Why CMS Choral Scholars?This exciting program provides students with an opportunity to:
• Sing with an auditioned, intergenerational choir of 100+ experienced and high-caliber singers. • Perform advanced choral-orchestral repertoire - Brahms’s Requiem and Gjeilo’s Dark Night of the Soul - under the direction of an esteemed conductor. • Collaborate at a high level with professional soloists and instrumentalists. • Enrich their college or music institute application/resume. |
Program RequirementsProspective participants in the Choral Scholars Program will:
• Be enrolled in full-time study at a Chicago-area high school. • Provide a recommendation letter from a music teacher familiar with the student's musicianship. • Participate in an audition with CMS Music Director John C. Hughes. Audition requirements will be sent to interested students. • Provide a signed liability release waiver (from a parent/guardian, if the student is under age 18). • Adhere to all policies in the CMS Members' Handbook, including no more than 2 absences from the regular rehearsal dates noted below, and no absences during concert week May 12-18. |
How to ApplySend an email to [email protected]
with Subject line: Choral Scholars Program. We look forward to hearing from you! |