Jazz Co. auditions begin Monday

Auditions for Jazz Co., the college's vocal jazz ensemble, will be during the ensemble's first rehearsal from 7-9:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22 in Boswell Hall Room 128. Music for the audition will be available at the time of the rehearsal. A maximum of 20 singers will be accepted. The group specializes in vocal music from the jazz genre and performs eight to 10 times per year, including a possible tour in March 2012. Familiarity with the jazz vocal style is recommended.

No audition is necessary to join the NIC Cardinal Chorale, but singers must be able to match pitch and sing for the choir director to determine the appropriate voice section. The Cardinal Chorale sings four concerts per year and meets Tuesday evenings from 7- 9:30 p.m. beginning Tuesday, Aug. 23 in Boswell Hall Room 102.

Auditions for the NIC Chamber Singers will be from 1-2:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 and Thursday, Aug. 25 in Boswell Hall Room 102. Music for the audition will be available by Friday, Aug. 19. The NIC Cardinal Chorale rehearses regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-2:15 p.m. and performs eight to 10 times annually, including a potential tour in the spring of 2012.

Participation in NIC's various choir groups is open to students and community members.

Information: NIC Choir Director Max Mendez at (208) 769-3275 or mjmendez@nic.edu

Auditions for 'The Foreigner' Aug. 30

Auditions will be held for the North Idaho College fall theater production of "The Foreigner" by Larry Shue.

The auditions will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 and Wednesday, Aug. 31 in Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center.

Actors are needed for approximately seven parts with characters ranging in age from late teens to 60s or 70s.

Community members are encouraged to audition. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script and scripts will be available in Boswell Hall Room 214 beginning Monday, Aug. 22.

Production dates for "The Foreigner" are Oct. 20-22 and Oct. 27-29. Rehearsals will be held weekday evenings from approximately 7-9 p.m. beginning Tuesday, Sept. 6.

Information: (208) 769-3220

NWSMC opens season, auditions

Northwest Sacred Music Chorale begins its second decade this year with a fall concert, Nov. 5 and 6. It will feature the return of NWSMC founder and first conductor, Cynthia Marlette.

As guest conductor, Marlette will lead the chorale in a work for symphony orchestra and choir entitled Concert Mass by Joseph Fitzmartin, an American composer and arranger. This major work debuted at Carnegie Hall and has been performed at the Sydney Opera House, by the Novgorod Symphony in Russia and in Berlin.

The NWSMC concert will be the West Coast premiere of this yet unpublished work. This concert will also feature a special guest performance by singer/songwriter Leon Patillo, former lead singer of Santana.

The Chorale welcomes Mary Sims Johnson as its new artistic director. She graduated from Gonzaga University and pursued her master's degree in choral conducting from EWU. Mary currently teaches private voice and piano lessons. She will conduct the Christmas concert on Dec. 21 and the spring concert on April 14-15.

The Chorale is receiving new members and also wishes to especially invite past members of the Chorale (re-audition is not required.) The Concert Mass has a particular need for tenors and basses. Auditions will be held prior to the 6:30 p.m. first rehearsal on Aug. 16.

For an audition time, please contact Nate Jolley at 755-6376 or at execdirector@nwsmc.org. For more about the chorale, visit our website at NWSMC.org.