This choir recording project is a paid opportunity for both professional singers and semi-professional singers. Professional singers and semi-professional singers may submit their proposed hourly rate on the audition form.
This choir recording project is a volunteer opportunity for emerging singers* and volunteer singers. Volunteer and emerging singers who relish the opportunity to sharpen their vocal gifts within a professional recording project that will serve choir ministries at modern churches are welcomed to participate.*A stipend may be considered for High school-aged emerging singers with exceptional talent, experience, and merit.
Each of these four categories of singers is defined below.
Professional singers earn the majority of their income through musical employment.
Semi-professional singers earn the majority of their income through a “day job” while earning a supplementary portion of their income through musical employment. Collegiate voice majors, i.e., aspiring professional singers-in-training are also placed in this category.
Emerging singers are preparing and aspiring towards a professional or semi-professional vocal career. Emerging singers are usually of high school age, however they may also be singers entering the music profession later in life.
Volunteer singers are talented singers that rarely, if ever, sing for pay, yet relish volunteering their time and talent for a number of important vocal performance needs and outlets, such as, as a soloist for a wedding or funeral, a singer in a church choir or community choir, a worship leader in a worship band, a role/actor/character in a community musical theatre production, or as a karaoke performer.
