MuSa Auditions 2023

Can you play, dance, or sing?

Join the music ensembles of Sapienza University!

MuSa Classica welcomes players and singers, both as soloists and as members of the classical orchestra and choir (in program “Carmina Burana” and other symphonic-choral productions), both with an academic background (conservatoire and/or music schools) and self-trained.

Attendees are involved in the study of the classical repertoire, both in the orchestra and in chamber ensembles, from the Baroque to the XX Century, for performances during institutional events (ceremony for the new academic year, ad honorem degrees), for the Sapienza community, and for proper theater productions, from Kurt Weill to Rugantino. In 2023 the chamber music season "I Giovedì della MuSa" has been started, with the aim of giving the stage to the best “MuSa resources", in the prestigious and newly restored Teatro Ateneo, provided with a Steinway piano.

The most representative events take place in Aula Magna. Other venues, still very important, are the Sala Odeion and the Cappella Universitaria.

MuSa Blues welcomes new pop, rock, black, funky and afro-sound singers, musicians and dancers for its 2023-24 live events and recordings: Mandela Day 2024 (30 years of democracy in South Africa), Songs for Peace 1973/2023, Carnival Concert and more. We foresee advanced groups (Sound Machine and Vocal Ensemble), as well as a Comfort Choir.

MuSa Jazz will include players and singers who are already trained in jazz and improvisation, and also those who want to learn this language.

The aim of this year will be the creation of a big ensemble, seen as a working group to learn and practice the fundamentals of pronounce, improvisation, interplay and specific reading; this path, taken by all the group members (at whatever musical level), is a preliminary step for building a big band.

EtnoMuSa is focused on the traditional folk music and on both Italian and international social songs. We do not require any musical knowledge; you just need to play by ear and to be constantly present in the rehearsals. We welcome all instruments (mostly, percussions – e.g., tambourine) and voices. We also welcome all ERASMUS students that want to share the folk music of their home countries, according to the orchestra’s projects. In particular, this year the orchestra will be focused on the "Women’ songs" between late ‘800 and '900 from the Italian and foreign repertoire; it will take part to many festivals and meetings, both in Rome and around Italy.