“This choir’s real
magic is in its delicate balance of serenity
and intensity...a pure transparent tone and solid ensemble.”
The New York Times

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At Carnegie Hall

Amuse performed a cameo
role in Felix Mendelssohn's Paulus with the Oratorio
Society of New York, Kent
Tritle conducting.

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Photos: Top: Amuse, Too by Rick Hibberd; Above, right: Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times; Above, left: Richard Ten-Dyke.

Amuse is a member of the
New York Choral Consortium

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Save the Dates:

Our 2012-13 Season

Saturday, September 29, 2012 at 7:30pm

Saturday, January 26, 2013, at 7:30 pm

Benefit Program
Saturday, March 3, 2013 at 7:30 pm

Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 7:30 pm

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About Amuse

Amuse is an ensemble of 8 highly skilled women formed in the fall of 2002 by Lee Ryder. As a small ensemble, Amuse offers singers an opportunity to work in a setting where every voice matters. Everyone’s musical conrtibution — whether in the blend, intonation, entrances, cutoffs, or enunciation — makes a very real contribution to the quality of the performance. It's a big challenge and it has enormous rewards. Beginning in June 2011, we will be working with Robert Isaacs on an ongoing basis. More  > 

Listen to June's Poet's Singing program

MP3 files > are now available as well as selected video clips >

Auditions

Auditions are held throughout the year as singers ask to be heard. We maintain a roster of singers to draw on for any particular program. If you are interested in auditioning, please read more about how we work and what is expected of singers accepted into the ensemble. More  >

About our Singers

Some of our singers have sung since childhood; some have degrees in music but have chosen to pursue other career directions. You don't need a solo voice to be part of the ensemble, just strong choral singing experience and a willingness to work hard. More  >

Read the Reviews

From the September 2007 performance of early music and the recent June 2010 performance of the Villa-Lobos Missa São Sebastão. More  >