Bass for IC Vespers - Monday, Dec. 7, at St Luke's in McLean, VA
  • The Sarum Use Vespers Choir in McLean, VA is searching for a bass singer who can participate for one hour once a month in singing Solemn Vespers. This will be in a traditional form, although mainly in english, it will occasionally be in latin. They must be comfortable singing simple settings of renaissance harmony and polyphony for the psalms, magnificat and the hymn, such as settings by John Dunstable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpDO0FbiKoE or "Res est admirabilis" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruadkBPQKlI They must also be willing to attempt to read neume notation in order to attempt singing the antiphons. Pay is $50 for the one hour of vespers with a single rehearsal the hour before the assigned monthly date, about 1 hour 45 minutes of total time participating. Call 301-473-6373 for more info,