How does one join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir?
The Choir accepts applications for new singers during the first week of January and July every year. Before members join the Choir, they undergo a rigorous audition process consisting of three phases, which take place over approximately six months. Prospective Choir members also must be active members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, be recommended by their bishops and live within 100 miles of Temple Square. Applicants must be between 25 and 55 years of age. Tenure in the Choir is 20 years or until age 60. In the first step of the audition process, applicants submit an unaccompanied recording of a song selected by the Music Director. The second stage of the audition, a musical skills test, measures musical ability and aptitude. Applicants with an acceptable test score are then scheduled for an audition before the Director and Associate Director. In the third stage, individuals perform a hymn of their choice, sight-read a piece of music and test their vocal range. Eve
