NEW CLASSIC SINGERS, a select 36 voice adult choral ensemble, will hold auditions for 2010-2011 membership, in the month of August, by appointment.

Auditions are open to all highly skilled adult singers, and will include singing two prepared selection, sight-reading, vocalizing and a brief interview. Auditions are by appointment only and may be made by contacting the director at lrk@newclassicsingers.org as soon as possible. An accompanist will be provided.  There are openings in all sections.

Repertoire for the 2010-2011 season includes music by Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland, holiday music, Russian and East European sacred music, David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning the little match girl passion, Romantic part-songs by Brahms, Schumann, and Schubert, in addition to other sacred and secular selections.

Founder/director Lee Kesselman is internationally known as a conductor, pianist, teacher and award-winning composer. He has developed the New Classic Singers with a love for the vocal art and interests in a great breadth of literature. The Singers have performed Chicago-area premieres of scores of works, and are known for imaginative and unique programming in the choral world.

New Classic Singers performs a season series of four main concerts in Glen Ellyn, with additional concerts in nearby locations.