ALLEGRO! CHORUS IS AUDITIONING

Audition alone or with a group - whichever is more comfortable.

Call today (732) 528-9211.

About ALLEGRO!

ALLEGRO! has quickly become one of New Jersey’s most popular choral groups, helping Algonquin Arts to expand its mission to bring the pleasures and powers of the performing arts to a diverse Jersey Shore audience.  Established in 2004, ALLEGRO!, under the direction of conductor Marcello Velame, the 30-member chorus draws vocalists from  Monmouth and Ocean counties.

For the past four years, ALLEGRO! has presented two concerts a year; one during the winter holiday season and one in the spring.  This year, the Chorus will be performing an additional concert at the College of St. Elizabeth.   ALLEGRO! is also planning to expand its performance schedule to include  even more venues over the next year.

Rehearsals for the Chorus are held in Manasquan. Auditions will be held at mutually agreeable times at the First Presbyterian Church,  located at South Street and Virginia Avenue,  in Manasquan.

To arrange for your audition or for more information, please call the Algonquin Arts Box Office at 732-528-9211.

CONDUCTOR
Marcello Velame

Marcello Velame born in Brazil and currently in his fourth season as ALLEGRO! Chorus music director, holds a degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ and has studied conducting at the Juilliard School of Music, New York. He has appeared as guest conductor at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada, conducting symphonies by Beethoven and Brahms. He has sung under the direction of acclaimed conductors such as Robert Shaw, Kurt Masur, Helmuth Rilling and Wolfgang Sawallisch. Mr. Velame has appeared as a clinician in group vocal technique in several workshops in his native country, and in 2007, one of his choirs was the guests of honor in the International Choral Festival in Sâo Lourenço, Brazil. He is currently in his tenth year as director of music at First Presbyterian Church of Manasquan and, under his direction the Chancel Choir sings regularly with orchestras and is on the guest list for Mid America productions at Carnegie Hall, where it has appeared twice with the New England Symphony.