Join the Ensemble

NOVA Women’s Choral Project is a project-based treble ensemble dedicated to thoughtful, community-engaged performance. Rooted in collaboration and artistic excellence, NOVA brings voices together to explore music that speaks meaningfully to the world around us.

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We welcome Soprano and Alto singers to join us throughout our season. At NOVA, we believe in a barrier-free approach to high-level music-making: there are no formal auditions. Instead, we invite singers to review the specific musical parameters of each project to determine if the repertoire aligns with their skill set and reading abilities.

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How Participation Works

Because our projects vary in difficulty and style, we offer a diverse range of programming to encourage a wide net of participants.

• Vocalization Appointments: For certain projects, the conductor may request a brief vocalization appointment to ensure a balanced blend of vocal colors.

• Solo Opportunities: We believe in the talent within our ranks; all soloists are selected from among the ensemble members.

• Intentional Community: Through collective song, NOVA explores shared human questions, tells meaningful stories, and builds a connected, inspired artistic community.

 

Fall 2026 Project: Fire Flowers: Hope and the Resilience of the Human Spirit

At a time when many of us are asking how to respond to the world around us, this project offers a space to listen, reflect, and create meaning together through music.

Anchoring the program is Anne Frank: A Living Voice by Minnesota composer Linda Tutas Haugen, a six-movement work for soprano and alto voices with string quartet. Drawing on texts from Anne Frank’s diary, the piece traces a powerful emotional journey through fear, grief, rage, and acceptance, ultimately affirming Anne’s enduring belief that there is still beauty in the world and humanity worth believing in. Her words feel strikingly relevant today.

This work will be paired with additional music by Dolly Parton, Sarah Quartel, and Timothy Corlis, composers whose music reflects the kind of world Anne imagined, one rooted in beauty, resilience, and shared humanity.

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Project Structure

This project is designed for singers who are eager to engage deeply with meaningful repertoire while working within a flexible, project-based model.

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Read-through and community gathering

• Saturday, May 2- 9:00 - 12:00 a.m. (Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Athens)

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Independent preparation during the summer months

• Practice materials and resources will be provided

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Rehearsals in late summer and early fall

• Sunday, August 16 - 5:15 - 7:00 p.m. (First Baptist Athens)

• Sunday, August 23 - 5:15 - 7:00 p.m. (First Baptist Athens)

• Sunday, August 30 - 5:15 - 7:00 p.m. (First Baptist Athens)

• Tuesday, September 8 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. (St. Gregory the Great)

• Sunday, September 13 - 5:15 - 7:15 p.m. (First Baptist Athens)

• Sunday, September 20 - 5:15 - 7:15 p.m. (First Baptist Athens)

• Tuesday, September 22 - 6:30 - 8:30 p.m (St. Gregory the Great)

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Performance

• Sunday, September 27 at 3:00 p.m. (Call time 1:15 p.m.)

• St. Gregory the Great Episcopal Church, Athens

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Singer Expectations

While NOVA projects typically welcome a range of experience levels, this inaugural project requires strong music-reading skills. The repertoire is challenging in places, and singers will be expected to prepare independently between rehearsals in order to make the most of our limited time together.

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This project invites singers not only to perform, but to bear witness, to engage with music that asks something of us, and to share it in a way that resonates beyond the concert hall.

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Ready to join us?

 

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****Update! Due to strong interest in this project, our Soprano 1 and 2 sections are now full. A limited number of Alto spots remain. Altos are encouraged to register, and Sopranos may still complete the form to be added to the waitlist.