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Upcoming Concerts
Sunday, February 10, 11:00 a.m.
A folk opera based on the music of Johannes Brahms. Fully staged and costumed. Featuring the Brandeis University Chorus, the Brandeis Chamber Choir, and the Voice Department.
James Olesen, director
University Chorus and Chamber Choir
Saturday, April 13, 8:00 p.m.
James Olesen, director
Chamber Choir
Singing in the Brandeis Chamber Choir gives singers added opportunity to explore more deeply the limitless choral repertory. Singing in a smaller ensemble of good sight-readers, each singer is vocally and musically independent and responsible. Chamber Choir singers often also provide leadership in the larger University Chorus.
Regular rehearsals are Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:30-4:50 p.m.
FIRST REHEARSAL is Wednesday, September 5.
We will begin the year singing Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai (St. Nicholas Mass).
Past repertory includes:
Mass for 3 Voices by William Byrd (1543-1623)
Two Choruses by Andrew Imbrie (1921-2007)
Bach’s Lobet den Herrn and Monteverdi’s Laudate pueri (Psalm 113)
Choral songs of Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, and Edward Elgar
AUDITIONS for University Chorus and Chamber Choir:
•Thursday 8/30, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
•Friday 8/31, 1:00-4:00 p.m.
•Tuesday 9/4, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Slosberg 210
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:
•Singing scales to hear range possibilities and voice quality
•Slow arpeggio singing for accuracy of pitch
•Intervals: ½ and whole steps differentiation
•Rhythm exercise for accuracy
•Sight singing your part of a Bach chorale with piano accompanying
and sight singing a piece of Renaissance polyphony–if you’ve sung a motet, you’ve most likely done this kind of music.
AUDITIONS for Private Voice Lessons (Music 112)
Audition for UChor as above and sign up to sing for the voice teachers.
Friday 9/7, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Slosberg 234