The Auditorium Choir:
Information for Singers
Welcome!
The Auditorium choir is open to all singers without audition.
We rehearse Tuesday and Friday nights; Tuesday is dedicated to the choir festival and the sacred concert music. Friday’s rehearsal starts with festival/sacred concert music and is followed by a short rehearsal of the Sunday anthem starting about 9 pm. On Sunday morning, we meet at 9 am for a 45-minute rehearsal followed by a light breakfast in the Auditorium Pavilion. Our first rehearsal is scheduled for Friday, June 6; Tuesday rehearsals will begin June 17.
If you are showing any signs of respiratory illness or fever on rehearsal nights, we ask that you attend the streamed rehearsal online instead of the in-person rehearsal. Connection information for live-streamed rehearsals and services can be found in the calendar on this page or at this link (click here); no streaming is available for rehearsals not in the Auditorium.
Dress
For Sunday services, dress comfortably; however, shorts are not appropriate. For the Festival and Sacred Concert, women should wear all white or white tops and black bottoms; men should wear a white shirt, dark tie, and dark slacks.
Transportation & Parking
Parking, especially on weekends in July, is difficult in Ocean Grove. There are metered spaces and parking garages in nearby Asbury Park. The North Jersey Coast line runs convenient trains to Asbury Park. The Great Auditorium can be reached on foot from the station. (Click here for timetables; set the Destination to “Asbury Park Station.”)
However, the easiest way to visit is to rent your own bus and bring a crowd! If you do want to bring a bus, contact the OGCMA office at (732)-775-0035 for information on drop-off and pick-up sites as well as a recommendation for bus parking. Below is an interactive map of churches and choral groups that recently sent singers to the Festival — we recommend you contact groups near you to cooperate on hiring a bus or van.