Chorus Auditions for Experienced Singers - Cantata Singers' 2015-2016 Season

Who
Cantata Singers
David Hoose, Music Director

When
Tuesday, September 8, 2015, 7:00 to 10:00 pm

Sunday, September 13, 2015, 5:00 to 8:00 pm

Where
Brookline, MA. Please call or email for location and appointment.

Appointment Required
Call Colette Novak at (617) 868-5885, or email cnovak@cantatasingers.org, to schedule an audition.

If emailing, please include your name, voice part, phone number, email address, and home address.

Requirements for audition

· One or two prepared pieces (art songs, oratorio arias, or cantata arias are preferred; no opera arias, please)

· If you prepare two pieces, we ask that they be in different languages

· Sight reading may be requested

· Piano accompanist will be provided

· Please bring an extra copy of your music for the accompanist

About Cantata Singers

· During the 2015-2016 season, the critically acclaimed 44-voice chorus Cantata Singers will perform a four-program series in New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, First Church Cambridge, and Lexington’s Cary Hall, as well as a three-program chamber series at the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Information about the organization and details of the season and can be found here: http://www.cantatasingers.org/season/

· Cantata Singers is a chorus of volunteer professional singers.

· Possible paid opportunities include solo roles in the concert series, participation in the chamber series, and teaching/performing in Cantata Singers’ Classroom Cantatas educational outreach songwriting program.

· Singers invited to participate in the ensemble will be asked to sing some or all of the season, depending upon the needs of each program.

· Participating singers are expected to attend all rehearsals.

· These auditions are for participation in the chorus. Any chorus member wishing to be considered for a solo opportunity must already be signed up to sing the concert in question.

· Regular chorus rehearsals are on Wednesdays, 7:30-10pm, in Brookline, beginning six or seven weeks before each performance. The final rehearsals for each concert are expanded in length and number.