Exultate – 2025–2026 Concert Season
Thank you for your interest in auditioning for Exultate. We are excited about that and invite you to audition for what promises to be a stellar year!
Exultate Festival Choir 2026 – Mass in B Minor:
For complete information about auditions and being a part of the B Minor Mass project CLICK HERE.
The 2025-2026 season will mark the final year of Exultate’s regularly scheduled concerts. It has been an incredible 30-year journey, but as with many things, it must come to an end. Since its inception in the fall of 1996 Exultate has delighted audiences at a variety of venues in the Twin Cities, except during the COVID period in 2020. What a joy it has been to prepare and present music that truly moves the soul! After this season Exultate will still present choral projects from time to time. Stay tuned!
(Exultate Choir and Orchestra experienced an incredible European Tour during June of 2025. We were honored to have been chosen to perform at Bachfest 2025 in Leipzig, Germany where Bach spent 23 years as the cantor at Thomaskirche. We performed a concert just 10 feet from his grave and received thunderous applause and standing ovations. We also presented concerts in Köthen, Eisenach and Berlin, Germany and Prague, Czech Republic.)
Now it’s your turn to perform with Exultate!
The following is information about the season and the audition process. If you are interested, please fill out the application below. We will then be in touch with you soon to schedule your audition.
The choir and orchestra are open to any fine musician interested in committing time and energies to accomplishing high standards and a high level of music making. There are openings in all sections of the choir for the 2025-2026 season and from time to time openings in the orchestra.
Exultate is a fine orchestra and choir dedicated to performing at the highest level of artistry. Our concerts are filled with music from all periods of music history and our ultimate goal is to move the listener’s soul. Through intense rehearsals we prepare music and then present performances in acoustical spaces which enhance the listener’s experience and enable that music to move from voice to ears to heart and become music in its purest form – the language of emotions. What a privilege! We also have a great deal of fun doing so. Both the orchestra and choir are made up of musicians from all walks of life, many communities within the Twin Cities and a broad range of ages. We enjoy singing and playing together in rehearsals, concerts and off stage at gatherings, parties and other events.
We also have several recording sessions each season and release new albums often. We have more than 30 CDs in our library of recordings sold all over the world through our own web site, iTunes, Amazon.com and a host of other digital outlets.
Choir Audition Process:
If you are interested in auditioning for the choir, the first step is to complete and submit the form located at the bottom of this page. If you have additional materials such as a resume you may submit that as well directly to the conductor, Dr. Thomas D. Rossin by email at: trossin@comcast.net.
Additional Auditions are being held during the afternoons or evenings from August 15 – September 17, 2025. Please read the following steps carefully to be sure your audition proceeds smoothly. Thanks much.
• Complete the audition form at the bottom of this page. After submitting it we will send you an email telling you that we have received your application.
• In the return email we will also assign a time and place for your audition based on your suggested times.
• The audition will take place as arranged. Musicality, sightsinging, tone production, memory and vocal agility are tested through the use of musical examples, exercises and vocal scales. No prepared solo is required. (We are interested in excellent choral singers who may or may not have a solo voice.) Auditions last approximately 15 minutes. Several days after your audition you may be asked to return for a group callback audition.
• You will be notified of the final results as soon as possible.
If you have questions, please contact the Artistic Director, Dr. Thomas D. Rossin by email at: trossin@comcast.net.
2025-26 Season Repertoire:
Please note: The repertoire is not completely chosen at this time. It will be dependent upon the choir chosen. What is listed here are works which WILL be in the repertoire for this season. There will be additional works prepared and performed.
Christmas 2025: Several NEW World Premieres will be performed. Also included in these performances – George Frederic Handel: Messiah (Christmas Portion); other Christmas carols both old and new..
Spring 2026: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor. This monumental work has 27 movements and is surely the pinnacle of choral music! As a performer in Exultate, you will most certainly be transformed by the music and the incredible composition from the hand of this most incredible composer. If it is not on your bucket list it should be. If it is you can perform it and experience this emotional and inspiring art.
2025-26 Season Choir Time Commitment:
Exultate Chamber Choir rehearses each week on Thursday evenings 7:00 – 10:00 p.m. – this season from October until April. Rehearsals are held at Christ the King Lutheran Church (8600 Fremont Avenue South in Bloomington). Below is the 2025-2026 choir schedule with performance (p) and recording (r) dates. Most rehearsal and recording dates are on Thursdays. Please note: most performances (p) which fall on Friday or Saturday are at 7:00 or 7:30 PM and most performances (p) which fall on Sunday are at 3:00 or 4:00 PM unless announced otherwise. (The following list indicates the dates we already have. There may be some changes, additions or deletions. Members receive the final list before the beginning of the season in October, 2025.)
2025-2026 Season Schedule – Choir:
| 2025 – Christmas Festival October 16, 23, 30 November 6, 13, 20 December 4, 11, 12(p), 13(p), 14(p), 18(r) |
2026 – Mass in B Minor |
* PLEASE NOTE: Dates above (May 5 & 12) are rehearsals held on Tuesdays.
Exultate Orchestra Audition Process:
From time to time there are openings in the Exultate Orchestra. If you are interested in auditioning, please contact the Exultate office at 651-707-0727 or email the Artistic Director trossin@comcast.net. When invited to audition, candidates will be tested for musicality, instrumental technique and mastery of the instrument. Two prepared solos in contrasting styles (accompanist provided) are to be played at this audition. They need not be long and can consist of excerpts from the two works. A personal interview is included in the audition process. Auditions last approximately 20 minutes.
Exultate Chamber Orchestra meets on Thursday evenings 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. from November until April. (Not every Thursday – see specific dates on the schedule below.) Most rehearsal and recording dates are on Thursdays (see exceptions below). Most performances (p) which fall on Friday or Saturday are at 7:00 or 7:30 PM and most performances (p) which fall on Sunday are at 3:00 or 4:00 PM unless announced otherwise.
2025-2026 Season Schedule – Orchestra
| 2025 – Christmas Festival November 13, 20 December 4, 11, 12(p), 13(p), 14(p), 18(r) |
2026 – Mass in B Minor
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* PLEASE NOTE: Dates above (May 5 & 12) are rehearsals held on Tuesdays.