Join the Micklegate Singers.
If you’re interested in joining a choir, no matter what voice you usually sing, we’d love to hear from you!
At the moment we would be especially pleased to welcome another Second Bass.
Meeting us and auditioning.
We are a friendly choir, based in York. We have regular choir socials and there are usually some of our members in a pub after each rehearsal.
If you want to join us, we invite you to come and sit in on one of our rehearsals on a Thursday evening. You’ll be able to meet us and sing with us. If you’re still interested, we’ll then arrange for you to audition after the next rehearsal. During your audition, you will need to perform a short piece of your own choice, along with a sight-reading test and a basic aural test. No more than three people will be present at this audition: this is a relaxed test and not something to be afraid of!
We rehearse on Thursdays from 7.30pm-9:30pm at Park Grove Primary Academy on Park Grove in York.
Commitment.
In order to sing with us, you will need to be able to read music and have a voice that can enhance a small choir and blend well. We perform new repertoire with every concert so good sight-singing skills and a commitment to learning new music are essential.
We perform three concerts a year with approximately 12 rehearsals for each. These are on Thursday evenings in York during school term time. You will need to be able to commit to attending our rehearsals; we ask that members miss no more than a couple per term. Our repertoire is often challenging - and so all the more rewarding to perform - which means that you will need to be able to spend some of your own time learning and practising the music outside of rehearsals. As well as our regular concerts, we also put on a less formal Christmas carol concert in aid of a local charity, and occasionally sing at other events such as weddings.
The costs of running the choir are met by its members and ticket sales. We work hard to run the choir as efficiently as possible.
Our current subscription is £195 per year (payable termly), but our members do not want to see anyone excluded because of inability to meet the subscription.
We offer a reduced rate of £90 per year to those whose total income is under the threshold for paying basic rate income tax. If even this is an obstacle to joining then have a conversation with the choir treasurer when attending your taster rehearsal.
Get in touch.
If you’re interested in joining us, please send us an email and tell us a little bit about yourself, including which part you sing. We’d love to hear from you!