{"id":51963,"date":"2018-06-20T09:08:12","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T13:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=51963"},"modified":"2018-06-20T17:09:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T21:09:41","slug":"auditions-for-brocks-new-womens-choir-open-to-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/06\/auditions-for-brocks-new-womens-choir-open-to-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Auditions for Brock&#8217;s new Women&#8217;s Choir open to the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voices from the Brock and wider Niagara community will come together in harmony this fall as the Department of Music launches a new Women\u2019s Choir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The all-female ensemble will be open by audition to Brock students as well as the general public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am hoping that this choir brings together women from the University and the Niagara region to offer something very special to our local arts community,\u201d says Rachel Rensink-Hoff, Assistant Professor of Music who will direct the new group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Women\u2019s Choir will rehearse on Thursday evenings beginning this fall, readying for performances with Brock\u2019s Chamber Choir on Dec. 1 and March 30 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The department\u2019s established mixed-voice Chamber Choir is also open by audition to all Brock students and staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also included among Brock\u2019s choirs, an integral part of the Music program, is the Avanti Chamber Singers. The community-based adult<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ensemble, also directed by Rensink-Hoff, is the department\u2019s Choir in Residence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe choirs allow students the opportunity to rehearse and perform in the fantastic FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,\u201d says Rensink-Hoff. \u201cMy hope is that more students from across campus and members of the public will consider joining us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To audition, previous singing experience and some ability to read music are required. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students who successfully audition can enrol in choir for academic credit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information or to schedule an audition, please visit the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/miwsfpa\/music\/sing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Music Department\u2019s website.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voices from the Brock and wider Niagara community will come together in harmony this fall as the Department of Music launches a new Women\u2019s Choir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":51964,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37,1,4],"tags":[549,5982,6777],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51963"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51965,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51963\/revisions\/51965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}