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Audition Submission Date:
Friday | October 5, 2022
District III Jazz Festival (high school jazz qualifiers, only):
Saturday | November 5, 2021 @ Olivet Nazarene University
District III Choir Festival (middle school & high school qualifiers):
Saturday | November 12, 2021 @ Olivet Nazarene University
Fees:
$8 | per Middle School Audition
$10 | per High School Audition (traditional & vocal jazz billed separately)
$25 | per District Festival student qualifier
$30 | per All-State student qualifier (+ hotel and meals for two nights)
High School traditional Choir info
High School traditional Choir info
Vocal Audition Procedures:
Vocal Audition Procedures:
https://www.ilmea.org/divisions/chorus/senior-level-audition-procedures/
(40 pts) - Excerpts from two of the year's music cycle (state chair determines selection)
(16 pts) - Vocal skills (scales & triads)
(16 pts) - Sight Reading (sung either on solfege or neutral syllables)(28 pts) - Tone quality (breath support, control, consistency, warmth, connection)
Tonal Skills Study Guide:
Sample Tonal Tracks (mp3 files from ILMEA website):
Sight Reading Practice (examples from previous audition years)
More information on the annual Illinois Music Education Conference:
High School Vocal jazz info
High School Vocal jazz info
Vocal Audition Procedures:
Vocal Audition Procedures:
https://www.ilmea.org/site_media/filer_public/2017/06/12/vocal_jazz_updated_audition_info_2017.pdf
(65 pts) - Require selections (state chair determines selection):
10 points given for each category; pitch accuracy (notes), intonation, rhythmic accuracy, interpretation, 5 points for diction and 20 points for tone quality
(10 pts) - Vocal skills (blues scale and chromatic scale)
(10 pts) - Sight Reading(15 pts) - Improvisation (scat singing) over Db 12-Bar Blues Track (2 full choruses)
Tonal Skills Study Guide:
Db Blues Scatting Practice Track:
Sight Reading Practice (examples from previous jazz audition years)
https://www.ilmea.org/site_media/filer_public/2017/04/13/ilmea_retired_vocal_jazz_sight_reading_examples.pdf
Middle School info
Middle School info
https://www.ilmea.org/districts/district3/junior-chorus-info/
Vocal Audition Procedures:
Vocal Audition Procedures:
https://www.ilmea.org/divisions/chorus/senior-level-audition-procedures/
(48 pts) - Excerpts from two of the year's music cycle (state chair determines selection)
(26 pts) - Vocal skills (scales & triads)
(16 pts) - Sight Reading (sung either on solfege or neutral syllables)(10 pts) - Tone quality (breath support, control, consistency, warmth, connection)
Past All-State Participants
Past All-State Participants
2021 ILMEA All State Singers
Justyn Olson, Neil Alford, Katherine Helms (All State)
Logan Farquhar (Honors)
2022 ILMEA All State Singers
Neil Alford (All State)
2020 ILMEA All State Singers
Shay (all state)
Neil and Justyn (honors)
Marissa (honors) and Emma (all state) after their 2019 All State Choir performances
Ethan (honors vocal jazz) before his 2019 performance.
Ethan (honors), Dylan (all state), and Marissa (honors) after their 2018 All State Choir performances
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