Showband
Eligibility and selection
The Pulse Alive team are seeking talented musicians to form the Showband for Pulse Alive 2024. The Showband will accompany all performance items within the show.
Nominations are open to students from Year 5 to Year 12 in 2024 who will be enrolled at a NSW public school.
Students should be confident on their instrument, with an indicative minimum standard of AMEB Grade 5, and be able to read music notation.
Application is via video audition.
Please note, this category is only open to individual performers. Students selected as members of the showband will not be able to participate in the event in an additional category.
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.
Instruments
We are seeking performers on the following instruments:
Violin
Viola
Cello
Double Bass
Piccolo
Flute
Clarinet
Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
French Horn
Trumpet
Trombone
Piano / keyboard
Guitar (electric and acoustic)
Bass guitar
Drum kit
Percussion
If your instrument is not listed above, please get in touch with us at pulse@det.nsw.edu.au, as we may have capacity to increase the scope of the showband in some circumstances.
How to apply
Applications for the Pulse Alive 2024 Showband have now closed.
Auditions will be via video, which must be submitted with the nomination form.
To audition, students need to:
submit a video of themselves performing a 1 minute excerpt of their own choice of 2 contrasting pieces.
These excerpts can be either accompanied or unaccompanied and should be chosen to best demonstrate the student’s ability on their instrument.
The Pulse Alive team will also accept audition videos created for other events/ensemble programs or for formal examinations in 2023.
Students may audition on more than one instrument, but must submit a separate online application and audition video for each instrument they wish to be considered for.
Key dates
Showband - key dates
Nominations close: Thursday 12 October (Term 3 Week 10)
Students notified of audition results: Wednesday 25 October 2023 (Term 4 Week 3)
Showband rehearsals - The Arts Unit: Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 January 2024 (school holidays)
Showband rehearsal & sitzprobe - Ken Rosewall Arena: Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 March 2024 (Term 1 Week 6)
Showband sound checks - Ken Rosewall Arena: Tuesday 12 March 2024 (Term 1 Week 7)
Dress rehearsal - Ken Rosewall Arena: Wednesday 13 March 2024 (Term 1 Week 7)
Performances - Ken Rosewall Arena: Thursday 14 and Friday 15 March 2024 (Term 1 Week 7).
Commitment
Students selected for the Showband will be expected to be available for all of the above dates.
Costume
The performance clothes for the showband will be as follows:
Black Pulse Alive t-shirt – this is the show t-shirt that is included within your student resource fee.
Long black pants – these will need to be supplied by students.
Black socks – these will need to be supplied by students.
Black shoes – these will need to be supplied by students.
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.
Showband 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.
Third-party content attributions
Pulse Alive 2021/22 images, photographer: Anna Warr
