Summer Chamber Choir
CHAMBER CHOIR SUMMER WORKSHOP
AT SUNY NEW PALTZ
July 5 -12, 2026
This graduate-level workshop provides an opportunity for participants to hone their small ensemble skills with a group of fellow professionals. Geared toward working professionals with an undergraduate degree, this workshop is a week long intensive filled with rehearsals, podium time, and lectures, all culminating in a several performances.
Works by Bach, Brahms, Britten, Margetson, and more
*APPLY BY APRIL 3, 2026*
- Application Form
- Complete application form, including two URLs to videos that demonstrate your singing ability
- No live auditions will be held
- Poor quality video will not be evaluated
- Arias & scales must be on separate tracks
- Scales
- Soprano and bass: minimum two octaves
- Alto: at least an octave and a 6th from low G (or lower)
- Tenor: at least an octave and a 6th from the C below middle C
- Unaccompanied ascending and descending harmonic-minor scales
- Demonstrate your vocal range and flexibility by singing ascending and descending harmonic-minor scales, unaccompanied, at a gentle mezzo-piano, one octave at a time. Begin toward the bottom of your range and sing the scales individually, moving the scale up by a half-step each time, concentrating on accurate intonation and secure control. Please do not use solfège syllables but sing legato on a single vowel. If necessary, you may give yourself a single note on the piano at each half-step, but demonstrating your range without doing that is a better demonstration of your skills.
- Repertoire
- Please select a single piece that you feel demonstrates the special qualities of your voice.
DEADLINES
- Application deadline April 3, 2026
- Applicants will be notified of their status by April 15, 2026
- $300 registration payment due April 30, 2026
- Registration does not include lodging. Attendees are responsible for arranging lodging.
- Accepted participants will need to acquire the following materials prior to July 5
- Buxtehude, Membra Jesu Nostri, Ad Manus. IMSLP, print shop or Carus
- A Few More Years Shall Roll, Margetson $3.35 or e-print
- Weep O Mine Eyes, Bennett,(Rafael Ornes edition) cpdl, print shop
- BWV61 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, Overture IMSLP (Bernhard Todt).
- Lay a Garland, Pearsall $3.65
- When David Heard, Weelkes (James Gibb edition), CPDL
- Gaudete Omnes, Sweelinck (Claudio Macchi edition), CPDL
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