It’s All About The Music!

Playa Choir usually performs 4-6 pieces of music each year.  The music varies in its style, energy and message depending on the theme that year and its place in the service.  There is often a piece with a powerful message, a dramatic piece that touches your soul, and a rousing finale  that gets everyone up and dancing!  The music varies in its complexity with some pieces featuring classic SATB (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) 5 part harmony, and others with more basic structures.  Many pieces feature solos.  

Here you’ll find Sheet Music and Reference Recordings, so you can be prepared when your boots hit the ground.   It helps tremendously to know your music in advance so you can focus on enjoying Burning Man when not in rehearsal.  Aspiring soloists should come prepared.  Soloists are chosen late in the week- often Friday or Saturday. 

Choir Rehearsals are Burn Tuesday – Saturday 10:30am to 12:30pm. They often run over ’cause there’s so much to learn. If you’re new to the Choir, don’t worry there will be plenty of veteran section leaders to help.  Playa Choir is radically inclusive- there are no auditions. 

As we prepare for 2025: Tomorrow Today, keep an eye on this space frequently. Madi will often make revisions, so you’ll want the latest editions.  Please print out your music to bring.  There will  be printed copies of each score  available on-playa should you forget yours, or you find yourself sitting-in.  But it helps to plan in advance and make sure you have the music you need.  

All are welcome!

Music!