What to Expect at Your Concert Choir Audition
Concert Choir (ages 12-18) Advanced Level
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- Sing My Country ’Tis of Thee (America)
- Sing Jubilate Deo in Latin
Pronunciation: yoo-bee-lah-teh deh-oh, ah-leh-loo-yah
Sing and repeat "alleluia" from the way it appears in the song
while director sings the whole song. This is called an ostinato.
- Pitch Matching:
- Director plays 4-5 note pitch patterns (diatonic and atonal patterns,
which are pitch patterns within an octave that are random and
challenging).
- Singer sings them back on loo or la
- This tests tonal memory and pitch accuracy.
- Rhythm Reading:
- Singer will be asked to read rhythmic patterns consisting of quarter
notes, eighth notes, rests, dotted notes, and sixteenth notes.
- If the singer has no previous experience, the director will ask singer
to repeat patterns sung or spoken to him/her with accuracy.
- This tests rhythm reading level and beat competency.
- Singer will be asked to look at three melodic patterns.
- Director will play one of the patterns and the singer will point to the
pattern that he/she thought was played.
- This tests melodic contour.
- Director will play all three patterns randomly with singer pointing to
correct pattern.
- Director will ask singer to sing back each pattern as best as he/she can
- This tests tonal memory and reading ability.
- Singers can sing patterns on loo or in solfege.
- Sing a scale using solfege: do re mi fa so la ti do' within singer’s
range.
- Sing a scale in thirds using solfege do mi re fa mi so fa la so ti la
do’ ti re’ do’ or on AH and sing in reverse.
- PDF
file of a scale in thirds in the key of D
- MP3 file of
a scale in thirds in the key of D
- Singers will sing a scale mid-range to lowest note and mid-range to
highest note on AH to determine singer’s range and voice
assignment. This is done with director’s assistance.
