CHOIR AUDITIONS
Auditions for Chamber Choir and Women's Chorale take place each January. All audition music and tracks can be found on Canvas and are posted in the choir room.
What is placement in these groups based on? Check out the rubric link below:
Chamber Choir and Women's Chorale Audition Rubric
Auditions consist of two parts:
1. Prepared selection- all auditionees will sing the same two verse folk song.
The accompaniment only track is what all students sing at the actual audition.
2. Sight-reading
You will sight read 4 measures. You will be given tonality and starting pitch and will have a short time to study.
You may perform it using solfege or a neutral syllable.
Try www.sightreadingfactory.com to build your own or use stock examples to practice
Sight-reading practice links can be also found by Googling the following phrases:
"vocal sight-reading"
"choral sight-reading or sight-singing"
"sight-reading for singers"
"sight-reading pdfs"