Interim Choral Conducting Positions
Windsor Symphony Orchestra Chorus – Chorusmaster
Windsor Classic Chorale - Artistic Director
The Windsor Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the Windsor Classic Chorale are currently seeking guest conductors, on a project-by-project basis for their 2008-2009 seasons. These two organizations have separate administrations but perform together frequently throughout the year. The Windsor Symphony Orchestra Chorus is a non-auditioned community adult choir that performs exclusively with the WSO. The Windsor Classic Chorale is an auditioned, 30-member chamber choir that performs three programs per season, including an Intimate Classics series concert with the WSO in the spring of 2009.
We will consider applications for individual concert projects immediately upon receipt of materials and will continue accepting applications until the conducting positions for all projects are filled. Details for each project are listed below. All candidates must indicate their availability for weekly evening rehearsals (WCC on Mondays; WSOC on Wednesdays).
Throughout the 2008-2009 season, the WSOC and the WCC are jointly engaging in an international search to fill these two part-time positions beginning August 2009.
To apply for any or all of these projects, please send a cover letter, resume, and at least three references along with an audition video/DVD to:
Sarah Boonstra
WSO Operations Manager
Windsor Symphony Orchestra
487 Ouellette Ave.
Windsor, Ontario N9A 4J2
519-973-1238 Ext. 20
For inquiries regarding the Windsor Symphony Orchestra Chorusmaster position, please contact Peter Antaya, President of the WSOC, at 519-969-5583
For inquiries regarding the Windsor Classic Chorale Artistic Director position, please contact Melinda Munro, and visit the WCC website at www.windsorclassicchorale.org
A detailed list of choral projects for the upcoming season is available for download in PDF version or see the list below:
Project Descriptions:
Project 1: WSO Chorus “Viva Italiano!” with Kip Wilborn
Repertoire:
Lavalee - O Canada
Verdi - Anvil Chorus from Trovatore
R/H - Climb Every Mountain (Sound of Music)
Mascagni - Brindisi from Cavaleria Rusticana
Puccini - Nessun Dorma
Selections from Kip Wilborn’s arrangements of the following:
I’ll Walk With God
Because You’re Mine
Be My Love
Con Te Partiro
Some Enchanted Evening
Oh Holy Night
Performances:
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 8:00pm at Chrysler Theatre in Windsor, ON
Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 2:30pm at Chrysler Theatre in Windsor, ON
Orchestra Rehearsal Dates:
Friday, October 3, 2008 at 7:00pm (6:00pm chorus onstage for sound check)
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 11:00am
Chorus Rehearsal Dates: Wednesdays from 7:00pm - 9:30pm, 5 weeks leading up to performance
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 to Wednesday, October 2, 2008
Project 2: Windsor Classic Chorale “In Remembrance”
This concert, which is performed on or around Canada's Remembrance Day (November 11), has become our signature event. The concert is a secular, community-based gathering in Windsor's historic Old Armouries building to collectively grieve loss of life in war and to hope for peace in the future. For 2008 we plan to combine with local high school choirs and present an educational matinee version of the concert.
Repertoire:
Arr. K. I. Bray - Oh Canada
Srul Irving Glick - Canticle of Peace
Robert Teehan - Slumber Song
Eleanor Daley - In Flanders Fields
Anton Bruckner - Libera Me (with brass quintet)
Arr. Allan Bevan - Danny Boy
Arr. Diane Loomer - Song for Peace
Leonard Bernstein - Make our Garden Grow (from Candide)
Srul Irving Glick - The Hour has Come (finale) (with brass quintet & percussion)
Performances:
Sunday, November 9, 2008 at 7:30pm at Windsor Armouries
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:30 am at Windsor Armouries
Chorale Rehearsal Dates: Mondays from 7:00pm - 9:30pm, 8 weeks leading up to performance
Monday, September 8, 2008 to Monday, November 3, 2008 (possible holiday: October 13, 2008)
Dress rehearsal: Saturday, November 8, 2008 from 10:00am – 1:00pm.
Project 3: WSO Chorus “Handel’s Messiah”
Repertoire:
Handel - Messiah
Performances:
Friday, December 12, 2008 at 7:30pm at Windsor Armouries
Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 7:30pm at Windsor Armouries
Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 7:30pm at St. John the Baptist Church in Amherstburg, ON
Orchestra Rehearsal Dates:
Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 7:00pm
Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 7:00pm
Chorus Rehearsal Dates: Wednesdays from 7:00pm - 9:30pm, 8 weeks leading up to performance
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 to Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Project 4: Classic Chorale “Ode to St. Cecilia” with Windsor Symphony Orchestra
Repertoire:
Handel - Coronation Anthem No. 2 (The King Shall Rejoice)
Henry Purcell - Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day (Hail Bright Cecilia)
Performances:
Friday, January 30, 2009 at 11:00am and 7:30pm at Assumption University Chapel in Windsor, ON
Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 7:30pm at Leamington United Mennonite Church in Leamington, ON
Sunday, February 1, 2009 at 7:30pm at St. Anne’s Church in Tecumseh, ON
Orchestra Rehearsal Dates:
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 7:00pm
Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 7:00pm
Chorale Rehearsal Dates: Mondays from 7:00pm - 9:30pm, 8 weeks leading up to performance
Monday, November 17, 2008 to Monday, January 26, 2009 (December 8, community Christmas concert, December 22 and 29, 2008 – break)
Project 5: WSO Chorus “Brahms Requiem”
Repertoire:
Johannes Brahms - A German Requiem
Performance:
Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 8:00pm at Chrysler Theatre in Windsor, ON
Orchestra Rehearsal Dates:
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 7:00pm (6:00pm chorus onstage for sound check)
Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 7:00pm
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7:00pm
Chorus Rehearsal Dates: Wednesdays from 7:00pm - 9:30pm, 9 weeks leading up to performance
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 to Wednesday, February 25, 2009 (December 22 and 29, 2008 – break)
Note: Windsor Classic Chorale is invited to sing; one or two rehearsals may be to be fit into spring concert schedule for those who intend to participate. The University of Windsor Singers and Chamber Choir will also sing in this combined chorus.
Project 6: Classic Chorale “Poetry in Song”
Repertoire:
Morten Lauridsen - Les Chansons des Roses
William Matthias - Shakespeare Songs op. 80
Allan Bevan - Commission
Other works TBD by conductor of this program.
Performances:
Community Fundraising Concert: May 1, 2009 at 8:00pm at St. John the Baptist Church in Amherstburg, ON
Spring Concert: May 3, 2009 at 7:30pm at Assumption University Chapel in Windsor, ON
Chorale Rehearsal Dates: Mondays from 7:00pm - 9:30pm, 12 weeks leading up to performance
Monday, February 9, 2009 to Monday, April 27, 2009
Dress Rehearsal: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 from 7:00 - 9:30pm