Auditions 2018

Collegium Vocale Gent is organising auditions for excellent choral singers and young soloists born after 1980, with an interest in all voice types, with a high grade of musicality, flexibility and experience in ensemble singing. Our main focus is the Romantic repertoire, but singers interested in our polyphony, baroque and contemporary projects are also welcome.

The auditions in 2018 will take place in :

• Basel     19 – 21 May 18  [closed]
• Berlin    19 – 21 October  2018
• Gent     8 – 10 deceember 2018

They will be judged by Dominique Verkinderen and Matthias Lutze .

APPLICATIONS FOR AUDITIONS

Applicants are requested to send the following information and material to dominique@collegiumvocale.com   at the latest one month befor the planned audition

1. Curriculum Vitae
2. A personal information form, including your name, voice-type, address, telephone/mobile number, e-mail, date & place of birth & nationality
3. A picture of yourself
4. Details of the complete programme that you intend to sing
5. [Optional] A recording with a short aria or Lied as mp3 file (max. 5MB) or a link to your YouTube page

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS

You will be required to prepare:

1. An aria of your choice by J.S.Bach or G.F.Handel (at your chosen pitch of A=440 or 415 Hz)
2. A Lied of your choice from the Romantic German repertoire (countertenors can sing a song by Dowland or Purcell for example).
3. For choir and ensemble singers – the motet ‘Singet dem Herrn’ BWV 225 by J.S.Bach (only the final part, from bar 256). Soloists should sing another aria of their own choice.

Please note: Piano A = 440..

Readable and well organised scores must be sent by normal, unregistered post to the accompanist at least 4 weeks before the auditions: Professor Jonathan Alder | Stubenrauchstraße 4, 12161 Berlin | Germany

Please write on the scores whether you want 415/440 Hz

Dominique Verkinderen – casting and auditions
Collegium Vocale Gent | Drongenhof 42, B-9000 Gent | Belgium | t +329 265 90 54| m +32475 97 67 97
dominique@collegiumvocale.com