VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!

If you are interested in learning more about Sirens of Gotham, please complete this Guest Registration Form and we will get back to you with information about our upcoming rehearsals and audition schedule.

Sirens of Gotham is a dues-paying chorus and organization affiliated with both Sweet Adelines International and the Barbershop Harmony Society.

audition process

It is important to us that prospective members get a chance to meet the chorus, to see what we are about and how we work, and to get the support they need to successfully and joyfully get through the audition process. 

We expect all Prospective Members to visit the chorus at least twice before auditioning. This ensures the prospective member has ample time to get a feel for our rehearsal style, understand membership expectations, and ask any questions they may have. To say it a different way, you may audition during or after your second visit, but no sooner. 

Sirens of Gotham is trying a rolling audition process, which means the timeline may be different for each prospective singer. Our policy is that you may audition as early as one week after receiving the materials (i.e. the rehearsal following receipt of materials), but you must audition no later than three weeks after receipt of the materials (i.e. the third rehearsal following receipt of the materials). During the weeks you are not auditioning, we invite you to practice your audition music during and after rehearsal. 

If you do not pass your first audition, you may try once more the following week. After two failed attempts, we ask you to wait 6 months before returning again.

There are 3 steps to completing your audition at this time:

1. The Visits: As previously mentioned, all prospective Sirens must attend rehearsal at least three times before auditioning. In other words, you may audition on your third visit, but no sooner.

2. The Vocal Assessment: The first step is to complete a virtual vocal assessment. We will ask you to submit a short video with some vocal exercises. This will help us determine what part we would like you to audition on. This may happen prior to your first visit if you wish. The membership coordinator will reach out to you with details.

3. The Audition: You will receive sheet music and audio learning tracks for a song in the Sirens of Gotham Repertoire. Your audition will consist of you performing a specific portion of that song live in in a quartet setting. 

   Due to the unpredictability of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are having all auditionees sing against learning tracks rather than with a live quartet so that we can offer a consistent, objective audition be it in-person or virtual.

   You will sing the material twice for the audition panel:

• Round 1: sing with the part-dominant track

• Round 2: sing with the part-missing track

The audition must be performed memorized -- no sheet music is permitted.