Knoxville Choral Society Announces Fall Auditions for 2023-2024 Season

2023-2024 season openings for all voice parts

The Knoxville Choral Society is pleased to announce fall auditions for the 2023-2024 season on August 13, 14, 20, and 21. Auditions will be held at Ball Camp Baptist Church, 2412 Ball Camp Byington Road. in Knoxville. Openings are available in all voice parts of the 120-voice volunteer choir. To reserve an audition time, email membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

Since 1951, the Knoxville Choral Society has been honored to share a wide range of choral music with the community. Dedicated to choral performance excellence, the group consisting of over 120 auditioned musicians performs major choral and orchestral works, highlighting a variety of choral literature and styles.

During the 2023-2024 concert season, the Knoxville Choral Society will present a fall concert titled Uncaged that will feature contemporary choral music written within the last few years.    Additionally, the KCS will perform a winter concert featuring "The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy" by Christopher Tin. Tin is a multi-Grammy award-winning composer of film and video-game soundtracks. His most famous piece "Baba Yetu" written for the video game Civilization IV was the first video game music to ever win a Grammy. The Lost Birds uses poetry by Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Sara Teasdale. The Knoxville Choral Society will also collaborate with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra on several of their concerts this upcoming season: Handel's Messiah, 37th Annual Clayton Holiday Concerts, Holst's The Planets, and Verdi's Requiem.

The 2023-2024 season presents the Knoxville Choral Society under the continued leadership of artistic director, Dr. John R. Orr.

"The Knoxville Choral Society creates an opportunity for singers to participate in the highest caliber of choral concerts in our area," says John Orr, Knoxville Choral Society Artistic Director. "We are looking for artistic, creative singers who love choral music of all kinds, and who want to connect with each other in the creative expression of the choral arts."

Additional information about the 2023-2024 concert season and tickets is available at: www.knoxvillechoralsociety.org

Rehearsals take place most Monday evenings, August-May from 7:30 to 9:30 PM. Auditions will include an assessment of vocal quality, sight-reading, and tonal memory drills. No prepared piece is required for the audition. For more information and to reserve an audition time, visit knoxvillechoralsociety.org/meet-the-kcs/auditions/ or email membership@knoxvillechoralsociety.org.

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