Duke Chorale
Duke University Chorale
Rodney Wynkoop, director
Box 90665
Durham, NC 27708
919-660-3302
For a complete 2008-09 schedule and a fuller description, please visit the Duke University Chorale Home Page!
In Spring 2009, the Chorale will tour Mexico during Spring Break!
Past tours include:
- 2008: Florida
- 2007: California
- 2006: Florida and Georgia
- 2005: Puerto Rico
- 2004: New England
- 2003: England
- 1999: Italy
- Winter 1996-97: China
- 1995: Budapest and Vienna
Auditions
Auditions for the Chorale
take place Aug. 25-29 in Room 036 Westbrook (see
directions below). Any interested undergraduate and graduate
students are encouraged to audition. Call (919) 684-3898
to schedule a time or to ask any questions about joining.
Please check the full Chorale schedule prior to auditioning,
and be prepared to list any conflicts you have with the
posted schedule.
Audition site
Auditions are held in 036 Westbrook Building, which is
the new addition to the Divinity School. To get there,
start by facing the main entrance to Duke Chapel on
the West campus quad. Turn right and go into the building
on the right (Grey Building). Turn left and go all
the way to the end of the hall. Turn right and go down
the staircase one level. At the bottom of the stairs
turn around and go under the staircase. Turn right
again at the water fountain. The Chapel Music offices
are on the left. Signs will be posted along the route.
If you get lost or delayed, call 684-3898.
The audition
You should bring to your audition something that you
know well, such as a solo song, choral part, hymn,
or folksong. First, Dr. Wynkoop will warm you up and
check your range and general voice quality. Then you
can sing up to three minutes of the piece you have
brought. (We'll provide an accompanist, if you need
one.) Finally, you will be asked to sightread some
music. You can have up to four attempts at the sightreading,
with coaching and help from Dr. Wynkoop.
Audition results
Dr. Wynkoop is looking for singers who sing in tune,
who have voices that will blend with others, and who
can read music or learn it fairly quickly. Audition
results are posted at noon on the second Monday of
classes, at the audition site and at 02 Biddle Music
Building.
2008-09 Schedule (major events)
- Tuesday, Aug. 26 (7:15-8:15 pm) – Chorale Open Rehearsal
- Sept. 19-20 (Friday evening & all day Saturday) Chorale retreat, Camp New Hope - Chapel Hill, NC
- Saturday, Oct. 25 (8 pm) - Parents Weekend concert, Duke Chapel
- Sunday, Nov. 2, (12:30-9:30 pm) - Concert trip to Pinehurst, NC
- Tuesday, Dec. 2 (7 pm) - Christmas concert, Duke Chapel
- Sunday, Feb. 8 (1-7 pm) - Concert trip, Alamance Presbyterian Church in Greensboro
- Saturday, March 7 - Sunday, March 15 - Spring Tour to Mexico
- Thursday, March 26 (8 pm) - Tour concert, Baldwin Auditorium
- Sunday, April 5 (4 pm) - Spring Oratorio concert, Duke Chapel, with Chapel Choir: Handel, Israel in Egypt
- Saturday, April 18 (3 pm) - Duke Music Dept. annual PRISM concert, Baldwin Auditorium
- Friday, April 24 (8 pm) - Duke Chorale annual Celebration concert, Biddle lobby
- June 28-July 5 (optional) – Choir trip to Vienna (with members of the Duke Chapel Choir and the Choral Society of Durham)
to sing Haydn’s Mass in Time of War ("Paukenmesse") and Vaughan Williams’s Dona nobis pacem; rehearsals are June 9-June 23
For a summary of information about the Chorale and the Chapel Choir, please visit www.chapel.duke.edu/music/choir/chorale.aspx