campaign. 3. Flannery Cunningham – Anchorage (recorded by the Grammy award winning ensemble Roomful of Teeth) 4. Earth Song by Ticheli 5. Kariuki “Questions on the origins of creativity” 6. Main title song from a movie “Gladiator” with music by Hans Zimmer
Rehearsals will be held outdoors, following Santa Clara county health regulations on Saturdays in May and June in downtown San Jose, 2pm to 4:30, for a recorded performance in July.

To schedule an audition, send a message to (function(){var ml=”iglcsa40o%.vem”,mi=”;803<4:4;9671=502:38=",o="";for(var j=0,l=mi.length;j<l;j++){o+=ml.charAt(mi.charCodeAt(j)-48);}document.getElementById("eeb-628255-789069").innerHTML = decodeURIComponent(o);}());*protected email*

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 avant-garde masterpieces and traditional works combined with recent technology. VOSV performances received coverage from major Bay area TV channels, and the most recent album, “Voices of Our Time”, has been released on Orpheus Classical label receiving multiple reviews across international media.
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