NBC Moves Saturday "Choir" Auditions

If you want to audition for NBC’s “Clash of the Choirs” Saturday, don’t go to the School for the Creative and Performing Arts. NBC has changed the location and time for Saturday’s open casting call, according to producer Margaret Pergler.

Auditions are now scheduled 9 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Walnut Hills High School arts and sciences wing, 3250 Victory Parkway, Pergler says. Last week casting director Jonathan Tanzman said all auditions -- by appointment on Thursday-Friday, and the open call Saturday -- would be at the SCPA. Pergler gave no reason was given for the move. The private auditions -- which are all booked up -- will be Thurs-Fri at Walnut Hills, I'm told.

Singers must be at least 18. NBC spokeswoman Amber James says the first 300 people Saturday definitely will be seen. If time allows, even more will be seen, she says. Details for the Cincinnati auditions, and an application form, should be posted at
http://www.nbc.com/Casting/#clash once NBC nails down all the details, maybe by the end of today. The Cincinnati celebrity coming home to lead the choir has not been announced by NBC.

"Clash of the Choirs" airs over four nights, Dec. 17-20, the week before Christmas on NBC.