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August 17, 2011, Auditions

Upcoming Auditions

Tue, Aug 09, 2011

Topeka Symphony Orchestra auditions for Concertmaster, Principal Cello, Assistant Horn, Section Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass. Topeka Symphony Youth Ensembles. Kansas City Civic Orchestra (principal cello). Central Seminary Choir. Youth Symphony of Kansas City. Park University Theatre "Almost Maine" (Open to community). E.M.U. Theatre of Lawrence.

The Topeka Symphony Orchestra 2011-2012 Auditions

1) Principal Cello, Assistant Horn, Section Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass
Wednesday, September 7 at Washburn University, Topeka
41 services-----Base per service pay: $52/Principal Player; $37/Section Player
Travel allotment for musicians from outside Topeka: $9 or $17 per service (based on distance)
Scholarships available at $10 additional per service for full-time string students.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 31

2) Concertmaster
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at Washburn University, Topeka
41 services-----Base per service pay: $240, no additional compensation for mileage.
Auditions will be open (non-blind.)
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 19

 

TOPEKA SYMPHONY YOUTH ENSEMBLES AUDITIONS
Auditions for the 2011-2012 Topeka Symphony Youth Ensembles will be Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Washburn University. The three youth ensembles are Debut Orchestra, Youth Philharmonic, and Youth Orchestra. Rehearsals begin September 6. All rehearsals are on Tuesdays with concerts on November 13, 2011 and March 4, 2012. Any musician 21 years of age and younger may audition. To be a member, a student must also play in his or her school orchestra or band, if such an ensemble exists. Conductors for the three groups are Carolyn Sandquist, Debut Orchestra, Carolyn Rich Voth, Youth Philharmonic, and Jeremy Starr, Youth Orchestra.

There is a non-refundable $10 audition fee payable to the Topeka Symphony. Once accepted into one of the ensembles, there is a non-refundable tuition fee of $55 per student per year for the Debut Orchestra and a $75 fee for Youth Philharmonic and Youth Orchestra, payable to the Topeka Symphony. These charges include costs for music and rental. Tuition assistance is available for those families with a need. Detailed information and registration forms are available at www.topekasymphony.org “Youth Ensembles” or by calling the Topeka Symphony Office at 785-232--2032.

Topeka Symphony Youth Ensembles are sponsored in part by Washburn University.

 

Kansas City Civic Orchestra Principal Cello Auditions

Principal cello is a volunteer position through audition that oversees and is responsible for the quality, continuity and logistics of the Kansas City Civic Orchestra cello section.  Duties include the following: Rehearse/Perform at a high musical consistency. Coordinate bowings with other string principals – communicate bowings/bowing changes to the cello section. Coordinate/run cello sectionals through the request of the music director, other string principals, at your discretion. Attend all rehearsals, dress rehearsals, concerts (unless coordinated with the music director). Coordinate rotating section members. Attend string auditions at the request of music director. Have continued communication with music director/string principals.

The desired principal should display great musical skills, interpersonal skills, ability to organizeand have a strong commitment to the Kansas City Civic Orchestra.

AUDITIONS: Saturday, August 27, 2011: 1st Lutheran Church (Tomahawk/Stateline Rd) Please e-mail KCCO music director at, cmkelts@yahoo.com to request an audition. Deadline to request audition: Friday, August 19th

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: A solo piece of YOUR choice (no longer than 5 minutes). Prepared excerpts (to be e-mailed in PDF format) from Beethoven Symphony No. 6. Sight reading at the audition. Short interview.

 

Auditions for Central Seminary Choir

Central Baptist Theological Seminary announces auditions for the Central Seminary Choir, a stand-alone choir that will do major repertoire.  Conductor, Dr. Rebecca Johnson, is looking for paid and volunteer singers for all parts. Rehearsals will be Thursday evenings at the seminary from 7:00 to 9:00 starting August 25 with the first performance at the Baugh-Marshall Chapel on the campus on Thursday, September 15.  

Two additional performances will be scheduled during the 2011–12 academic year with the rehearsals for same determined at a later date.

Audition will consist of a prepared piece as well as conversation with the conductor.

Auditions by arrangement with Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Director of Sacred Arts and Chapel Musician, rljohnson@cbts.edu or 913.667.5718.


Auditions for Youth Symphony of Kansas City 

The Youth Symphony of Kansas City is holding August auditions on Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Shawnee Mission South High School. 

Applications are open to all instruments except for flute and clarinet.  In particular, brass and string musicians are highly sought.

Audition application forms and complete details are online at www.youthsymphonykc.org/auditions.  A $10 non-refundable application fee is required with each application.

For more information about the Youth Symphony of Kansas City, please visit www.youthsymphonykc.org or call 913-722-6810.

 

Open Audition for Almost Maine

Auditions for the Park University theater production of “Almost, Maine” will be on Monday, Aug. 22, and Tuesday, Aug. 23, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the David Theater, located within Alumni Hall on the University’s Parkville Campus. The auditions are open to the public.

The play, which was developed at the Cape Cod Theatre Project in 2002 and was a popular production in New York during the 2006 season, will be presented Thursday and Friday, Oct. 21-22, and Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 28-30. The auditions will consist of readings from the script. Casting for the play is flexible, with it being presented with as few as four actors and actresses to as many as 19.

The play is set in Almost, an unincorporated township in Aroostook County, Maine, but the nine tales of love won, lost, abandoned and remembered could happen anywhere in the world. Still, there is a magic that the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) imbues to the unexpected and often hilarious romances of the characters.

For more information about the auditions, contact Andrea Southard, Ph.D., instructor of theater, at andrea.southard@park.edu or (816) 584-6450.

 

E.M.U. Theatre of Lawrence auditions for Horrorshow V: The Last Call of C'thulhu at the Old Arkham Saloon

E.M.U. Theatre of Lawrence, KS announces auditions for its upcoming Halloween production: Horrorshow V: “The Last Call of C'thulhu at the Old Arkham Saloon".

The production is a collection of locally written short plays adapted or inspired by theworks of seminal horror author, H. P. Lovecraft. Performances will be the last two Fridays and Saturdays in October (Oct. 21-22 and 28-29) and Halloween Monday, October 31. Roles are available for adults of all ages. No prepared audition material isrequired.

Auditions will take place:
-Saturday, August 20, 3 - 6 PM in the gallery at The Lawrence Public Library, (707 Vermont St.)
-Thursday, August 25, 7 - 10 PM at The Invisible Hand Art Gallery, (801 1/2 Massachusetts St., Suite D)
-Saturday August 27, 2 - 5 PM in the auditorium at The Lawrence Public Library, (707 Vermont St.)

For more information please contact: Andy Stowers, producer, 785-312-4407, andystowers@gmail.com Todd Schwartz, director, 785-766-4772, impresario615@hotmail.com

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