Gettysburg Choral Society is actively seeking singers, including paid professional singers, for the 2025 fall season

The Gettysburg Choral Society, Inc. is actively seeking singers, including paid professional singers, for the 2025 fall season. Auditions are being held by appointment on Monday, June 9th (6-8pm) and Saturdays, July 19th and August 2nd (2-4pm).

The chorus seeks to utilize the finest choral techniques to continually improve the quality of performances.
Singers who read music and have choral experience are encouraged to audition. Vocal accuracy, tone quality, blending ability, diction, and vocal range will be tested during the audition. Good sight reading is a definite plus. All persons auditioning must be at least 18 years of age, be competent at reading music and bring a prepared piece to sing.

In addition to volunteer singers, The Gettysburg Choral Society is seeking highly motivated and extremely talented, trained singers with degrees in vocal performance. The positions require singers to be prompt in attendance and fully prepared at all rehearsals and concerts. There will be a stipend paid upon the successful completion of the semester’s work.

Rehearsals, which are every Monday from 7-9pm at St. James Lutheran Church in Gettysburg, begin on September 8th and continue each week through December 4th.

Under the direction of John McKay, GCS will present a pair of Christmas concerts entitled “In Dulci Jubilo” on Friday, December 5th at 7pm and Saturday, December 6th at 3pm in the chapel of The United Lutheran Seminary, 61 Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, PA 17325. In addition to timeless Christmas favorites sung by the chorus, GCS will be accompanied by organist virtuoso Peggy Haas Howell on several pieces. Ms. Howell has performed throughout Europe and the United States and is well known in Gettysburg. She is the National Vice President and Councillor for Competitions and New Music with the American Guild of Organists. Ms. Howell is sure to inspire all with her extraordinary talent on the chapel’s magnificent Andover pipe organ. As always, the performances will conclude with the audience joining in a joyous sing-along as the sounds of Christmas resound throughout the chapel. The concerts are free of charge and no tickets are required.

The Gettysburg Choral Society, Inc. is a nonprofit 501©(3) organization composed of auditioned singers who utilize their talents to pursue excellence in choral music performance. As always, the concerts are free and open to the public. Tax-deductible contributions are appreciated to help defray concert-related expenses.
To schedule an audition, please contact our manager, Julie Strickland, at (717) 515-3176 (call or text), or email [email protected]. Additional information is available at gettysburgchoralsociety.org