Auditions for Fall Season - San Gabriel Valley Choral Company (Monrovia)

Auditions

Friday,
September 20 – 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

The
San Gabriel Valley Choral Company (SGVCC) invites singers to audition for its
upcoming season. Highlights of the 2013-2014 season include Mozart’s Requiem, Ramirez’s Misa Criolla, Gilbert & Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, and a performance at the historic Aztec Hotel
in Monrovia. Auditions will be held August 16 through
September 24. Interested singers should request
an audition by contacting Chris Breese at cbbreese@gmail.com or (626) 253-7248.

Auditions
will be held Tuesday and Friday evenings between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. at First
Presbyterian Church in Monrovia. The 10-minute audition will consist of a short
classical solo selection or excerpt and a brief musicianship assessment. An
accompanist will be provided. Please include complete contact information and a
description of previous choral music experience when contacting Ms. Breese. Rehearsals
are held Tuesday evenings in Monrovia, beginning August 27.

A highlight of the
SGVCC’s upcoming season is a supernatural evening in the stunning ambiance of
the historic Aztec Hotel in Monrovia, featuring selections from Mozart’s Requiem;
“Sure on this Shining Night” by Lauridsen; “Der Feuerreiter” by Wolf; and works
by Gibbs, Mäntyjärvi, Strimple, Orbán, and Houston. Featured works in other
concerts include Misa Criolla by Ariel Ramirez and “Romancero Gitano” by
Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco, along with music of Piazzola, Estevez, Casals,
Stroope, Rutter, Basler, and Baker. The SGVCC will conclude its season with an
abridged, semi-staged version of the classic Gilbert and Sullivan comic
operetta Pirates of Penzance.

Artistic Director Zanaida Robles is currently
pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Music at the University of
Southern California (USC). As a DMA Teaching Assistant at USC, she conducted the
USC Thornton University Chorus for two years. Prior to commencing her doctoral
studies, Ms. Robles served for five years as director classical choirs at the
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA). She remains on faculty at
LACHSA as instructor of vocal fundamentals while completing her doctoral
studies at USC. Ms. Robles has prepared choirs for performances with such
artists as Josh Groban, Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald and Wayne Brady.

Founded in 1995 by Dr. Thomas M. Miyake of California State
University, Los
Angeles, the SGVCC is a non-profit choir based in Monrovia, CA.
The group’s repertoire has included music from the Renaissance period to recent
works of the 21st century. Along with more traditional selections,
music performed has featured avant-garde, jazz, gospel, Broadway musical
revues, and staged productions. More information about the chorale and the
concert season can be found at www.choralcompany.org.

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