Tanglewood Festival Chorus - 2018 June Audition Request Survey

The Boston Symphony Orchestra invites applicants to audition for the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. BSO Choral Director and Tanglewood Festival Chorus Conductor James Burton will be hearing new member auditions on Monday, June 11th 2018 from 4 to 10pm.

Interested candidates are invited to complete an online application and submit an mp3 recording (see below). Please note, there are limited audition slots available, and selected candidates will be notified by no later than Wednesday, June 6th confirm an audition time at Symphony Hall. 
 
Requesting an Audition
1. Please complete this application by Monday, June 4th.

2. Please send an .mp3 recording of yourself singing a classical piece of your choosing to tfc@bso.org by Monday, June 4th with the following specifications:

- The recording should last no longer than 3 minutes.
- It may be a cappella or accompanied.
- It may be in any language.
- Please sing straight through the piece. No post production editing should be used on the recording - a recording on a smart phone is acceptable.
- Please label your .mp3 “Last Name_ First Name _ June 2018” and use the subject line “June 2018 TFC Audition” when submitting to tfc@bso.org.
- Please submit by no later than Monday, June 4th to tfc@bso.org.

Questions may be directed to tfc@bso.org.

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* 1. Please enter your first and last name below.

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* 3. How did you hear about the TFC?

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* 4. Have you ever sung with the TFC before?

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* 5. If yes, for what seasons/programs?

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* 6. Please select your preferred audition date/time frame. If scheduled, your audition will be about 15 min in duration during one of these time frames.

  1st Choice 2nd Choice
June 11th (4-7pm)
June 11th (7-10pm)

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* 7. Please enter your phone numbers below.

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* 8. Please enter your primary email address below, if you have a secondary email address, you may enter it as well.

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* 9. On scale from 1 to 5, how would you rank your level of experience with the following? (1 being little to no experience, 5 being significant level of experience):

  1 2 3 4 5
Volunteer choral experience (college choirs, church choirs, symphonic choirs, etc)
Professional choral/vocal soloist experience (for pay)
Formal music education (in a college or conservatory setting)
Private voice study
Sight reading
Music theory
Instrumental training/experience

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* 10. Please attach a resume here in .pdf format (no longer than one single sided page) that outlines your musical education, training and performance experience.

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Thank you for completing the 2018 TFC Spring Audition Request Survey. Please click on the 'Done' button below to submit your responses. A member of our staff will contact you to let you know whether you are invited to audition, and to share further details. Once you have been re-directed to the BSO homepage, your responses will have been successfully submitted.

Thank you for your interest.

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