Chorus Auditions

Lift your voice and your community by joining the Savannah Philharmonic Chorus!

Auditions for the 2025-26 Season are taking place throughout the late spring and summer months. If you would like to be notified when sign-ups open, you can register your interest here.

Chorus members have the following perks:

  • Experience the view from the stage at iconic venues like the Lucas Theatre and Forsyth Park
  • Feel the force of a full symphony orchestra as you join together for unforgettable performances
  • Sing with others from throughout the region who join together from a wide range of careers and stages of life to make music
  • Receive private voice lessons from excellent local teachers
  • Get first dibs on Savannah Philharmonic concert tickets

In the 2024-25 Season the chorus is performing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, several of Sibelius’ orchestrated songs including the beloved Finlandia, and a concert of spirituals and gospel music with guest conductor Jason Max Ferdinand.

Learn more about the Chorus through our Soundtrack of Savannah podcast in the following episodes:

 

Those interested are invited to complete a short, 10-minute audition. Auditions entail:

  • Singing a minute or so of a song of your choice, unaccompanied. It could be an art song, aria, hymn, or gospel song, or a folk song/spiritual. 
  • Following your solo, you will be asked to sing exercises to help us determine your range, and then you will be taken through a few exercises that test your ear and musical skills. 
  • Next we’ll hear you sing a prepared short choral excerpt from Handel’s Messiah. The materials for this excerpt will be sent to you upon registration. 
  • We’ll then look at a piece of music and ask you to name several different notations, dynamics, and expression marks.
  • Finally, you will be asked to sight-read a hymn we provide.
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