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Feedback and tips to help you through the nail-biting experience of choral auditions

Katie Wanschura

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As the concert season wraps up and folks get ready for next year, auditions loom on the horizon. Maybe this year you are trying out for a different ensemble, one that requires an audition. Maybe this year you are going to try out for that elite chamber choir within your symphonic chorus. Maybe this year is the season you join a local contemporary a cappella or barbershop group. If you have never auditioned for this group or for any ensemble, what can you expect?

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Evil R's and Other Crimes Against Pronunciation - Episode Five 

Conductor Donald McCullough guides us through the treacherous minefield of choral text pronunciation in Italian Latin with this multi-part series. This episode, Donald takes on the Evil R.

 

Evil R's and Other Crimes Against Pronunciation - Episode Four 

Conductor Donald McCullough guides us through the treacherous minefield of choral text pronunciation in Italian Latin with this new multi-part series. This episode, Donald takes on the "au" diphthong.
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Evil R's and Other Crimes Against Pronunciation - Episode Three 

Conductor Donald McCullough guides us through the treacherous minefield of choral text pronunciation in Italian Latin with this multi-part series. This episode, Donald takes on the "oh" vowel.
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Evil R's and Other Crimes Against Pronunciation - Episode Two 

Conductor Donald McCullough guides us through the treacherous minefield of choral text pronunciation in Italian Latin. This episode, Donald takes on the "eh" vowel.
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Evil R's and Other Crimes Against Pronunciation 

Conductor Donald McCullough guides us through the treacherous minefield of choral text pronunciation in Italian Latin with this new multi-part series.
Open For Comment
 

Should Women Sing Tenor? 

If someone can sing the notes then why not, right? Vocal health expert Susan Bender weighs in on this controversial topic.
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Choral Cliché of the Month: “Round” Sounds  

What in the name of Bach does that mean?
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Germbusters! 

In Seattle, the Northwest’s wet winter months inevitably bring colds and sore throats. This year, we've got another unwelcome visitor to deal with: Swine flu. Members of Seattle Pro Musica are fighting the good fight to keep viruses away from their group.
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The Choral Warm-Ups of Robert Shaw 

Believing that the chorus was a corporate entity with a spirit of kinship, famed conductor Robert Shaw used the warm-up period to focus on matters of tuning, tone color, ensemble blend, acoustical conditions, and development of the dynamic palette. Singer Network has compiled several of his warm-ups.
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The Inner Game of Singing 

Anything worth doing requires playing the "inner game"—successfully traversing one's own psychological landscape and overcoming the barriers that get in the way of our best performance. Frank Nemhauser, music director of the Berkshire Choral Festival, offers insights from a recent talk to help us become better performers.
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