• The ECOCDA Auditions are scheduled the first Monday of October.

• There are three choirs that can be auditioned for:

  • 6th, 7th, & 8th grade Treble Choir

  • 7th, 8th, & 9th grade JH Mixed Choir 

(7th and 8th grade students may only register and try out for EITHER Treble Choir OR JH Mixed Choir,  not both).

• • 10th, 11th, & 12th grade HS Mixed Choir.

• Each student auditioning for an ECOCDA District Honor Choir must be recommended by his/her director, who must be a member of ECOCDA. 

• Each student wishing to audition for an ECOCDA District Honor Choir must be a member of his/her school choral program and be academically eligible to participate in this activity according to the rules of the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association.   Academic eligibility pertains to the date/time of the audition.

• If a student does not have a choral program at his/her school, that student may be entered by his/her school administrator, private teacher, or other music teacher within that school system provided that that administrator, private teacher, or other music teacher is a member of ECOCDA  (i.e., payment of the $15 school/organization registration fee is made).

• ALL DEADLINES WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED.  ANY CHANGES MADE AFTER THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE WILL INCUR AN ADDITIONAL LATE FEE OF $10 FOR EACH LATE STUDENT ENTRY OR STUDENT SCHEDULE CHANGE.

• The payment policy for auditions is that you pay for those you enter (i.e.,  if you sign up 10 students to audition then you pay for 10 students whether they show up for the audition or not).

• AUDITION ENTRY DEADLINE:  Friday, September 6, 2024 @ 11:59 p.m.

• AUDITION DATE:  Monday, October 7, 2024

• AUDITION SITE:  Rose State College (6420 SE 15th St, Midwest City), Hudiberg Center

• STUDENT AUDITION TIMES:  to be emailed after ENTRY DEADLINE and prior to the AUDITION DATE.

• AUDITION-RELATED FEES:

  • AUDIO FILES :  Practice recording audio files will again will again be shared through Google Drive this year.
    Please remember to share your files with your students only.  Every choir organization needs to purchase their own set of audio files.

    • Treble Choir audio file set - $40

    • JH Mixed Choir audio file set - $40

    • HS Mixed Choir audio file set - $40

    • ALL THREE SETS - $110

  • AUDITION FEES:

    • Per school/organization fee - $15

    • Per student audition registration fee - $10

• OTHER FEES:

  • Per student Festival Participation fee upon selection after audition - $20

  • For more information about the ECOCDA festival, navigate to the FESTIVAL INFORMATION  page.

SEND ALL PAYMENTS TO:

ECOCDA

ATTN:  Sharon Perring, Treasurer

904 Tanglewood

Guthrie, OK  73044

ALL TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO ADJUSTMENT AS AUDITION DAY APPROACHES.  CHECK BACK FOR UPDATES.

• 8:00-8:15 a.m. - MEETING for TAB ROOM /REGISTRATION WORKERS (location announced on Remind)

• 8:15 a.m. - REGISTRATION OPENS

• 8:15-8:30 a.m. - DIRECTORS & ROOM MONITORS MEETING (location announced on Remind)

• 9:00 a.m. - AUDITIONS BEGIN

• LUNCH FOR STUDENTS AND JUDGES WILL TAKE PLACE 12:30 - 1:00.

• AS SCHEDULING ALLOWS, OTHER BREAKS WILL OCCUR FOR STUDENTS AND JUDGES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

• DIRECTORS SHOULD PLAN ON AUDITION HOURS LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

• RESULTS WILL BE EMAILED TO DIRECTORS AFTER BEING SECURELY CHECKED BY THE TABULATING TEAM.

• ECOCDA member directors are expected to be available to work the entire audition and be available at all times during the festival. 

• Students must bring their own music to the audition. In order to comply with copyright laws, no unauthorized photocopies will be allowed at the audition. 

• Tablets and speakers will be used in the audition rooms to play the audition cuts. All rooms will have extension cords and chargers for the tablets and speakers.

• Registration tables and room monitors will be using (based on our WiFi access) tablets or computers with Google Drive enabled so we can register and check in students and teachers via Excel worksheets on Google Drive.

• Audition cuts will be made from the official recordings sent through Google Drive. The selected audition passages will be chosen by the ECOCDA Administration.

• ***REMINDER:  Students auditioning for the JH Mixed and HS Mixed Choruses will be required to learn THREE pieces, as opposed to two as in years past. At the audition, one piece will be cut entirely, and a selection from each of the remaining two will make up the audition***

• Treble Choir auditioning students will learn only two selections, both selected from the Circle The State With Song (CTSWS) list.  Both treble audition cuts will begin from measure 1. 

• Treble Choir will receive their cuts a week before the auditions.

• All Choruses will receive their cuts the Friday prior to auditions.

• Students will learn the audition pieces selected for their choir only. At the auditions, they will perform short sections or “cuts” of each song. 

• Songs in a foreign language will be sung in that language (unless otherwise stated).

• Students must bring their own music to the audition. In order to comply with copyright laws, no unauthorized photocopies will be allowed at the audition. 

• Students will check in under their VOICE PART and CHOIR at the tables in the foyer at Rose State. Students will receive a TICKET with their audition number and audition time on it, and will also receive a sheet of paper with the cuts written on it so they can mark their music accordingly.

***STUDENTS, DO NOT LOSE YOUR TICKET! YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE IT TO AUDITION!***

• Students will recieve their cuts of the pieces from their teachers (released the Friday before the auditions)

• Students need to report to their assigned audition room no earlier than 15 minutes before their audition time. They will check in with a room monitor at that time.

***STUDENTS!!!***

***ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WALK AROUND THE CURTAIN WHEN YOU ENTER THE AUDITION ROOM!!!!***

***YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED IF YOU DO!!!***

• Students will sing "cuts" or short sections of their pieces; students need to learn all of their pieces beginning to end, but they will not sing the entire piece at the audition. (Cuts can come from anywhere in any of the pieces.)

• Only TWO songs will have cuts (JH and HS choirs eliminate one of the three audition selections)

• After your audition, report back to the holding area to wait for your classmates to finish their auditions.

• Clean up after yourselves, please - all trash goes in trash cans around the foyer.

• Composite scores are placed in rank order from the highest to the lowest score in like sections (ie., Soprano I, Alto I, etc.). Student names and school will remain anonymous during the selection process. At the audition students will be identified only by their number, which will be given upon registration at the audition site. Students must physically sign in at registration to receive their audition number.

• Only after the choir has been selected will the names be matched with the audition number assigned during the registration.

• As many prepared voices of quality as possible will be chosen in each section. There is no specific amount.

• Each student will be judged whenever possible by a minimum of two judges. 

• Judging criteria and possible points are as follows:

Vocal Quality = 25

Notes = 20

Rhythm = 20

Dynamics = 10

Diction = 10

Intonation = 10

Phrasing = 5