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Symphony chorus opens auditions

COAST CITIES — Auditions for openings in all sections of the La Jolla Symphony Chorus will be held March 23 in the Conrad Prebys Music Center on the UC San Diego campus. The 125-voice chorus rehearses on Monday evenings with weekend concerts in Mandeville Auditorium as well as other San Diego venues. Chorus membership is open to all community members with music training.For an audition appointment, interested singers should contact chorus manager Mea Daum by e-mail at [email protected] or call (858) 243-2045. Further information about the audition process is available in the “Chorus Auditions” section of the Web site at lajollasymphony.com.

Chorus repertoire for the spring quarter 2013 will be the performance of masterworks by Arnold Schoenberg (Friede auf Erden) and Ralph Vaughan Williams (Dona Nobis Pacem.) The La Jolla Symphony Chorus, conducted since 1973 by David Chase, has received local, national and international recognition for presenting well-known choral masterpieces as well as introducing unusual or rarely-heard works to its audiences; and has been proclaimed official Cultural Ambassadors of the city and county of San Diego.