AUDITIONS - Volunteers

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.

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.

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  

Announcing the Spring 2020 program for the Shreveport Bossier Community Chorale in Northwest Louisiana and east TexasDr. Glen Adkins is the director of the mass choir and 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, May 3, 2020 the SB Chorale will perform Gospel Mass by Robert Ray; medley from Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg, arr. Ed Lojeski; three Madrigals by Emma Lou Diemer; Erdö szélen sátoroznak (Gypsy Song) arranged Glen Adkins; Dirait-on by Morten Lauridsen; and Ezekiel Saw De Wheel arranged by William Dawson. Weekly rehearsals begin Sunday, February 23, 2020 at First Baptist Church Shreveport. We are accepting singers through Sunday, March 22. This new 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 Midwest Motet Society is pleased to announce we’ve become the newest St. Paul Community Church’s Shared Space Partner! We join several other arts organizations in the area such as the Bel Canto Children’s Choir and 23 Miles South Theater Group and look forward to our association with St. Paul Community Church. Our spring concert, Sunday, May 31 at 4pm will be at St. Paul’s in Homewood, Illinois.

Auditions for the Midwest Motet Society begin the week of January 13 and continue through March 10 All voice types are encouraged to audition. The MMS sings music NO ONE else sings in the South Suburbs. If you like singing in a choir with only a few people on a part and like a challenge, WE’RE YOUR CHOIR! To set up an audition appointment, contact the MMS by phone(708)206-0380 or email

Spring 2020 Concert: May 31, 2020 “Folks from Around the World” www.midwestmotet.org

The Festival Youth Chorus of New Jersey Choral Society will be holding auditions by appointment in January for performances through the remainder of the concert season.  This is a great résumé builder for aspiring singers who will perform alongside adults and professional instrumentalists, working under the baton of Noelle Dachis, Festival Youth Chorus Director.

Singers in grades 6-8 can audition for Choraleers, our treble ensemble, and singers in grades 9-12 can audition for Chorale, our SATB ensemble.  Please visit our website for audition requirements and solo information, located at njcs.org.