The Bowdoin Chamber Choir
Where tradition and musical inquiry meet.
The Bowdoin Chamber Choir fosters student-centered experiences grounded in musical creativity and excellence through choral repertoire and expression. The work of the Choir reflects the vibrant scholarly inquiry by exploring and encouraging new connections between musical works, artistic disciplines, and ways of thinking about performance. The ensemble prepares concert projects in which historical practice intersects with novel frames for presenting choral works, drawing on a variety of traditions and perspectives to curate meaningful and musical articulations of our present time and place.
See below for 2025-2026 audition information.
Audition Information for Fall 2025
Auditions will take place on Sunday, August 31st in the Gibson Hall Tillotson Room (101) from 1:30-3:30 PM, and then in Gibson 207 until 5 PM as needed. Please complete the three steps below to ensure a smooth registration for your audition time slot.
Step 1
Fill out the Audition Questionnaire.
Step 2
Reserve your audition time.
If no times listed work for your schedule, please email k.francis@bowdoin.edu to find another time to meet.
Step 3
Show up (early!) to your reserved time and sing!
How should I prepare for the audition?
Each audition is approximately ten minutes and will consist of:
a short solo (this may be an aria, a musical theater song, or any other piece you’re prepared to sing, and can be as simple as Happy Birthday or Amazing Grace (you should plan to sing either unaccompanied or to provide your own accompaniment)
guided vocalization to determine comfortable range and voice part
a brief sight-reading excerpt
About the Course (Music 2741/2742, 0.5 credits)
The Choir meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30-5:30 PM, and Tuesdays from 7-8:30 PM during the academic year.
The concerts currently scheduled for the 2025-2026 are:
Saturday, October 25 at 3 PM – Family Weekend (Bowdoin Chapel)
Saturday, December 6 and Sunday, December 7 at 3 PM (Bowdoin Chapel)
Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 at 3 PM (Bowdoin Chapel)
As the Chamber Choir is auditioned, it is not possible for prospective members to register in advance of the beginning of classes. Following auditions, all those who are offered and accept membership in the Choir will be given an instructor override to register. Those individuals then have until the end of the add/drop period (the first week of classes) to register themselves. For now, if you are interested in membership you should keep the class time slot for Choir open (MW 4:30-5:30 and T 7-8:30) in your schedule pending the results of auditions.
One-half credit per semester toward graduation is earned by participation, and the VPA requirement is met by two semesters in Chamber Choir.