At the beginning of the school year we always hold auditions for those boys who wish to join the Junior Choir.  Although every boy in the school will sing in our school concerts as part of his year level choir, the Junior Choir is for those boys who want to develop their singing further and to get into repertoire with a higher level of challenge.

Auditions

The interest in joining choir is high, but spaces are few (only 12 in the Autumn Term). Auditions will be held every lunchtime in the first week of the school year, and there will be two audition times each day (except Friday) - 12:40 and 1:00. The bell will be rung and auditions announced at each of these times. This means that there will be nine audition times to choose from.  Boys only need to audition once.

The audition itself is simply to sing "Happy Birthday", in tune, starting on D (plus a bit of echo singing).  As this melody covers an octave and almost every note of the scale it shows us which boys are vocally and aurally ready for the challenges of the first stages of choral music.

Rehearsals

If your son is selected, he will be informed on the day of the first rehearsal (Wednesday September 14).  Rehearsals are every Wednesday, 12:30-1:00. Boys come straight to choir after Lesson 5.

Performances

The Junior Choir's first performance will be at the Autumn Concert, Thursday November 17, 6:30pm