Auditions
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Do you love to sing?
Harmonic Generation will be holding its annual auditions on Saturday, September 6, 2025 to recruit new singers to join our mixed, contemporary a cappella group here in Ottawa!
- Location: Nepean Creative Arts Centre, Studio A, 35 Stafford Road, Bells Corners
- Time: 9 am to 2 pm
We’re looking for talented, committed singers in all vocal ranges (sopranos, mezzos, altos, tenors, and especially basses and baritones). Vocal percussionists welcome, too!
How to prepare for your audition:
- We know that auditions can sometimes be stressful, but we try to keep things casual and as stress free as possible
- Please come to your audition ready to sing us a song of your choice (a verse and a chorus at a minimum – and a cappella of course!). You can listen to some of the songs on our YouTube channel to get a sense of the kind of songs we sing.
- Whatever song you choose to sing should really show off your range, musicality, and any other vocal talents you may have. If you are able to beatbox, let us know and show us your stuff!
- Your audition may also include a variety of exercises to measure your upper and lower range, test your pitch and ear training, assess your ability to read music (see notes in FAQ below), etc.
FAQ
We have a wide-ranging repertoire that includes songs by Pentatonix, Adele, Portugal. The Man, the Beatles, Coldplay, Electric Light Orchestra, David Archuleta, Queen, Abba, Sarah Bareilles, Imogen Heap, Michael Jackson, and Billy Joel, just to name a few!
Check us out on Youtube to get a sense of the type of arrangements we perform.
Members are provided access to .pdf copies of sheet music, midi files, and other aids to assist with their independent learning of individual parts at home, and rehearsals are used to focus on blending and balancing parts together, as well as other performance considerations.
There are varying levels of sight-reading ability within the group; however, some basic skills in reading music, and knowledge of notation, intervals, terminology, etc. is important for learning your part on your own and rehearsing with the group.
We don’t have a set number of singers that we are looking for at this time. HG is a sixteen-voice ensemble, and we have a core group of singers already in place with a few slots to fill. We are always interested in meeting new, talented singers that could be a good fit for our group – either this year or in the in the future.
Rehearsals are held on Monday evenings, from 8-10pm, at a rehearsal space in Nepean that has parking available and is accessible by public transit.
We would be more than happy to answer any other questions you may have about the audition process or the group – just send us an email at auditions@harmonicg613.ca