Audition

All prospective singers are invited to join Collegium (Music 14), Glee Club (Music 15), and RCS (Music 16) for an Open Rehearsal on Wednesday, September 6 from 4:30p-5:45p in Lowell Lecture Hall.


AUDITIONS PROCESS

​2023-2024 Academic Year

The Harvard Choruses will be following the Harvard University Guidance for On-Campus Safety.
All individuals involved in the auditions process must wear a face mask and follow Harvard’s COVID-19 policies.

View the Harvard Choruses’ Audition Information Flyer

HOW TO AUDITION: SEPTEMBER 4 – SEPTEMBER 8

 1. Attend a Preliminary Audition (September 4-8). Either…

All preliminary auditions will be held in-person in the Memorial Hall Basement.

Everyone auditioning will be placed into an ensemble or course. Our auditions are user-friendly and help us place each singer into the right ensemble. Preliminary auditions consist of:

  • Vocalizing (with piano) on various scales and patterns to determine range and evaluate tone
  • Simple melodic patterns we play that you will sing back to us to check your pitch memory
  • A short sight-singing example that we will work on together
  • You sing something for us: either something you’ve prepared (it can be anything: aria, art song, folk song, hymn tune, musical theater, etc.), or if you didn’t bring anything prepared then we’ll just sing Happy Birthday!

2. After your Preliminary Audition, you will either…

  1. Be called back for a second audition with a quartet. At this point, you are a member of the Harvard Choruses. Which chorus, however, is determined after callbacks. See audition information flyer for more details.
  2. Be accepted into the Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus. No callback is necessary. OR
  3. Be accepted into Skills for Singing. No callback is necessary. 

    Still need reasons to join us? Check out our video below.

    For more information about auditioning for the Harvard Choruses, click here.