Join Dessoff on stage!

Audition with Malcolm J. Merriweather for The Dessoff Choirs.

The Dessoff Choirs is one of New York City’s leading choruses, and is known for pioneering performances of choral works from the pre-Baroque era through the 21st century. Rehearsals are Monday evenings, 6:30-9:30 PM on the Upper West Side.

2025-26 Season Auditions:

August 28th from 5:30-7:30pm
September 4th from 5:30-7:30pm

Audition Location:
520 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018

To schedule your audition, please email auditions@dessoff.org with your name, voice part, and vocal/choral experience.

Dessoff auditions consist of the following:

• Vocalises

• Pitch memory exercise

• Sight reading

• Text recitation (French, German, Latin)

The Dessoff Choirs’ 2025-26 Season includes:

• Herbert Howells’s Requiem & Adolphus Hailstork's The World Called

• Messiah Sing

• Welcome Yule

• Bach’s B Minor Mass

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