Please check back this summer for information about auditions for the 2026-27 season!
Auditions
The Kentucky Bach Choir is an auditioned chamber choir of professional caliber. We seek highly skilled musicians with extensive classical choral training and experience, outstanding musicianship, music-reading, and foreign language diction skills, flexibility to sing in multiple styles (including with minimal vibrato), and a fine ear for balance, tuning, and phrasing in an ensemble setting.
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Please prepare the following prior to your audition:
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Sing m. 17-38 of the provided excerpt (tempo: dotted quarter = 56 bpm
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One classical solo of your choosing (art song, opera, or oratorio). Please bring a copy for the accompanist. German language is preferred, but not required; those who do not sing in German will be asked to read a brief passage in German.
In addition, singers will be vocalized to determine range, vocal characteristics, and ideal tessitura, and asked to sing several sight-reading passages. The audition lasts approximately 20 minutes.
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EXPECTATIONS
Singers who are accepted into the Kentucky Bach Choir are expected to learn their music in advance. Singers must attend all scheduled rehearsals and performances (exceptions must be approved in advance by the Artistic Directors).
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REHEARSAL & PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
We perform two concerts each season (Fall/Winter and Spring). Rehearsals are weekly from 7:00-9:00 pm at First Presbyterian Church, 174 N. Mill Street, Lexington, KY.
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