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AUDITIONS FOR FALL 2008 AUDITIONED CHORUSES:

CONCERT CHORALE
CONCERT WOMEN’S CHORUS

BEGIN IN MAY AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER BREAK!

PLEASE CONTACT DR. WEBER (bweber@uh.edu or 713-743-3194) for an audition appointment.

AUDITIONS CONSIST OF: VOCALIZING, TONAL MEMORY DRILLS, SIGHTSINGING, AND A PREPARED SOLO (A PIANIST IS PROVIDED.)

REMEMBER! THERE ARE TWO WONDERFUL GROUPS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY NON-AUDITIONED:

THESE ARE GREAT ENSEMBLES FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE NEW TO UNIVERSITY-LEVEL SINGING. SIMPLY REGISTER AND SHOW UP!


Hear a performance:
	"Frauenklage" from "Lieder nach alten Texten" (Paul Hindemith)
	"Gloria" from Mass in G Minor (Ralph Vaughn Williams)
	"The Unicorn" from "Medieval Bestiary" (R. Murray Schafer)
	"Leo the Lion" from "Medieval Bestiary" (R. Murray Schafer; John Gallagher, baritone)
	"Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine" (Eric Whitacre)
	"The Eyes of All Wait Upon Thee" (David Ashley White)

	Robert Shaw conducts the Verdi Requiem (Moores School Symphony Orchestra and Festival Chorus)
	Dmitri Shostakovich. The Execution of Stepan Razin (Symphony Orchestra, Concert Chorale, and Chorus)
	Robert Nelson, Christmas Cantata (The Moores School Chorus and Symphony Orchestra)

Ensembles

The school's premier large choral ensemble of 40 advanced singers

Choral Artists

Premier graduate-level chamber choir of 26 advanced singers

Select chorus of intermediate to advanced singers specializing in repertoire for women's voices

Select undergraduate ensemble open by audition only

The principal chorus of the Houston Symphony Orchestra

University Men's Chorus

Men's chorus open to all University students, staff, faculty, and spouses

University Women's Chorus

Women's chorus open to all University students, staff, faculty, and spouses

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