Auditions

Auditions

Phoenix Chorale is committed to providing professional choral singing opportunities for exceptional musicians living in the Greater Phoenix metro area, encompassing Maricopa County and surrounding areas. Part of our mission is to showcase in-State choral excellence, and to nurture and amplify its resonance both within Arizona, across the US and beyond. We pride ourselves in creating spellbinding, innovative performances both acappella and with instrumental accompaniment, approaching repertoire from 1500 to the present day within the context of storytelling and communication of the profound rhetoric of poets and composers.

If you are interested in singing with the Phoenix Chorale, we welcome your application which should initially be in the form of an email to Associate Conductor Tom Peterson — tom@phoenixchorale.org which should include:

• Three contrasting solo performances. We prefer a range of styles, languages and genres from across the ages, mirroring our choral repertoire choices.  Please share your recordings as links to files already uploaded (on YouTube, Google drive, or a personal webpage, for example), not as email attachments. The best samples are those that demonstrate your singing in a style compatible with the Phoenix Chorale’s work. Candidates with facility in other styles (pop, jazz, opera) are encouraged to apply, but should demonstrate their abilities in an art song and choral style as well.
• Please also include your choral CV, résumé, (with details for two professional references) and a short personal statement including your reasons for wanting to work as a Phoenix Chorale artist.

Singers may be considered for all regular concert series as well as special projects where an augmented number is required. The Chorale auditions even when no full positions within the 24-strong regular ensemble are available, regularly adds singers to our wider roster. Many such roster singers are engaged on an ad hoc basis as a form of organizational training and experience but move into full positions later on.

Phoenix Chorale embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We encourage applicants of all genders, ethnicities, faiths, and backgrounds. If you have the ability to raise your voice in song, and the musicianship to be fully prepared with the score and notes learned before first rehearsal, we want to hear it. We recognize that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be and the more meaningful our contribution to the choral narrative of Arizona, the United States, and beyond.

Successful applicants will be invited to take part in a choral audition session where you will sing with other singers within a quartet scenario. This is in effort to get to know your choral musicianship, listening skills, and adaptability.

Phoenix Chorale is one of North America’s longest-lived, critically acclaimed and highly renowned professional choral ensembles. Since its founding in 1958, the ensemble has combined the highest standards of musicianship with a warm sound that instills a sense of place and belonging – in singers and patrons alike. We are proud to nurture our singers and foster meaningful collaborations with other musicians, ensembles and educational institutions in order to build community through song, and we welcome individuals who share these values and goals to apply to join us.