Principal Choir

Eligibility and selection

The Pulse Alive team are seeking talented choristers from Years 5 to 12 in 2024 from NSW public schools to form the Principal Choir for Pulse Alive 2024.

The Principal Choir will provide the basis for the choral sound for the show.

Students applying to be part of the Principal Choir should be experienced at singing in ensembles and holding both basic and complex vocal parts within an ensemble setting. 

Please note, this category is only open to individual performers. Students selected as members of the princpal choir will not be able to participate with their school group in massed choir.

Successful students will require the endorsement of their school principal to participate. Students are encouraged to discuss their nomination with a teacher at their school prior to submission.

Students participating in this category will be supervised by members of the Pulse Alive team. Schools will not be expected to provide a teacher for duty of care of these students.

Please note, if you have also applied in the category of Princpal Vocalist for Pulse Alive 2024, you will automatically be considered in the Principal Choir audition process.

How to apply

Applications for the Pulse Alive 2024 Principal Choir have now closed.

Please note, this year all auditions for the principal choir will be live auditions. On the nomination form, you will be asked to preference which date you would like your audition to take place - either Saturday 7 or Sunday 8 October (school holidays) at The Arts Unit Lewisham. From this audition, the princpal choir will be selected.

On whichever day you are allocated, you will need to arrive at 12:00 pm and your live audition will take approximately one hour. At the live audition, students will be required to participate in a group part-singing workshop. Repertoire to prepare for this workshop will be emailed out once the nomination form has been completed.

We strongly encourage all students to attend the live audition if possible. An online audition option will be made availabe in exceptional circumstances. Information around making this request will be distributed via email once the nomination form has been completed.

Key dates

Principal Choir - key dates

Commitment

Students selected for the principal choir will be expected to be available for all of the above rehearsal and performance dates.  

Costume

The performance clothes for the principal choir will be as follows:

Resource fee

There will be a resource fee of $150 per student (GST inclusive). 

The resource fee assists with the costs involved in the conductors, choreographers and tutors working with the students, supports a number of music copyright costs and includes a Pulse Alive t-shirt, which will be worn by all performers as their costume during the event.

Principal Choir members will be required to pay the resource fee through The Arts Unit student payment portal on acceptance into the show. 

Support materials

Explore The Arts Unit Creative Resource - Top tips for auditioning to support your preparations for your nomination.

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