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How to Join

Become a member of the San Francisco Lyric Chorus

Tenors and Basses Especially Needed!

Sing with us in Summer 2008!

Our Summer Concert will be:

Te deums

George Frideric Handel Te Deum in A Major
Joseph Haydn Te Deum
Benjamin Britten Festival Te Deum
Antonin Dvorák Te Deum

Auditions

Auditions are by appointment only. Please call Music Director Robert Gurney at (415) 775-5111 to schedule an appointment, or for more information. Auditions include demonstrations of sightreading, musicianship skills, range, and the ability to sing a part unaccompanied.

Singers returning to the chorus after more than two trimesters' absence will be asked to re-audition.

Please submit the Adobe Acrobat Registration form (enabled with Typewriter) by e-mail to rgurney@sflc.org and hwhitson@choralarchive.org

Rehearsals begin on Monday, May 12, 2008

Rehearsals:

Rehearsals are on Monday nights, from 7:15pm - 9:45pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Bush & Gough Sts., San Francisco

Please note that there will occasionally be extra sectional and full chorus rehearsals, particularly in as concert time draws near. All additional rehearsals are announced in advance, and the full rehearsal schedule for Summer is provided at all rehearsals, and available on the web site in the Members section.

Performance: Saturday, August 23, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008 Trinity Episcopal Church
Bush and Gough Streets, San Francisco

Dues:
$75 per trimester, or $225 per year.

Members also purchase the music scores through the Chorus. The cost of the scores varies by trimester.

Here are biographical links

Handel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/handel.html
http://www.8notes.com/school/history/handel.asp
http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/handel.html
http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/George_Frideric_Handel/24403.htm

Haydn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn
http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/haydn_bio.html
http://www.pianoparadise.com/Haydn.html
http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Franz_Joseph_Haydn/24410.htm

http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/haydnj.html

Britten
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Britten
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/britten.html
http://www.classicalarchives.com/bios/codm/britten.html
http://www.musicweb-international.com/britten
http://opera.stanford.edu/Britten/bio.html

Dvorák
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k
http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/dvorak.html
http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Antonin_Dvorak/26024.htm
http://www.8notes.com/biographies/dvorak.asp
http://www.classiccat.net/dvorak_a/biography.htm


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