BEC's contact information
Rehearsals
The venue for our rehearsals is kindly provided by St. Albans Church, located very close to Tokyo Tower. In the course of each term, we meet every Tuesday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm, except holidays. The closest subway station is Kamiyacho. You will find a map under the "Location" tab on St. Albans Church website.
Additionally, we regularly attend weekend choir retreats.
In April we stay over the weekend away from Tokyo and enjoy lots of singing as well as various sessions and fun events.
On a Saturday in October we plan a one-day "in town" retreat.
Membership is free but each member pays 5,000 yen per term to pay for the music (which then becomes part of the choir library), and is also required to purchase a black folder (around 3,000 yen) to compile the music for the concerts.
Auditions
Singers are generally recruited at the beginning of each term, but we can sometimes accommodate more members according to our needs. New applicants need to pass an audition with our music director, Steven Morgan: voice exercises to check range, pitch and suitability for the choir, and some simple sight-singing.
If you would like to find out more regarding the status for the fall 2010 term, please contact (in English) our audition manager, Wendela Elsen-Nakajima.
