January 20-21st, 2024 - Sioux Falls, SD
South Dakota Junior Honor Choir 2024 will take place in Sioux Falls on January 20-21, 2024. The event is open for auditions to any current choir singer in grades 7-9 whose director is a member of SD-ACDA. Auditions will be held at the start of the 2022-23 school year. The audition window will be open from early September through the first week of October. The audition consists of singing a scale, America, and a short passage of a selection from one repertoire selection. Details of that repertoire will be determined over the summer. Auditions are recorded by the teacher and uploaded to a portal for the judges.
PLEASE REVIEW EVENT INFORMATION FOUND ON THE SDACDA WEBSITE
AUDITION INFORMATION
Scale: Each singer will sing, a cappella on a neutral syllable or in solfege a one octave diatonic scale, first ascending then descending, starting on one of the pitches given below. Starting pitch MUST be heard on the audition.
Soprano: F, G, or A above middle C
Alto: middle C, D or E
Tenor: F or G below middle C
Bass: B, C, or D below middle C
America (My Country ‘Tis of Thee): Starting on the pitches listed below, sing the first stanza unaccompanied. Starting pitch MUST be heard on the audition. Accompanied singers will be disqualified.
Soprano: A above middle C
Alto: F above middle C
Tenor: G below middle C
Bass: C below middle C
Repertoire selection: