Audition letters have been sent home through the schools. Auditions will be held mid-June. Audition requests will be accepted until June 1, 2016.
Audition Letter:
May
2016
Dear
Parents:
Once again in the
school year 2016-2017, students who will be in Grade 4, 5 or 6 in the Ottawa
Catholic School Board Schools will have the opportunity to audition for the
Board Choir.
In the past 25 years
the choir has given annual Christmas and Spring concerts and performed at
various Board functions. They have been invited to many high profile events in
the city at venues such as National Arts Centre, the National Military Cemetery, the House of
Commons, to name a few. They are repeated trophy and scholarship winners at the
Kiwanis Music Festival. They enjoy singing in benefit concerts and in our own
schools. They have also performed in Kingston, Niagara Falls, and
Montreal. The choir rehearses weekly on
Mondays from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at St. Basil’s Church, Ottawa (Maitland North at the Queensway) and
one Saturday morning per month.
Because this is an
Honours group, selected by audition, certain performance expectations are
placed on successful candidates: punctuality and regular attendance at
rehearsals and performances, memorization of all performance material, care of
choir uniform and professional behaviour at all venues. A core group of 80
members will be chosen. A second listing
of students will be directed to the Young Voices, Training Choir.
Candidates will be
contacted for a June audition, (by email) where they will be asked to sing “O
Canada” and to perform other common impromptu exercises such as echo singing
and clapping. Students will be notified by email of audition results.
The choir works with
an executive team under the direction of MaryAnn Dunn. The annual membership
fee is $75.00. Transportation is the responsibility of the parents.
If
your child wishes to audition for this choir, fill out and submit the audition
request form before June 1, 2016. Go
to:
ocsbchoirauditions.blogspot.ca
We
invite you to hear the choir in their 25th Anniversary Concert at
Sacred Heart High School, 5870 Abbott St., Stittsville. Sat.. June 4, 2015 at 7:30.m.
Tickets are on sale at the door.
Sincerely,
MaryAnn
Dunn
