La Jolla CA— The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus (LJS&C) offers a season of choral masterworks providing an attractive musical outlet for experienced vocalists. The Chorus will hold open auditions on Saturday, August 24^th and Wednesday, September 25^th at Conrad Prebys Music Center on the UC San Diego campus. Audition appointments can be made online at www.lajollasymphony.com.
Choral repertoire for the 2019-2020 season includes Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, John Adam’s Harmonium, and Gioachino Rossini’s Stabat Mater. The chorus rehearses Wednesday evenings at UC San Diego.
The Chorus is prepared by LJS&C Choral Director Dr. Ruben Valenzuela, who shares conducting duties with LJS&C Music Director Steven Schick.
The auditions are for all voice parts and will consist of vocalization exercises, musicianship assessment, and singing a brief (one minute) prepared piece. Previous choral singing experience is helpful, but not mandatory. All singers with a serious commitment to music are encouraged to audition. Membership is open to community singers as well as UC San Diego faculty, staff and students.
The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, San Diego’s longest-running and largest community orchestra and chorus, is a non-profit organization celebrating its 65th season. The 100-person orchestra and 100-person chorus perform groundbreaking orchestral and choral music along with traditional masterworks from the classical repertoire in Mandeville Auditorium on the UC San Diego campus. LJS&C is an affiliate of UC San Diego.