Encore Youth Choir to host auditions May 11-13
Encore Youth Choir, led by the artistic team of Ann Tucker, Alison Rohrbach and Carol Munn, welcomes all students who love to sing from age 7 to high school to audition for the 2017-2018 season.
Auditons will be held from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday, May 11-12, and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St. in Crystal Lake. You also can set an appointment.
Auditions are for placement purposes and consist of reading a poem (provided at audition) and singing a familiar song. Encore Youth Choir works hard to ensure that each child who loves to sing feels welcomed and accepted in the choir program.
The Encore Youth Choir has opportunities for children ages 7 and up from 20 different communities and many area schools. Students learn all about music while developing lasting friendships through rehearsals, concerts and special events.
It is divided into four ensembles according to experience and age: Aria (beginning choir for first grade and up), Bella Voce (intermediate choir for fourth grade and up), Cantabile (advanced choir for sixth to eighth grade), and Di Canto (high school choir).
As the students' progress through the program, they are given the opportunity to join the Touring Choir. Over the past 12 years, the Encore Touring Choir has performed in National Children's Choir Festivals at Carnegie Hall in New York City, St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans and Orchestra Hall in Chicago. They recently traveled to Seattle, Washington, and Eugene, Oregon, to participate in the Pacific International Choral Festival under the direction of Bob Chilcott. The Touring Choir also has completed three international solo tours to Italy, England, Austria and the Czech Republic. This coming season they will be returning to New York City to sing in a choral festival at Carnegie Hall under the direction of John Rutter with choirs from across the country.
To get details or schedule an audition, call (815) 356-SING (7464) or visit www.encoremusicacademy.org.