Laguna Beach Chamber Singers
2024-2025 Audition Information
The 2024-2025 season is the LBCS 10th Anniversary! This will be an incredibly exciting season of performances full of collaborations with local artists and venues! Given our lineup of high profile collaborations, we are now moving to an audition model to allow us to offer more performances to our community throughout the year and create a balanced choir of 32 singers - 8 singers per voice part. All rehearsals are held on Tuesday Evenings at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Laguna Beach.
Audition Process:
Step 1: (new singers only) Record yourself singing. Singers may choose to sing a cappella or with accompaniment. Intonation is prioritized.
Step 3: (current singers and new singers by invite only). Attend audition day on June 18th 7-9pm at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Laguna Beach. Audition day will determine the initial roster for the 2024-2025 season and will include a rehearsal of a song and quartet performances. Ensemble skills such as learning your part quickly, intonation, and appropriate vowel choices will be prioritized.
Step 1: (new singers only) Record yourself singing. Singers may choose to sing a cappella or with accompaniment. Intonation is prioritized.
- Option 1: Submit a link of a recent solo performance
- Option 2: Record yourself singing “Happy Birthday” or another melody of your choice.
Step 3: (current singers and new singers by invite only). Attend audition day on June 18th 7-9pm at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Laguna Beach. Audition day will determine the initial roster for the 2024-2025 season and will include a rehearsal of a song and quartet performances. Ensemble skills such as learning your part quickly, intonation, and appropriate vowel choices will be prioritized.
FAQ:
What if I am not available on June 18th for audition day?
What if I am not available on June 18th for audition day?
- Email ryan@lbchambersingers.org to schedule an audition meeting with the artistic director. 1-1 auditions will occur on a rolling basis after June 18th based on any remaining openings in each of the sections.
- Yes, however, while excellent sight-reading ability is not required, all singers must be capable of learning their part quickly in rehearsal without the use of a practice track.
- Simply email the file to ryan@lbchambersingers.org
- Recommend recording using a voice memo app. No additional recording equipment required.
- The first part of audition day will be a rehearsal with all interested singers. The second part of audition day will consist of octet performances for one another.
- No, auditioning singers will receive the music upon their arrival to audition day.
- All Singers who are present at audition day will be notified within 3 weeks at most.
- Yes, all singers audition each year for the following season but previous members must submit their registration form and recording below.