Required Audition Excerpt

*Excerpt has been updated for Fall 2025 auditions.

 

Prospective singers for the Cleveland Orchestra Choruses are typically asked to prepare an excerpt from a major work representative of what the chorus may need to prepare in coming seasons. Singers are provided with the relevant pages from the score and the same study tracks that chorus members will receive to prepare the work at home. This shows the director the level of your ability to study outside of and prepare for rehearsal.

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For Fall 2025 auditions, those auditioning for The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus are asked to prepare one excerpt in addition to one chosen solo (read more on the Audition Guidelines page).

 

The required excerpts for The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus and Blossom Festival Chorus are provided below. If auditioning for BOTH choruses, you need only prepare the COC excerpt. If you would like to have a printed copy mailed to you, email us at chorus@clevelandorchestra.com.

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Music study tracks are provided for each voice part, as well as an accompaniment-only track.

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