Music
Vancouver Master Chorale is holding auditions for its remaining concert season. Rehearsals are 7 p.m. Monday at First Presbyterian church in Vancouver. Prepare a solo of any type. While there is no sight reading audition, reading music is required. Contact Jana Hart at janahart2007@gmail.com to set a time.
Clark College is holding open auditions for its three choirs. Rehearsals begin the week of Jan. 6 at Beacock Music Hall on the Clark College campus, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. The Clark College Chorale rehearses 6:30 to 8:50 p.m. Wednesdays; Treble Ensemble rehearses 1 to 2:20 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and the Concert Choir 11 to 11:50 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Audition requirements include a song, vocal exercises and sight reading. To schedule an appointment, contact Dr. Jacob Funk, director of Choirs at 360-992-2245 or jfunk@clark.edu.
Columbia River Chorus invites women join weekly rehearsals at 7 p.m. Mondays in Clark College’s Beacock Music Hall, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way, Vancouver. Sight reading is not required. 360-887-4927. columbiariverchorus.com
Vancouver Community Concert Band seeks brass, woodwind and percussion players, active or retired. All abilities welcome; no audition required. The volunteer community band, along with its polka band, Dixieland Jazz Band and chamber ensembles, performs regularly around the area. Rehearsals are 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 11005 N.E. Highway 99, Vancouver. Beginning band is offered from 6 to 6:30 p.m. Facebook.com/VCCBand or vanccband@gmail.com
Vancouver Pops Orchestra seeks musicians who play orchestral instruments. The ensemble plays 20 to 25 45-minute assemblies each year in local grade schools. Rehearsals are 9:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays. Vancouver Heights United Methodist Church, 5701 MacArthur Blvd., Vancouver. Dennis Pieren, 360-907-9141.
The Rose City Timberliners Barbershop Chorus seeks new voices to sing in four-part harmony. No audition is necessary; just come to a rehearsal, held 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays at Wilshire United Methodist Church, 3917 N.E. Shaver St., Portland. timberliners.org
Art
Friends of the Columbia Gorge seeks photographers to enter its fifth-annual photo contest, which is open to all ages. Photographs should capture Columbia River Gorge locations, trails, wildflowers or wildlife. The grand prize winner receives a $300 Pro Photo Supply gift card and a large print of their photo. Winners in each category receive a $100 gift card. The deadline to submit photographs is 11:59 p.m. Dec. 31. For the complete list of categories, contest rules, photo requirements or to submit photos, visit gorgefriends.org/photocontest
The Portland Rose Festival and Oak Knoll Winery seek original art for the 2020 Rose Festival wine label contest. Oak Knoll will award $1,000 to the winning artist and transform their artwork into a wine label with the Rose City Label Company. Submissions will be accepted through Jan. 15. The winner will be selected by a panel of judges and will be notified by Jan. 31. For contest eligibility, rules and application, visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/2020WineLabel.
Downtown Camas Association seeks artists to participate in Little Art Camas, an exhibit and sale of original, small-scale works created by local artists of all ages and skill levels Feb. 21-22 in downtown Camas. Artists can pick up panels from 5 to 8 p.m. Jan. 3 at Journey Community Church, 304 N.E. Fourth Ave., Camas. The application fee is $12, due at panel pick-up. Artists will create art on three small panels; all art will be for sale for $20 and all sales benefit downtown public art efforts. downtowncamas.com/event/littleartcamas
