Auditions

Resonance is returning to singing in fall 2023, after a break during the 2022-2023 season.

Auditions for the 2023-2024 season are closed.
Please email resonancechorus@gmail.com if you would like to learn more about future auditions.
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Basic requirements for this chorus are:
  • Ability to match pitch
  • Vocal sound that plays well with others in a choral setting
  • Impeccable commitment to attendance
NOT required:
  • Music-reading ability
  • Prior choral experience
Below is the format of a typical audition.
Plan to spend forty-five minutes with us.
  1. You’ll fill out some forms, telling us about your musical background and interests, and meet several welcoming and friendly singers.
  2. You'll have a short private audition with me, Artistic Director Sue Coffee:
  • People are generally a tad nervous and are often pretty rusty vocally at their audition. Rest assured I take both of those things into consideration.
  • We will do some warm-up kinds of things to learn about your range and vocal quality.
  • I will ask you to sing back short phrases played on the piano to demonstrate pitch-matching ability. These are not complex twisty things, but are short and straightforward. 
  • If you do read music (not required), I will ask you to speak some simple rhythms or sing some simple melodic lines.
  • You do NOT need to prepare an individual solo to sing.
  • If you want to prepare for the audition, you might ask someone to help you by playing short phrases on the piano for you to echo or by singing a round with you, or just do a lot of easy singing on your own in the weeks preceding the audition.
  • Our goal is to support you in having a successful and even fun audition.
Schedule basics:
  • Rehearsals and auditions will be held on Tuesday nights at Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church. The church is on Lookout Road at 71st St. Note that this is a new venue for us. You may have in mind that we rehearse in another venue, but we're here now.
  • We'll be rehearsing 6:30-8:30.
In a typical season:
  • A typical season runs from October through April, with a break during December. This year we will begin on October 3.
  • We typically do a collaborative fall concert in November and a spring concert in late April.
  • We have typically done a weekend retreat at the YMCA in Estes Park on the second weekend in February; TBD this year.
Important basics about singing in Resonance
  • Singers are expected to show up like crazy. To quantify: aim to miss no more than three rehearsals in the entire year. To offer examples: Be game to plan vacations around rehearsal as much as possible. Be game to come to rehearsal on your birthday. Be game to tell your friends "I'd love to, but I have rehearsal..." Joyful embrace of the opportunity to show up impeccably and to communicate impeccably is, honestly, the most important aspect of singing in Resonance. We also care about sanity; please discuss extenuating circumstances with the Artistic Director.
  • The financial commitment includes annual dues and a sheet music fee. Financial support is available as needed; just be clear about what you can afford and talk with us to agree on a reduced payment. 
  • Resonance is a women’s chorus with with strong roots and presence in the LGBTQ choral community and women’s music community. We welcome individuals identifying as trans or non-binary who can sing in the treble range and who would find this community simpatico and supportive. We are a “message chorus,” expressing liberal and feminist values. We aim to offer soul nourishment, beauty, and the healing energy of musical community.
  • The size of the chorus is capped at around 125. One of our goals is to offer a choral singing experience to as many people as possible, but practicalities require us to set this limit on the size. Auditionees are sometimes wait-listed for the following year. We will also sometimes suggest that a singer get some more experience, either via lessons or other ensembles, and re-audition in a future year.