City Singers and Neighborhood Singers Community Children’s Choirs are currently seeking talented young singers in grades 2 and above who would like to audition to join us for the 2007-2008 choir season.

We are delighted to announce that Dr. David McCormick will once again be directing City Singers, and Ms. Karen Harris will be directing Neighborhood Singers and serving as accompanist for City Singers.

City Singers is an auditioned treble choir for boys and girls in grades 4 and above. Neighborhood Singers is our training choir for singers in grades 2 and above. Our past performances have included Bruton Parish Church - Candlelight Concert Series in Williamsburg, the Festival of Lights at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Sing Out for Freedom, Pray for Peace Interfaith Choir Concert sponsored by Living the Dream and Congregation Beth Ahabah, Wilton House Museum - Holiday Family Open House, and singing The National Anthem at the Richmond Braves Game.

In honor of the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement, the theme for the first half of our 2007-2008 choir season will be Happy Birthday to America!

Our repertoire will include late 16th to early 17th century English music, possibly an arrangement of Yankee Doodle (which started its life in England), and a metrical psalm or two which we will borrow from the New England settlers. Then we will come closer to our own time with a Civil War tune, a Native American melody and some spirituals. We will also be learning several pieces of music from other parts of the world, mainly folk tunes with some sung in native languages.

Prerequisites for acceptance into City Singers and Neighborhood Singers are the ability to carry a tune and a desire to contribute to the excellence of the group, which performs at community events and in its own concerts. Current or recent repertoire includes compositions by noted composers and engaging arrangements of folk materials in Czech, French, German, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Samoan and Spanish, as well as English.

Auditions are fun and easy, designed to give us an idea of your vocal range and abilities. To learn more about City Singers and Neighborhood Singers Community Children’s Choirs, please visit our website at http://www.neighborhoodschool.org/citysingers.htm or contact David McCormick at 321-4811 to schedule your audition.

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