Choral Auditions

2015 - 2016 Season

Only one audition is required to be considered for membership in all listed ensembles.

Yale Camerata
Marguerite L. Brooks, conductor

• Choral ensemble of approximately 60 singers, with a special commitment to new choral music
• Open to experienced singers who are Yale students, faculty, staff, community members
• Course credit available to graduate students
• 2015-16 repertoire includes major works by J.S. Bach (a cantata from the Christmas Oratorio) and Igor Stravinsky’s Les noces ; works by Arvo Pärt (in honor of Pärt’s 80^th birthday) and others.
• Camerata’s chamber chorus of approximately 24 singers will premiere a new piece by Robert Sirota (scored with string quartet) and perform English and Italian works of the 16^th century
• Guest conductor 2015-16: Matthew Halls, new artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival
• Tuesday evening rehearsals

Yale Schola Cantorum
David Hill, principal conductor
Masaaki Suzuki, principal guest conductor

• Internationally renowned chamber choir, specializing in music from before 1750 and the last hundred years
• Open to  undergraduate and graduate students
• All singers receive a stipend of $5500
• 2015-16 repertoire includes Monteverdi Vespers, masses of J.S. Bach, and Arvo Pärt Passio
• 2016 international tour to Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; and St. Petersburg, Russia
• Performances in New York and domestic tour to Portland, Oregon
• Recording session of commissioned piece by Roderick Williams
• Guest conductors 2015-16: Matthew Halls, new artistic director of the Oregon Bach Festival; and Simon Carrington, Schola’s founding conductor
• Monday and Wednesday evening rehearsals

Read about the 2015 Schola Tour to England and France here.

Yale Repertory & Recital Choruses
Conducted by Yale graduate students

• Open to all Yale students
• Sing for pay or course credit
• Sing eclectic repertoire with student conductors in recitals and concerts throughout the year
• Weekly rehearsals (afternoon)

To schedule an audition, please email

choral.auditions@yale.edu

or call 203.432.9671