Auditions

Audition Requirements
Men and women over the age of 17 with familiarity with musical notation are invited to audition. Candidates will be asked to perform a prepared solo piece.

Contact
For more information or to set up an audition, please email tpsc06@gmail.com.

TPS Chorus Member Handbook and Roster
To download a copy of the Member Handbook, click here (pdf).
To download the current TPS Chorus roster, click here (pdf)

About the Chorus
The Phoenix Symphony Chorus is led by Dr. Gregory Gentry and Assistant Director Laura Inman.  Founded in 2001, the Chorus serves as a professional-level performing partner for Arizona's only full-time orchestra.   The Chorus is comprised of over 100 volunteers and is governed by its own members in partnership with the Chorusmaster and Symphony staff.  Chorus members collectively donate more than 12,000 hours of service to music and the Symphony each year.

The Chorus rehearses weekly during the concert season (September - May). Rehearsals are held on Monday nights (7:00 - 9:30 p.m.) at Church of the Beatitudes (555 W. Glendale Ave in Phoenix).

2007-08 Concert repertoire includes Brahm's A German Requiem, music for the Holiday season, Grey's A Navajo Oratorio (world premiere), Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, and Golijov's Ainadamar.

About the Staff

Gregory R. Gentry was named Chorusmaster of The Phoenix Symphony in June 2006. Dr. Gentry is a conductor of choral music at Arizona State University School of Music with the Herberger College of Fine Arts.

Dr. Gentry has worked in many facets of choral research and conducting. He has prepared choirs for Eph Ehly, Shinik Hahm, George Lynn, John Rutter, Gunther Schuller, and Richard Westerfield. His choirs have toured worldwide, in such varied venues as The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Cleveland, the Music Educators Southern Regional Conference in Savannah, St. Andrew's Church in Plymouth, UK, and The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs.

In addition to Dr. Gentry's 2004 choral recording contract with Concordia Publishing House, his choral editions have been published by National Music Publishers and Musica Russica. His edition of Jean Philippe Rameau's "Cor meum et caro mea" from Quam dilecta tabernacula premiered in February 2005 at the American Choral Directors Association convention in Los Angeles. His edition of Vasilii Titov's Seventeenth Century Russian Baroque Liturgical Choral Concerto for 24 voices "Dnes Khristos" was premiered by the Oregon Repertory Singers in 2001. Among several sub specialty areas, Dr. Gentry has an exceptional affinity for Russian choral music.

Dr. Gentry made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 1994. His technique has been primarily guided by his studies with Eph Ehly and George Lynn, as well as additional work with Brian Priestman, Dale Warland, and Gary Hill. Both a singer and percussionist, Dr. Gentry has performed under the baton of Dave Brubeck, Aaron Copland, Karel Husa, Jorge Mester and Robert Shaw.

Among many professional organizations, Dr. Gentry is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, the National Association for Music Education, the National Collegiate Choral Organization, and a founding member of Southwestern Liederkranz.

Dr. Gentry earned his doctorate from the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Laura Inman has been appointed the new Assistant Director of The Phoenix Symphony Chorus (2007-2008). Ms. Inman has served as conductor of the Arizona State University Women's Chorus, and assistant conductor of the ASU mixed choirs including Concert Choir and University Choir. She has assisted in music direction in the operatic realm as assistant conductor with the ASU Lyric Opera Theatre, as well as with the vocal jazz ensemble Herberger Singers. She recently participated in a national symposium—working directly with American composer Kirke Mechem—on preparation and interpretation of his choral works for both the concert and operatic stage. As a professional soprano, she has sung with Kentucky Opera, and is in her 6th season as a member of the Phoenix Bach Choir, where she is also a teaching artist and Education Outreach Coordinator. Equally at home on the podium or behind the keyboard, Ms. Inman is currently on faculty at the Arizona School for the Arts. She received her undergraduate degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Education from the University of Louisville in Kentucky, and is in the final stage for completion of her degree Doctor of Musical Arts at Arizona State University. Ms. Inman is a member of American Choral Directors Association, National Association of Teachers of Singing, and Southwest Liederkranz.