Choral Ensemble Audition Information

Current CCM students: The audition sign up form is posted in your Welcome Week Canvas course.

All other students: Email Maxwell Trombley, Choral Ensemble Audition Coordinator, at tromblme@mail.uc.edu to request the sign up form and current schedule.

Auditions take place in Corbett Auditorium and include three parts. 

1. Prepared Piece Perform 1 to 2 minutes of a prepared selection (memorization preferred) that demonstrates your musicianship. This may be an art song, aria, or folk song/hymn. A faculty accompanist is provided, and you are also welcome to bring your own. Bring a copy of your music with tempi and any cuts clearly marked.
2. Sight Reading You will sight sing a short example. Take one minute to look it over before singing. Solfege, numbers, or a single vowel are all acceptable. Keep a steady tempo and avoid stopping once you begin.
3. Tonal Memory You will hear a series of pitches on the piano and sing them back immediately after the first hearing. There will be several examples.

• Dress appropriately for a performance setting.
• Arrive at least 10 minutes before your scheduled time.

If you are selected for a callback for the CCM Chamber Choir, you will be notified by email, with callback auditions held shortly after in DVAC 300.

Joe Miller, conductor
MWF: 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. in DVAC 300

The CCM Chamber Choir is an elite mixed-voice chamber ensemble under the direction of Dr. Joe Miller. The choir has set a standard of excellence through diverse programming and inspiring artistry. Composed of undergraduate and graduate students, the Chamber Choir performs a wide variety of repertoire from historical to multicultural perspectives. The Chamber Choir has performed before regional and national conventions of ACDA, Chorus America’s Masterclass for Choral and Orchestral Conductors, the NCCO national conference, and the American Musicological Society. 

Brett Scott, conductor
MWF: 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. in DVAC 100

CCM Chorale is a large mixed-voice choral ensemble under the direction of Dr. Brett Scott. This diverse ensemble includes students from a great variety of fields of study within CCM and is also open to qualified students from the greater UC population. Chorale has performed at numerous American Choral Directors Association conferences, has been featured as a guest artist with several Cincinnati musical organizations, and has an active performing and recording schedule. 

MWF: 12:20 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. in DVAC 100

The CCM Chamber Singers is a mixed-voice chorus of music majors conducted exclusively by conducting MM and DMA choral majors, under the mentorship of the choral faculty. MM and DMA choral conducting majors gain professional conducting training through rehearsals and performances. The ensemble performs a varied repertoire of a cappella, accompanied, and chamber works from all musical style periods. 

Location and Time: TBD

CCM Vox Antiqua is a select vocal/instrumental ensemble dedicated to the performance of Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Baroque music. During the 2021-22 academic year, CCM Vox Antiqua prepared several short concert programs, and, on occasion, performed the repertory in liturgical contexts, such as the service of Sunday Compline with Renaissance polyphony and chant. 

Alta Petit (Treble) – ENSM 1050 Section 001
Juncta Juvant (Tenor/Bass) – ENSM 1050 Section 002 TR: 2:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m. in DVAC 100 and DVAC 300

The University of Cincinnati Alta Petit and Juncta Juvant Choruses and Cabaret Singers are comprised of students from the University of Cincinnati’s fourteen component colleges of over 43,000 students. Having celebrated its 100th anniversary during the 2019-2020 academic year, the UC Choruses is one of the oldest organizations on campus, led by graduate choral conducting students and operated by a student-elected board. The UC Choruses perform a diverse repertoire of a cappella, accompanied, folk, spirituals and world music. They present major fall and spring concerts each semester on campus, perform off-campus, appear on CCM’s Feast of Carols, make an annual spring tour, and present major choral-orchestral works. 

MWF: 4:40 p.m. - 5:50 p.m. in DVAC 100

UC Cabaret Singers is an auditioned mixed-voice choral ensemble made up of members from UC Alta Petit and Juncta Juvant Choruses. Students must be enrolled in Alta Petit or Juncta Juvant in order to participate in UC Cabaret Singers.