Audition Process for 2024-2025 Chamber Ensemble Auditions
The auditions for 2024-2025 Chamber Ensemble will be online submissions of three YouTube videos. You will submit a video link for each of the three audition skills (prepared piece, tonal skills, Star Spangled Banner).
Click HERE for the submission form.
Submissions are due by Thursday, May 2 at 11:59 pm.
AUDITION INFORMATION DOCUMENT--CLICK HERE
Steps for audition process:
1. Sign up for Remind: Message to 81010, body of message: @chmber2425
(Note: it's a new Remind, so sign up even if you were in it before.)
2. Read the Audition Information Document--Click HERE
3. Fill out the Audition Form when your three videos are complete. Click HERE for the form.
AUDITION SECTIONS
1. Tonal Skills (see below); you sing major scale, three minor scales, all triads
2. Prepared selection: Measure Me, Sky, mm. 1-12 (note: you begin singing on m. 4)
3. Star-Spangled Banner (you choose the key; sing entire piece)
Materials
1. Tonal Skills
For each voice part, do the scales as designated in the link to your voice part. For the triads, choose which of the starting note options you prefer.
Soprano Tonal Skills HERE
Alto Tonal Skills HERE
Tenor Tonal Skills HERE
Bass Tonal Skills HERE
2. Measure Me, Sky
mm. 4-12 (both pages of the music excerpt; you begin singing on m. 4)
All voice parts: Print Music HERE
PART RECORDINGS:
Soprano 1: HERE
Soprano 2: HERE
Alto 1: HERE
Alto 2: HERE
Tenor 1: HERE
Tenor 2: HERE
Bass 1: HERE
Bass 2: HERE
Practice track with all voices--use this track to create your audition video--HERE
Sing with the recording when you record your audition--it should be audible in your audition video.
3. Star Spangled Banner
You choose the key; suggested starting pitches D, Eb, E
Sing the entire piece.
Click HERE for the submission form.
EXTRA HELP:
Minor Scale Video Tutorials
Natural Minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489e7lizfp4
Harmonic Minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAP-6zLRMc0
Melodic Minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkThC1OoZ3Q
The auditions for 2024-2025 Chamber Ensemble will be online submissions of three YouTube videos. You will submit a video link for each of the three audition skills (prepared piece, tonal skills, Star Spangled Banner).
Click HERE for the submission form.
Submissions are due by Thursday, May 2 at 11:59 pm.
AUDITION INFORMATION DOCUMENT--CLICK HERE
Steps for audition process:
1. Sign up for Remind: Message to 81010, body of message: @chmber2425
(Note: it's a new Remind, so sign up even if you were in it before.)
2. Read the Audition Information Document--Click HERE
3. Fill out the Audition Form when your three videos are complete. Click HERE for the form.
AUDITION SECTIONS
1. Tonal Skills (see below); you sing major scale, three minor scales, all triads
2. Prepared selection: Measure Me, Sky, mm. 1-12 (note: you begin singing on m. 4)
3. Star-Spangled Banner (you choose the key; sing entire piece)
Materials
1. Tonal Skills
For each voice part, do the scales as designated in the link to your voice part. For the triads, choose which of the starting note options you prefer.
Soprano Tonal Skills HERE
Alto Tonal Skills HERE
Tenor Tonal Skills HERE
Bass Tonal Skills HERE
2. Measure Me, Sky
mm. 4-12 (both pages of the music excerpt; you begin singing on m. 4)
All voice parts: Print Music HERE
PART RECORDINGS:
Soprano 1: HERE
Soprano 2: HERE
Alto 1: HERE
Alto 2: HERE
Tenor 1: HERE
Tenor 2: HERE
Bass 1: HERE
Bass 2: HERE
Practice track with all voices--use this track to create your audition video--HERE
Sing with the recording when you record your audition--it should be audible in your audition video.
3. Star Spangled Banner
You choose the key; suggested starting pitches D, Eb, E
Sing the entire piece.
Click HERE for the submission form.
EXTRA HELP:
Minor Scale Video Tutorials
Natural Minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489e7lizfp4
Harmonic Minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAP-6zLRMc0
Melodic Minor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkThC1OoZ3Q