Audition


AUDITIONS PROCESS

​2025-2026 Academic Year

View the Harvard Choruses’ Audition Website!

HOW TO AUDITION: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5

 1. Attend a Preliminary Audition (September 2-5). 

All preliminary auditions will be held in-person in the Memorial Hall Basement between 5pm and 8pm.

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 both…

  1. Attend a Mandatory Rehearsal on Saturday, September 6th AND
  2. Attend a Callback Audition on Monday, September 8th or Tuesday, September 9th

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