 AUDITIONS
These audition notices are gathered from a variety of sources.
The Delaware Division of the Arts cannot ensure their accuracy.
Please check with the listing organization before applying.
SAVE THE EVERETT TOUR 2008: Damn Yankees Auditions!
A.C.T., Inc. and the Everett Theatre will produce Damn Yankees at the Baby Grand in Wilmington, DE as a continuation of their fundraising efforts to reopen the closed Everett Theatre. Auditions will be held for children/young adults 8 to 15, male and female singers/dancers ages 16 – 60, and dancers aged 14-30 July 27 and 29 from 6:00-9:00pm and July 26 and August 1 from 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM. Please come prepared to dance and provide 16 bars of music. Cold reads and sight singing from Damn Yankees will also be conducted. All auditionswill be held at The Annex, adjacent to the Everett Theatre, 43 W Main Street. Rehearsals will be held Sundays and Tuesdays through August and September at The Annex and Dance Unlimited in Middletown starting August 5th. The production will be performed at the Baby Grand October 10-18th.
Please email producer/co-director Peter Briccotto at pbriccotto@yahoo.com for more information.
Audition Dates: July 26th - August 1st, 2008 (see above for more information)
Delaware Valley Chorale - Audition Call
July 21, 2008, Wilmington, DE-Delaware Valley Chorale, the area's premiere symphonic chorus, is holding auditions in all voice parts for its 2008-2009 season. Auditions will be held with Music Director David Christopher on Monday, August 25 (7:00-9:00 p.m.), Saturday, September 6 (10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon), Sunday, September 7 (4:00-6:00 p.m.) and Monday, September 8 (6:00-7:30 p.m.) at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 2313 Concord Pike in Wilmington, Delaware.
Singers are asked to bring a prepared classical solo with piano accompaniment (demonstrating appropriate range and tone). Please bring two (2) copies of the music. Singers will also be asked to demonstrate music-reading ability.
Choral works for the 2008-2009 season, to be performed with orchestra or instrumental accompaniment, include Mozart's "Grand Mass in C Minor," Vaughan William's "Serenade to Music," Carrisimi's "Jepthe," Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna," Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" and Ramirez's "Misa Criolla."
Interested singers are encouraged to contact Barbara Kidd, Auditions Coordinator, at 302-234-4866 or at BMKSop@aol.com. For additional information about the Delaware Valley Chorale, please visit www.delawarevalleychorale.org.
Audition Dates: August 25 (7:00-9:00 p.m.), September 6 (10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon), September 7 (4:00-6:00 p.m.) and September 8 (6:00-7:30 p.m.)
The Wilmington Music School/Delaware Music School 2008 Summer Programs & 2008 – 2009 Ensembles
Summer is here and the Wilmington Music School and Delaware Music School are holding auditions for their 2008 Summer Programs and their 2008 - 2009 Ensembles.
Click here for a pdf containing all audition dates.
Introducing the Delaware Compline Choir
Dr. Darryl Roland, Artistic Director
Musicians who are interested in singing plainsong and a cappella
repertoire mainly from the Renaissance period are encouraged
to audition for this ensemble. Compline is a sung service of
prayer for the close of day that originated in the early sixth
century. The beauty of its music and poetry has sparked a renewed
interest in this form that speaks to people of all ages and
backgrounds.
Singers are encouraged to contact Dr. Darryl Roland at 302.654.6279,
extension 3 or droland@cathedralchoirschoolde.org
for additional information regarding the 2007-2008 rehearsal
and performance schedule.
The Wilmington Community Orchestra
The Wilmington Music School is announcing openings for The
Wilmington Community Orchestra, Timothy Schwarz, conductor.
Openings are for VIOLIN, VIOLA & CELLO. Amateur musicians
who love music are encouraged to apply. The Wilmington Community
Orchestra meets on Monday nights from 7:30-10:00 p.m. at The
Wilmington Music School. Great Music, World-Class soloists,
and fantastic orchestra members make this a wonderful event
for the whole year. The musicians of the Wilmington Community
Orchestra are amateurs and professionals who are dedicated to
performing master works from the orchestral repertoire at the
highest level.
Please call (302) 762-1132 for information and to schedule
an audition.
Singing Positions
at The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew
IMMEDIATE OPENING
The Episcopal Church of Saints Andrew and Matthew (www.ssam.org),
a multi-cultural parish in downtown Wilmington, has an immediate
opening for paid singers -- Mezzo-Soprano/Contralto and Baritone.
Rehearsals are Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m. and Sunday Services
are at 10:30 a.m. The position is as a section leader for an
excellent adult choir of 18-24 voices with solo opportunities
depending upon the individual. Occasional additional rehearsals
and services are required for Choral Evensongs, Holy Week services,
etc. Singers are paid $40 per appearance (for each rehearsal
or service).
For more information or to schedule an audition, please contact
David Christopher at 302-654-9729 or e-mail at OrganImprov@aol.com.
To learn more about the church, please visit www.ssam.org.
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