What to Expect at Your Prelude Choir Audition

Prelude Choir (ages 8-11) Beginning Level

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1. Sing My Country ’Tis of Thee (America)
• PDF file of the sheet music and lyrics (first verse only)
• MP3 file of a chorister singing
• MIDI file with accompaniment
2. Pitch Matching:
• Director plays 3 note pitch patterns in key of D, F, and G (mostly pentatonic patterns and simple triads within I, IV, V chord structure).
• Child sings them back on loo or la
• This tests tonal memory and pitch accuracy.
3. Child may be asked to read a simple rhythm consisting of quarter notes, eighth notes, rests.
• If the child has no previous experience, the director may clap a pattern to be repeated by the singer, or read the patterns to the child on rhythm syllables and child reads them back with accuracy.
• This tests rhythm reading level and beat competency.
4. Child may be asked to look at two melodic patterns.
• Director will play one of the patterns and the child will point to the pattern that he/she thought was played.
• This tests melodic contour.