Florida Grand Opera Announces Chorus Auditions

    MIAMI, FL, March 20, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is currently seeking singers in a variety of voice parts to fill a limited number of available openings in its chorus roster for the 2015-16 Season, which will include The Barber of Seville, Norma, The Passenger, and Don Pasquale.

FGO is inviting experienced singers from Miami-Dade and Broward Counties to apply for an audition, which will take place on Sunday, April 12, 2015 from 2:30-10:30pm at FGO's rehearsal space in Doral.

Once an interested participant has been prescreened, they will be invited to sing before a panel of select FGO staff members and guest panelists, who will assess participants' intonation, musicality, sight reading skill, tonal memory, and overall musical ability.

The panel will include Susan T. Danis, General Director & CEO; Dr. Julie Maykowski, Director of Artistic Administration; Brett Karlin, Chorusmaster; and one guest panelist.

***Audition requirements consist of the following:***
• Offer of three (3) Opera or Oratorio Arias (panel will select 1)
• Currently Active FGO Choristers: Two (2) Opera or Oratorio Arias (panel will select one)
• Chorus excerpt from Norma (provided when audition is scheduled)
• Chorus excerpt from The Passenger (provided when audition is scheduled)
• Sight reading
• Tonal memory
• Range assessment

Interested participants are not required to provide accompaniment; a pianist will be provided.

To apply for an audition, interested potential choristers must send a performance resume to Heather Osowiecki, Assistant to the Director of Artistic Administration, at [email protected] by Thursday, April 9, 2015.

Once participants have been successfully prescreened, FGO will contact them to schedule an audition. If an interested participant's schedule absolutely does not permit him/her to attend an audition on Sunday, April 12, please let Heather know as soon as possible by emailing her at the address above to arrange an alternate date/time.

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Full audition information and application can be found, here:
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• Audition Information: bit(dot)ly/1HVDZHq
• Audition Application: bit(dot)ly/1CcYmAQ

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AUDITION INFORMATION OVERVIEW
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WHAT: FGO AUDITIONS FOR 2015-16 Season

WHO: Potential new choristers & currently active FGO chorus members

WHEN: Sunday, April 12, 2015 from 2:30-10:30pm by appointment only

WHERE:
Florida Grand Opera
8390 NW 25th Street
Miami, FL 33122

AUDITION DURATION: Eight (8) minutes

REQUIREMENTS: a pianist will be provided
• Three (3) Opera or Oratorio Arias (panel will select one)
• Currently Active FGO Choristers: Two (2) Opera or Oratorio Arias (panel will select one)
• Chorus excerpt from Norma (provided when audition is scheduled)
• Chorus excerpt from The Passenger (provided when audition is scheduled)
• Sight reading
• Tonal memory
• Range assessment

PANEL:
• Susan T. Danis, General Director & CEO, Florida Grand Opera
• Dr. Julie Maykowski, Director of Artistic Administration and
• Head of the Young Artist Program
• Brett Karlin, FGO Chorus Master
• One Guest Panelist

Parking: Free parking lot surrounding building

TO APPLY: Please send performance resume to Heather Osowiecki at hosowiecki(at)fgo(dot)org
by Thursday, April 9, 2015. Currently Active FGO Choristers: please contact Heather Osowiecki at [email protected] to schedule your time.

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FGO's 2015-16 SEASON REPERTOIRE AND REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:
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Note: FGO Chorus rehearsals take place on evenings and weekends.

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Rossini's The Barber of Seville
Rehearsals begin: Oct 20, 2015
Men only chorus
Performance dates:
Miami - Nov 14, 15, 17, 20, 21, 2015;
Fort Lauderdale - Dec 3, 5, 2015
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Bellini's Norma
Rehearsals begin: Dec 29, 2015
SATB chorus
Performance dates:
Miami - Jan 23, 24, 26, 29, 30, 2016;
Fort Lauderdale - Feb 11, 13, 2016

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Weinberg's The Passenger
Rehearsals begin: Mar 8, 2016
SATB chorus
Performance dates: Miami - Apr 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 2016

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Donizetti's Don Pasquale
Rehearsals begin: Apr 12, 2016
SATB chours
Performance dates: Miami - May 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 2016

About Florida Grand Opera
Florida Grand Opera (FGO), the oldest performing arts organization in Florida, celebrates its 74th year of continuously producing grand opera during the 2014-15 Season. The mainstage operas of the season include: Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly, November 15 - December 6; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Così fan tutte, January 24 - February 14; Georges Bizet's The Pearl Fishers (Les pêcheurs de perles), February 28 - March 14; and Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul, May 9 - 16.

Founded in 1941 as Greater Miami Opera and later merging with The Opera Guild Inc. in 1994, FGO presents a mixture of standard repertoire and contemporary works as well as commissions and new productions - all featuring projected translations in English and Spanish. FGO is recognized for funding by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs, the Florida Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding is also provided, in part, by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners as recommended by the Broward Cultural Council and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Miami- Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, Cultural Affairs Council, the Mayor and the Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners and the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council. Program support is provided by the City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council. Florida Grand Opera is a Resident Company of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County and a member company of OPERA America. Intercontinental Miami is the Official Hotel and Steinway & Sons is the Official Piano of Florida Grand Opera.

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