Principal Vocalists

Eligibility and selection

The Pulse Alive team are seeking talented singers to be principal vocalists at Pulse Alive 2024.

Nominations are open to students in Year 5 to Year 12 in 2024 who will be enrolled at a NSW public school. 

Vocalists selected via the audition process will be formed into various combinations for items throughout the show.

Please note, this category is only open to individual performers. 

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, priority within the audition and selection process will be given to students who are not partcipating as Featured Artists in the 2023 Schools Spectacular.

How to apply

Applications for Pulse Alive 2024 Principal Vocalists have now closed.

Please note, this year all auditions for principal vocalists will be live auditions. Once you have completed the nomination form, you will be emailed a link to book a live audition slot. Live auditions will be held at The Arts Unit, Lewisham on Saturday 7 or Sunday 8 October (school holidays) and, from this audition, the final team of principal vocalists will be selected.

The live audition will take approximatley three hours. At the live audition, students will be required to:

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 vocalist - key dates

Commitment

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

Costume

The costume for all items will include a coloured Pulse Alive t-shirt, included within your student resource fee.

Principal vocalists will be asked to supply various options of their own clothing, shoes and accessories to go with their Pulse Alive t-shirts (for example; pants, skirts, jeans, sneakers, heels, belts).

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 vocalists 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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