Welcome to the online home of Out Loud Chorus!

We are very happy to announce we've selected a new director, Leslie Austin!  Leslie has been involved in making music since age five, when she began singing with her church choir. Piano lessons followed at age six. Professionally, she has been teaching and making music in the Ann Arbor area for twenty years. She has led and accompanied the Women’s Chamber Chorus and Tree Town Community Chorus, directed the People’s Presbyterian Church Choir, and sung in the University Musical Society’s Choral Union. She has been seen on stage in many Ann Arbor Civic Theater musicals, and has directed musical theater for the Burns Park Players and Stockbridge Town Hall Players. She teaches piano to students of all ages. She makes her home with two fellow musicians, husband Brad and (feline) son, Edward.

New member nights are Sept. 27 and Oct. 4.  We'll be doing a concert of Broadway favorites on Jan. 22 & 23, 2011, at the Towsley Auditorium on the Washtenaw Community College campus.  We've also got information on our Euchre Tournament fundraiser ($10 entry) at sh \aut\.  Go here for more details!

We are a non-auditioned, community chorus.  Most of our members self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered, but there is no test and we are open to all and usually have a couple of straight singers as well.  Really, it is all about having fun and working hard together to make good music and put on a great show.  And our practice CD's and sectional rehearsals help with learning the notes for those who don't read music.

If you know someone who is interested in applying for role of rehearsal accompanist, please have them contact us at OutLoudChorus@gmail.com  A posting of the position is available here.

If you are interested in joining us, please come to a New Member night.  We practice on Monday evenings from 7:00 to 9:30 in the basement of Trinity Lutheran Church at 1400 West Stadium Blvd in Ann Arbor.  If you need more information or if you have questions, feel free to email us at OutLoudChorus@gmail.com we will be happy to answer your questions.  Rehearsals will begin again in the fall of 2010.

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Check back often for information on upcoming events: concerts, euchre tournaments, dances, car washes - all kinds of fun!