​​Participation details - Registration deadline September 21, 2024

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 There is a small audition process (less than 1½ minutes of music that can be recorded and submitted by email) for all singers interested in participating in the Carnegie Hall concert. Singers that pass the audition will need to register for the Carnegie Hall concert through the Vermont Choral Artists at www.VtChoralArtists.org

 

For the audition singers need to prepare measures 1- 45 of the Gloria 2nd movement – Laudamus te– and either record themselves and submit it by email (see details below) or sing it in-person at an audition location in Colchester, Vermont before September 15, 2024. The seven pages of the choral score with those first 45 measures of the 2nd movement are attached and can also be found on the Vermont Choral Artists website.

 

• If you would like help learning that portion, CyberBass is a free online site that has individual parts of major choral works prominently played for singers’ learning purposes. Here is the CyberBass link for the Poulenc Gloria. https://www.cyberbass.org/Major_Works/Poulenc_F/poulenc_gloria.htm  

​Simply click on the voice part and a keyboard reduction of the orchestral parts, plus the other choral parts will be in the background with the individual part selected played prominently.

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• If you would prefer to have a recording of a vocalist singing your part, Single Parts has part recordings of the Gloria for purchase https://rehearsalarts.com/Poulenc_Gloria_5.html

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• Here is the link to the second movement of the Poulenc Gloria recorded by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Robert Shaw. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9WB08ANxD8&list=PLIqzrguMlP8Sli0UC2iXzCd6albC4-pGO&index=2

 

• To submit a recording for your audition, you can play the CyberBass part recording on your computer and record yourself singing with it on your phone, then email it to me at DawnWillisVt@gmail.com. Please include your name, voice part, mailing address, and a short description of your choral experience. Singers will be notified of the outcome of the audition within one week of submission.  Singers that pass the audition would need to learn the part on their own (note the part recordings options listed above).  Those accepted that live in Vermont would be encouraged to participate in an extensive in-person rehearsal in the Burlington area on Saturday, May 31, 2025, from 1:00 – 5:00 pm.

 

• Singers will be required to purchase their own Poulenc Gloria choral score with the piano reduction of the orchestral parts (available at JWPepper.com for $22.95 plus shipping).

 

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