AUDITIONS - Volunteers

Auditions on January 4th!

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 EmberArts.org/auditions. 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.

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!

Are you an experienced vocalist looking for challenging repertoire and a wonderful choral community? We’d love for you to join us! Sacred and Profane, A Chamber Chorus has openings for voices in all sections (SATB), especially tenor and bass voices, for our 2021–22 season. Winter rehearsals begin January 3, 2022.

Auditions are scheduled by appointment. Visit www.sacredprofane.org/audition to learn more about our upcoming season and audition process. If you’ve got a healthy voice and a great attitude, contact us to schedule an audition. Send us an email with a brief description of your interest, experience, and your voice part to .

About Sacred and Profane, A Chamber Chorus:
Founded in 1977, Sacred & Profane is a chamber chorus that performs a wide variety of a cappella choral music. Concert repertoire includes sacred and secular works from the middle ages to the contemporary period, drawing from classical, ethnic & folk traditions. We aim to provide an inspiring & educational experience for audiences & chorus members through innovative programming, intensive preparation & high quality performances.

S&P is composed of 24 to 32 singers (SATB), each bringing superior musicianship, vocal skill, and dedication to the ensemble, achieving professional-level performances. As a result, the ensemble is capable of superior execution of challenging repertoire from across the musical canon, including contemporary and highly demanding works. Our talented singers represent many facets of our diverse Bay Area communities; from a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and demographics. S&P embraces our vibrant membership and strives to explore and celebrate this through our repertoire. www.sacredprofane.org

**The health and safety of our members, staff, and community are our top priority. All rehearsals and concerts will follow safety protocol such as shortened exposure time, air filtration, and will require masks and social distancing for all parties. We continue to closely monitor local and state directives, public health guidelines, and work to keep the choral experience thriving safely.**

For more information about the choir and repertoire, participation requirements, health and safety measures, the audition process, or to schedule and audition, contact us by email. Details at www.sacredprofane.org/audition.

44th Season: Together in Time and Space
Fall 2021 | Musical Mystical: Angels Among Us
Featuring music about angels and celestial beings by Tina Andersson, Karin Rehnqvist, Trevor Weston, Raffaella Aleotti, Stern Källman, and more with guest instrumentalists (oboe, Haitian percusssion)

Winter 2022 | Rhythm of Time: Music For Choir and Piano
Exploring our relationship to the passage of time through music for choir and piano by Benjamin Britten, Samuel Coleridge Taylor, Rosephanye Powell, Franz Schubert, Conrad Susa, Dale Trumbore, and more.

Spring 2022 | Local Vocal: Celebrating Our Musical Bay Area
Spotlighting music written by local composers and about our local history and geography. Works by Kirke Meecham, Gabriela Lena Frank, David Conte, Mark Winges, Edna Yeh, Byron Au Yong, and others.

Hello Friends,
We need a few last minute tenor and bass ringers for a small SATB chorus for our city’s Inauguration Ceremony. It’s a special one as our mayor is now the longest serving mayor in the history of MA.
The Governor and Lt Governor will be in attendance, so this is not for beginners. You must have sung this before (or be a very good sight reader) and be a well-seasoned choir singer. We’ll only be doing one rehearsal which will be at
As I mentioned in the title, we’ll be singing Vivaldi’s Gloria – JUST the Gloria in excelsis Deo. Short, sweet and celebratory.
If you are willing and able, please call, text or email me asap.
Thank you in advance!
Tara Lappas
978.833.7481 call/text (no voicemail)

Melodia Women’s Choir of NYC, Cynthia Powell Artistic Director, is an acclaimed ensemble of 30+ volunteer singers who explore, create, and perform both classical and contemporary works composed for women’s voices and instrumental ensembles. Melodia is a professionally-managed, grant-funded organization. Concerts are presented in November and April/May each season. We are currently auditioning singers for our 2021-2022 season. Our spring program will explore a wide range of American music for women’s voices, piano and additional instruments. Singers need strong sight-reading skills and choral experience. High-level, friendly group. Contact for an audition. More info & clips: melodiawomenschoirnyc.org.

Announcing 21V auditions!

We’re calling soprano and alto voices of all genders and gender identities to join a professional-caliber ensemble in crafting a new choral sound. Stipends offered. For more information, please contact us at document.getElementById(“eeb-489116-156181”).innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent(“%27%69%6e%66%6f%40%32%31%76%63%68%6f%69%72%2e%6f%72%67%27”))*protected email* or visit our auditions page at https://www.21vchoir.org/auditions

To be considered for 21V’s singer roster for our inaugural program in April 2022, please submit an Audition Request Form no later than 1/14/2022.

Founded in 2021 by Dr. Martín Benvenuto, 21V will explore a broad identity of 21st century music of the Americas, inspiring awareness and advocacy for underrepresented American continent perspectives. To inaugurate our first season, 21V is premiering a new commission celebrating the Tulsa community.

Please share this exciting opportunity with your networks!

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 .