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Do You Love to Sing? Come Join Us!

Duke University has two primary choruses, The Duke Chapel Choir and The Duke University Chorale. Both groups are conducted by Rodney Wynkoop, director of choral activities.

INFO MEETINGS - Saturday, Aug. 22, 2, 3, and 4 pm, Baldwin Auditorium

AUDITIONS (friendly auditions for Chorale or Chapel Choir) - Aug. 24- 28 - call 684-3898

CHAPEL CHOIR
150 singers (students and townspeople)
repertoire – sacred anthems, Handel's Messiah, Durufle’s Requiem
Sunday services each week
Wednesday (6-8 pm)/Sun (9:15 am) rehearsals
1/4 credit available (Pass/Fail) but not required
attendance – no more than 3 rehearsals or Sunday mornings (and no concert or dress rehearsal) may be missed each semester

Come sing with the Chapel Choir!
Open Rehearsal – Saturday, Aug. 22, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 pm, Duke Chapel
Rehearsal & Service – Sunday, Aug. 23, 9:15 am rehearsal, 11 am service, Duke Chapel
Open Rehearsal and Reception – Wednesday, Aug. 26, 6:00-7:50 pm, Duke Chapel
Rehearsal & Service – Sunday, Aug. 30, 9:15 am rehearsal, 11 am service, Duke Chapel

CHORALE
50 singers (undergrad and grad students)
tour – New England (during Spring Break)
repertoire – various short pieces
5-6 concerts this year
Tuesday/Thursday rehearsals (7:15-9:15 pm)
1/4 credit available (Pass/Fail) but not required
attendance – no more than 3 rehearsals (and no concert, dress rehearsal, or part of tour) may be missed each semester
dues ($30 last year) and concert attire must be purchased

Come sing with the Chorale!
Open Rehearsal - Tuesday, Aug. 25, 7:15-8:15 pm, Baldwin Auditorium

DETAILS:

Chapel Choir - The Chapel Choir is the resident choir for Sunday services in Duke Chapel, a truly stunning place to sing and worship. The choir’s repertoire spans almost 500 years of sacred music from renaissance motets to works newly-composed for the choir. Our Messiah concerts sell out all three performances, with great orchestra and soloists, and are incredibly thrilling experiences for us all. For the spring concert this year, the Chapel Choir will combine with the Chorale and to perform Handel’s Israel in Egypt. In the past the Chapel Choir has gone on tours to China, England, Austria, Spain, and around the US and has produced a number of recordings.

Students of all faiths comprise the Chapel Choir, a choir which not only excels musically but is the basis of a strong social community. Each new singer is given a buddy, who sings beside you and is available for any kind of help you need as you settle into the choir. Many singers have formed themselves into “families,” small groups that have occasional dinners together or do off-campus activities.

The Chapel Choir also has a 32-voice Schola Cantorum which rehearses early on a few Sunday mornings (usually at 8:45 am) and requires outside preparation. The 18-voice Choral Vespers Ensemble, conducted by Assistant Conductor Allan Friedman, leads a candlelight Vespers service each Thursday at 5:15 pm. More information about these groups can be obtained at the auditions.

Chorale - The Chorale’s repertoire is always diverse and exciting, from 16th-century anthems and madrigals to pieces written by Chorale singers, from spirituals to folksongs, and everything in between. In the spring, the Chorale will combine with the Chapel Choir and Durham Choral Society to perform Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem.

One of the highlights of Chorale every year is a tour during Spring Break. This year we'll be going to Florida and touring up the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina.

The Chorale also has a 24-voice Chamber Choir which rehearses 9:15-10:15 pm Tuesdays and sings more intimate music from many styles.

AUDITIONS AND OPENING EVENTS
Audition dates – Monday, August 24 – Friday, August 28, mornings and afternoons

To arrange an audition – call 684-3898 during business hours.

Audition Location – 036 Westbrook Building

The audition itself – Don’t worry—we want you to do well! Bring something to sing that you know well, no matter how formal or informal. You will also sing some scales and arpeggios and be asked to sight read (you get several chances, with coaching and piano help).

Contract – Singers are asked to review the schedule for the coming year and sign a form declaring that if accepted into a choral group they will abide by the attendance policies of the group and be available for all concerts.

Audition results – posted by 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 31st on the doors of 036 Westbrook Building and 02 Biddle Music Building.

CHAPEL CHOIR
Saturday, August 22, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Duke Chapel. – Open rehearsal, you must attend this rehearsal in order to sing with the choir on Sunday, August 27.

Sunday, August 23, 9:15 a.m. – Sunday rehearsal and worship service at Duke Chapel. The worship service is at 11 am and usually lasts until noon.

Wednesday, August 26, 6:00-7:30 p.m. – Open rehearsal and 7:30 reception, Duke Chapel. All singers are welcome, regardless of whether or not you have yet auditioned. However, you must attend this rehearsal in order to sing with the choir on Sunday, August 30.

Sunday, August 30, 9:15 a.m. – Sunday rehearsal and worship service at Duke Chapel. The worship service is at 11 am and usually lasts until noon.

Wednesday, September 2, 6:00-7:50 p.m., Duke Chapel – First regular rehearsal (for those accepted into Chapel Choir)

IMPORTANT: BRING A PENCIL and $10 TO PURCHASE A MESSIAH SCORE. By Sunday morning, September 6, you must purchase a hard-back blue folder at the Duke stores.

CHORALE
Tuesday, August 25, 7:15-8:15 p.m. – Open rehearsal, Baldwin Auditorium

Tuesday, September 1, 7:15-9:15 p.m. – First regular rehearsal (for those accepted into Chorale) Bone Hall, (in Biddle Music Building)
IMPORTANT: BRING A PENCIL!