The Chorale holds auditions once a year in the autumn during New Student Orientation and during the first week of fall quarter. Auditions have been completed for the 2024-2025 academic year.  The next round of regular auditions will take place starting Friday, 19 September, 2025. However, occasionally there are mid-year personnel changes due to members’ shifting academic schedules, unforeseen oversees study opportunities, etc. All callback auditionees from fall 2024, should consider themselves alternates in the case of possible mid-year openings.

Membership is open to all registered Stanford students: undergraduate and graduate. In order to maintain the optimal combination of voices, the entire ensemble is re-auditioned each fall. Preliminary auditions consist of vocalizing (with piano support) to determine range and evaluate vowel formation, pitch and rhythm memory exercises, sight singing, and a solo song. Callback auditions consist of hearing all finalists in different voice combinations to determine the best ensemble. Members from the previous year who would like to be considered once again for the ensemble must re-audition.

For more information, please contact Stephen M. Sano, Director of Choral Studies, via email: sano@stanford.edu.