Chamber Choir 2012

“This experience was hugely important to me.  Never before have I been in a choir and with a director so passionately dedicated to their art.  My words are insufficient to describe this experience.” 

 “This has been a fantastic workshop (yet again).”

 "Truly this is the highlight of my summer, and will carry me forward into the next school year with a ton of renewed enthusiasm.”

 “I really enjoy this program.  I want to come back every year.”
            - Chamber Choir 2011 attendees


Westminster Chamber Choir is a two-week program providing young professionals in the field of choral music an opportunity to perform and study the art of choral singing in the Westminster Choir College setting.  Live, sing, and study in a professional-level, mixed choral ensemble that brings together the best of choral and vocal artists to explore new works, as well as focus on a cappella repertoire.  Singers also receive private conducting lessons and take part in conducting master classes.

This year, the choir's rehearsal process will focus on the Bach Mass in B minor, and the choir will perform the piece in concertato style with the Westminster Summer Festival Choir in Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University on Friday, July 20, 2012.

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Dates
July 8 – 20, 2012

Auditon applications are no longer being accepted.  

Featured Work
With the Westminster Summer Festival Chorus - Bach's Mass in B minor (with orchestra)  Barenreiter edition

Daily Schedule

Enrollment
Participants must audition (see below). 
Soloists for the Bach Mass in B minor  will be selected based on audition materials (see below).

Tuition
Non Credit: $700
With 3 Graduate Credits: $1450

Two weeks for the price of one week - the second week's tuition is waived for Chamber Choir applicants. 

Faculty

  • Joe Miller, Artistic Director/Conductor
  • Mitos Andaya, Conducting Fellow, University of Georgia
  • Dirk Garner, Associate Conductor, Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music 
  • Amanda Quist, Conducting Fellow, Westminster Choir College
  • John Russell, Conducting Fellow, San Diego Children’s Choir
  • Ryan Brandau, Conducting Fellow, Santa Clara University

Concert
The choir will perform the Bach Mass in B minor in concertato style with the Westminster Summer Festival Choir in Richardson Auditorium on the campus of Princeton University on Friday, July 20, 2012.

Listen to the 2011 Westminster Chamber Choir
Durufle: Requiem

Housing
Housing is available on campus (see Registration Form) or at area hotels. 

Audition and Registration Information

Westminster's Chamber Choir is an auditioned program.  There are two steps to participate - submitting the Audition Application form and Audition CD; and, if accepted, registering for Chamber Choir with payment.  Please read the detailed steps below.  

Step One - Submit an Audition Application form and Audition CD
Audition Application Early Acceptance Deadline:  April 20, 2012
Applications are no longer being accepted. 

Please submit the following for Audition Application: 

Completed Audition Application form, available here.  Application form should be accompanied by Audition CD and sent to the Westminster Office of Continuing Education.  

CD recording of a solo performance. The CD should include: 

  • Prepared Solo - The music should be from an aria from the Baroque period (ie Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Buxtehude) and may be taken from opera, oratario, or other choral works. 
  • Range Test - The singer should begin in the middle of the range and vocalize scale to the top of their comfortablerange. This should be followed by the singer beginning in the middle of the range and vocalizing to the lowest note. 
  • Prepared Choral Excerpt – Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden:  Sing a cappella from rehearsal number 2 (measure 21) to the cadence at the bottom of the page.  The excerpt should be sung in German with the quarter  note equaling approximately 60. The applicants may sing either note of the divisi. Download the excerpts here: Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden 

Step Two - Register for Chamber Choir and make payment (AFTER passing audition)

Upon acceptance into Chamber Choir, a 50% tuition payment is necessary to reserve your place.

Register Online 

Learn more about the Westminster Summer Choral Festival Choir program. 

Westminster Office of Continuing Education
609-924-7416

 

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