Essential Voices USA

Auditions for Essential Voices USA – Carnegie Hall Concerts & Community Programs

Judith Clurman’s Essential Voices USA is holding auditions for tenors and basses for their Carnegie Hall concerts (December 20 & 21, 2025 and March 13, 2026) and for their community programs in New York City.

Singers are asked to submit their material online in video format or they can request an in-person audition.

Singers should:

SING a song that they love to sing

SING a major scale

SPEAK tell us why they want to join EVUSA.

SEND a video or questions to essentialvoicesusa@gmail.com

ABOUT Essential Voices USA

Judith Clurman’s Essential Voices USA (EVUSA) is one of New York’s preeminent choral ensembles. The ensemble is comprised of a talented roster of seasoned professionals and auditioned volunteers, dynamically fitted to the unique needs of each project. ? EVUSA held a month-long residency at National Public Radio, performed for many years with The New York Pops in its Carnegie Hall subscription series, performed on NBC’s July 4th Macy’s Fireworks Spectacular and at the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting and participated in President Obama’s Inaugural activities. On July 4, 2022, they performed Washington Women, the choral cycle they commissioned, on the National Public Radio Tiny Desk Concerts. The group has produced The Composer Speaks at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music and has premiered numerous works and collaborated with America’s finest composers. Their Project Youth Chorus program has provided select high school students the opportunity to sing with the chorus on recordings and in concerts at Carnegie Hall. They have released numerous recordings. They recently released Christmas Joy, Holiday Joy, and Listen to the World on Albany Records. In 2026, the group will return to Carnegie Hall, and perform community concerts; their recording of Songs of Freedom: A Celebration of Chanukah will be heard at the Indianapolis’ Art Museum – Newfields holiday light show.