Calling all singers.

Choral Sounds Northwest wants you.

An 80-member choral group based in Burien, Choral Sounds will hold an open rehearsal on Tuesday, Sept. 5, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at St. Bernadette's Catholic Church, 1028 S.W. 128th St.

"We are looking for people who sang in junior high, senior high or college choirs or a glee club and now miss it," said marketing director Paul Bauer.

"There is a pool of people out there who want to sing. They just need to be asked."

The group performs "traditional choral music as well as new arrangements with a decidedly theatrical style," according to Bauer.

Auditioning won't be required at the open rehearsal. Participants will sing with the group, meet Choral Sounds' new interim director Dave Spring and hear about the upcoming concert season.

Those who decide to join will meet privately with Spring to sing a short excerpt from a song of their choice-with or without accompaniment-so he can place their voice in the chorus.

Previous choral singing experience and the ability to sight-read are desired, but not required.

Regular rehearsals are held Tuesday evenings at St. Bernadette's.

Spring took over on an interim basis from Choral Sounds' founder Mark Adrian, who conducted the group for 22 years.

Adrian will continue to direct the Cantare Vocal Ensemble.

Spring said he has been a friend of Adrian's for many years and enjoyed Choral Sounds concerts.

He had scheduled a lull in his conducting duties when Adrian called him about taking over the group temporarily.

"I had to tie up my shoelaces and get ready," Spring noted.

He became familiar in the Highline area as music director at St. Thomas and Our Lady of Lourdes churches in Tukwila and Boulevard Park.

A Seattle native, Spring has conducted over 40 community and high school musical theatre productions.

His conducting credits include the Northshore-Shoreline Civic Theatre, Renton Civic Theatre and Seattle's Civic Light Opera.

Bauer said the Choral Sounds board will conduct a nation-wide search for Adrian's permanent replacement.

While the chorus has a new interim director and is seeking new members, Bauer insists the group will stay true to its formula.

"We'll be radically the same," he declared.

That means next up is the Christmas show in December.

Spring has been going through files of the group's holiday concerts to find old favorites. He also plans to resurrect a Christmas village set from 1999.

The planned theme is "Christmas in our Hometown" with a sub-theme featuring bells in the distance.

Adrian will reclaim the conductor's podium for the chorus' joint March appearance with other groups at Benaroya Hall in Seattle.

In May, Spring is planning "Broadway 3," Choral Sounds third-annual salute to musicals.

As in the previous two years, the chorus will perform songs excerpted from four Broadway shows.

So besides singing as a part of the chorus, there are chances for members to perform solos.

"There's also plenty of challenging music for seasoned singers," Spring added.

For more information, call 206-246-6040 or email daves@nwassociatedarts.org.