Auditions For Connecticut Master Chorale

The Connecticut Master Chorale, under the direction of Tina Johns Heidrich, announces auditions for its 2012-2013 concert season. Auditions are by appointment. To inquire about specific opening and schedule an audition, call 203-775-2602 or visit www.cmchorale.org.

Rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings in Southbury and begin September 11.

The Chorale will present three concerts, beginning with its annual Holiday Prelude Concert on November 18. Featuring a wide variety of festive selections, the program includes music with brass ensemble and steel drums, selections by John Rutter, Mack Wilberg, Aaron Copland, multicultural numbers, lullabies, gospel, and much more.

On March 3, the Chorale will present a brand-new composition by Karl Jenkins titled “The Peacemakers,” with texts from Percy Bysshe Shelley, Gandhi, The Dalai Lama, Terry Waite, Mother Teresa, Albert Schweitzer, Carol Barratt, Karl Jenkins, St Francis of Assisi, Sir Thomas Malory, Rumi, Nelson Mandela, Bahá’u’lláh, and Anne Frank.   

“A Hungarian Rhapsody” is the theme for the Chorale’s spring concert on May 4. It will consist of the Hungarian National Anthem, Hungarian folk songs, works by Zoltán Kodály, Miklós Rózsa, Bárdos, Orbán and Lizst’s “Hungarian Rhapsody”, featuring  Joseph Jacovino on piano.

All concerts are held at St Rose of Lima Church in Newtown. The March and May concerts will be accompanied by the Connecticut Master Chorale Orchestra.

Now entering its 14th season, the Master Chorale consists of 55 professional-caliber vocalists in Western Connecticut. In addition to three regularly scheduled performances every year, the Master Chorale has performed at the White House, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, West Point, Madison Square Garden, and with the Ridgefield Symphony. It has won the annual McDonalds’ Gospelfest Competition three years in a row and has appeared on ABC TV. Master Chorale recordings are frequently heard on WMNR Fine Arts Radio in Connecticut and New York.