The Wake Forest Children’s Choir will hold auditions on Monday, Aug. 31, at 4:30 p.m. at the Wake Forest Renaissance Centre for the Arts at 405 South Brooks Street. The auditions are open to students in grades 4-9.
Anyone planning to audition must register at http://wfchildrenschoir.org. No previous choral experience is required, and students planning to audition are not required to prepare any material in advance.
Students accepted into the choir will be expected to attend weekly rehearsals on Tuesday evenings from 5 to 6 p.m. beginning Sept. 8. The cost for tuition is $340 to be paid in two installments of $150, plus a $40 materials fee.
Comprised of children of all racial, cultural, religious and economic backgrounds, the Wake Forest Children’s Choir offers outstanding young singers in our community the opportunity to learn a variety of high quality choral repertoire, both sacred and secular, and to share it with the community.
Two local music teachers, Kasie Ryan from Franklin Academy Middle School and Terri Smith from Wake Forest Elementary School, had the idea for the choir and are contracting with the Renaissance Centre for the program.
Cathy Gouge, the interim director at the center, said, “As the Renaissance Centre grows, we hope to be able to offer scholarships to those children or adults who may not be able to afford our programming. We are working hard to put together a donor/sponsorship program to raise funding for that purpose as well as help with other Renaissance Cenre needs.”
For more information, email wfchildrenschoir@gmail.com.
