Auditions: Susan Scarrow, Chorus Manager, chorus@sbcglobal.net.

Click here to visit the Houston Symphony Chorus’ web site.

Dates and Openings:
Auditions for the Houston Symphony Chorus are held each year in January, May and August. The chorus is comprised of 200 singers from the greater Houston area. Members re-audition annually to maintain membership. There are 40 to 50 singers in each section – soprano, alto, tenor, bass – and openings are usually available in each section. We invite and encourage you to arrange an audition.

How to Schedule an Audition:
Auditions are by appointment only. Location details and directions will be available when auditions are scheduled. To schedule an audition appointment please email our Chorus Manager, Susan Scarrow, at chorus@sbcglobal.net.

Audition Procedure:

1. You will be led through vocal exercises to hear your range and quality. We will listen to your low, middle and high range.
2. You will be led through tonal memory exercises to check your ability to hear and reproduce short melodic fragments.
3. You will be asked to sight read a choral excerpt with piano accompaniment.
4. You will be asked to perform a prepared solo (preferably an art song, sacred song, oratorio or opera aria) in English or a foreign language. An accompanist will be provided. Please, no taped accompaniment.

If you would like to read what a chorus member thinks of auditioning and his audition experience in detail, check out Roger Cutler's Audition Essay.