AUDITIONS - Volunteers

Our summer auditions yielded a great crop of new Ember singers, but we are still shy two low basses and one tenor for our November concert entitled “Civil Discourse.”

Interested basses and tenors are invited to attend our open rehearsal on Tuesday night, September 10th in midtown NYC. To indicate your interest, please fill out an inquiry form at: EmberEnsemble.org/auditions  Or send an email to .

Learn more about Ember at www.EmberEnsemble.org

Paoli Presbyterian Church welcomes singers in all voice parts to participate in Schubert’s Mass in G on October 20 at 10 AM.  We are a suburban Philadelphia Church with a choir of approximately 25 members and a paid quartet.  We will be accompanied by a double String Quartet and Organ.  All are welcome – no need to be a church member to participate.  Rehearsals on Thursday evenings 7-7:45 (followed by our regular rehearsal – all welcome here, too!).  No Audition.  There will be a special rehearsal on Saturday, 9/14 from 10-11:30 and Dress Rehearsal on Saturday, 10/19 at 9:30-11:30 AM.  Please contact Carol Cei, Director of Traditional Music, if you have interest in participating:  .

Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in W.Palm Beach, FL is rebuilding it’s volunteer parish choir and seeking new members performing traditional to contemporary choral music in SATB accompanied by Organ/Piano and occasionally enhanced with strings/woodwinds/brass. (NO pop/rock band so prevalent these days). Although helpful, reading music is not required. Just the desire to sing good choral music. Rehearsals are on Thursday evenings from 7-8:30pm with Sunday Mass at 11am. For more information, please contact Music Director, Ed Kolcz, at or (561) 686-8128

Ember auditions, final block: Tuesday, September 3rd, 5-8, NYC near Penn Station,NYC.

Experienced avocational singers with strong reading skills. Particularly seeking low bass for Nov 9/10 concert set entitled “Civil Discourse.”

Eclectic repertoire mix, mostly that of living composers, one commissioned world premiere

Audition location: Opera America building (Ember’s rehearsal home), 330 7th Avenue (2-1/2 blocks south of Penn Station).
You must schedule an audition; walk-ins not accepted.
Learn/schedule: EmberEnsemble.org/auditions

Camerata d’Amici is pleased to announce that it will be holding auditions for all vocal parts for the 2019-2020 concert season. Auditions will take place on August 30, 31, and September 4, or other times by appointment. To set up a specific audition time, or to find out more about Camerata, contact the artistic director at .

Fall rehearsals for the 2019-2020 season begin Thursday, September 5, 2019. Rehearsals generally take place Thursdays from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at South Salem Presbyterian Church in South Salem, New York.

Camerata d’Amici performs three concerts per season in addition to outreach concerts in neighboring communities. Our concerts for the 2019-2020 season are scheduled for December 8, 2019, March 1, 2020, and May 17, 2020.

Now in its fourteenth season under the direction of Kristin Sponheim, Camerata d’Amici is a 35-member auditioned choral ensemble, drawn from towns in Fairfield and Westchester counties. Camerata performs a range of choral music, old and new, sacred and secular. We are a collegial, mutually supportive group of dedicated singers, united by a desire to capture and express the unique capability of music to touch the hearts of our audience. For more information, visit cameratadamici.org and find us on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.

Join us for our new choral season under the direction of Michael C. Haigler. Our first rehearsal is Monday, September 9, 2019. Prospective singers are welcome to join us for warm-ups, listening and experiencing rehearsals throughout the month of September. We are a community of avocational singers from Rockland County, NY and Bergen County, NJ.

Rehearsals are held on Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 PM at Dominican Convent Chapel, 175 Route 340, Sparkill, NY. (Ring the doorbell to be buzzed in to the building).

Do you enjoy singing a varied repertoire including Master Works of the Renaissance, Baroque and Romantic periods through works by 19^th and 20^th century composers and Broadway show tunes? We are especially seeking Tenors and Basses to join our community; however, singers of all voice parts are welcomed. Although auditioning is not required or that you be able to read music, you will meet with the Artistic Director to determine best voice placement and should be able to match pitch.

For further information and directions to the convent, call Sue O’Brien at (845) 598-6749.