You too can sing with the Orfeó Català

To be come a singer of the Orfeó Català means belonging to one of the most prestigious and storied amateur choirs in the country. An opportunity to become part of one the leading choral families, with highly prestigious seasons and the most demanding artistic requirements. 

This year, the choir of the Orfeó Català does not call auditions for new singers to be part of the staff, but we open the possibility of forming part of the reinforcement bag, for all strings of sopranos, altos, tenors and basses.

The age limit for be presented in tests admission i is 60 years and the minimum is 25 years.

Registration

Fill in the registration form (here) and send the recording to the following address: [email protected]

Contents of the Auditions

a. Performance of a freely-chosen work for voice and piano.

b. Performance of two obligatory pieces.

• For sopranos: "How beautiful are the feet of them" from The Messiah by Händel and An die Musik by Schubert in the key of D major.
• For mezzo-sopranos and contraltos: "He shall feed his flock" (version II up to bar 23) from The Messiah by Händel and An die Musik by Schubert in the key of C major or B major.
• For tenors: recitative "He was cut off" and aria "But Thou didst not leave" from The Messiah by Händel and An die Musik by Schubert in the key of D major.
• For baritones: "Herr Gott Abrahams" from the oratorio Elias by Mendelssohn and An die Musik by Schubert in the key of C major.
• For basses: "O Isis und Osiris" from Die Zauberflöte by Mozart and An die Musik by Schubert in the key of B major.

c. Performance of a freely-chosen unaccompanied melody. It can be a song, a piece for solo voice, or a piece for choir with a minimum duration of one minute.

d. Sight reading of choral sheet music.

e. Vocalisation.

The applicant must demonstrate a good level of musical training and, above all, good vocal conditions. They don't need to bring a pianist.

For further information

Orfeó Català
c/ Palau de la Música, 4-6
08003 Barcelona
Telephone: 93 295 72 22

[email protected]
www.palaumusica.cat