Choral

Auditions for 2014/2015 Season

Our 2014/2015 Season Programs:

Ein Deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms
Nov. 21, 22, 23, 2014
We will perform a four-hand piano version of the requiem.

Music for Holy Week
March 13, 14, 15, 2015
A program of a cappella works from various eras appropriate for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter.

Sing Joyous Holiday Music With San Francisco Lyric Chorus!

Our Fall 2014 trimester, Holiday Light and Love, celebrates the Christmas holiday with works a cappella and accompanied. The joys and beauties of Christmas are expressed in French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier's delightful Messe de Minuit pour Noël, with more contemporary Christmas texts and sounds in Norman Dello Joio's The Holy Infant's Lullaby and Conrad Susa's Three Mystical Carols.

Chora Nova Announces Fall Auditions: August 21, 26 and 28

Since its founding in 2006, sixty-voice Chora Nova has become an important part of the San Francisco Bay Area’s cultural fabric. Based in Berkeley, California, it is known as a chorus that presents innovative programs featuring a mix of well-known and unusual works. Programs such as Baroque masterpieces by Handel and Kuhnau, or the contemporary cantata St. Nicholas by Benjamin Britten are prime examples. In the 2012-2013 season we presented the rarely heard Mass in D Minor by Hummel.

Viva la Musica! Fall Season

Sharpen your sight-reading skills and musicality! Sing with Viva la Musica, a choir based in Foster City. Shulamit Hoffman is a rare treasure—a collaborative conductor who invites discussion on musicality and technique in her rehearsals. The music is a mix of rare and traditional works and new work, sometimes barely off the press!

Tenor and Bass section leader auditions

St. Luke’s Episcopal in San Francisco, CA is looking for a tenor and bass section leader to augment our 15-member Adult Choir. Qualifications for the position are excellent sight-reading skills, blending voice, experience in choral singing, and a cheerful attitude. Occasional solo opportunities exist as well. This position will begin in September, 2014. Thursday rehearsals 6:30-8:30 p.m.; Sunday warm-up and service 9:00-11:30 a.m. $55 per rehearsal and $55 per service. Contact Craig Benner, Director of Music at [email protected] .

Sing in Carnegie Hall with Ragnar Bohlin

Join SF to Carnegie — a project under the direction of Ragnar Bohlin, Chorus Director of the San Francisco Symphony.

Maestro Bohlin is pleased to invite Bay Area singers to apply to perform Mozart’s Great Mass in c-minor at Carnegie Hall on Sunday, May 3, 2015.

SF to Carnegie offers a unique opportunity for singers from the many and diverse choruses of the San Francisco Bay Area to experience:

One performance on stage at Carnegie Hall, under the direction of Maestro Bohlin, accompanied by a professional orchestra and professional soloists.

COME SING WITH VOCI!

Voci is seeking experienced choral singers in all voice parts.

Voci is a 24-voice, auditioned ensemble, which performs classical music from a wide variety of historical periods.
Celebrating 23 years of musical excellence, Voci is considered one of the finest singing groups in the Bay Area.

Voci champions music by and for women.

Voci rehearses Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 10:00 PM in Orinda. Rehearsals begin Wednesday, August 20. Additional retreats and/or rehearsals are scheduled during the season.

Audition Announcement

Gregory Wait, Music Director of Schola Cantorum and Director of Vocal Studies at Stanford University, will be holding auditions for new chorus members on Saturday, August 9th from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm and then again on Monday, August 18th from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. Go to www.scholacantorum.org and Click on “Audition with Us” in the left hand menu for the information you will need to register and prepare. For additional information phone (650) 254-1700, or email [email protected].