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The New Jersey Choral Society holds auditions for Festival Youth Chorus

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December 11,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood

Ridgewood NJ ,The New Jersey Choral Society is seeking about 50 young singers from grades 6 through 12 for an ensemble to join in their spring 2016 performances of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. Auditions will be held for treble voices (soprano, alto and unchanged tenors) on Monday, January 11, 2016 starting at 4pm at St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, 169 Fairmount Road, Ridgewood, NJ. Registration forms with a $10 application fee must be postmarked by January 4, 2016. Audition requirements include a memorized solo. Other requirements and details are available on the New Jersey Choral Society website at www.njcs.org under “Upcoming Events”. Interested students, parents and educators should contact Festival Youth Chorus Director, Noelle Dachis, at noelle@dachismusic.com for more information.

Students selected for the chorus are expected to attend weekly rehearsals held at St. Elizabeth’s Church on Mondayevenings from January to June, 2016. Performances of Carmina Burana are scheduled for May 21 in Bethel, CT, and June 4 in Ridgewood, NJ. There is an additional potential performance at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall in mid-June. The Festival Youth Chorus will be singing the rarely performed Ragazzi portion of Orff’s beautiful work. This will be a unique and exciting opportunity for young choral singers to perform with the New Jersey Choral Society and Maestro Eric Dale Knapp, and a rare experience to include on college applications, especially for students heading into a music study.

Established in 1980, the New Jersey Choral Society is one of the state’s most prestigious choral groups, well-known for presenting outstanding and unique programs. Under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp, NJCS performs three major concerts annually in Bergen and Essex counties. They have performed at Carnegie Hall and the White House and have toured internationally in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, China, Australia, England, and France.

 

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