MADRIGALS Audition information
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS
1) PREPARED PART SONG -- You can download the hymn Far and Near below. You must learn YOUR voice part to the hymn (e.g. if you are an alto, learn the alto part). For your audition, the recording will play the 3 OTHER voice parts, and you will have to sing YOUR voice part along with the other 3 as they are being played. Learning tracks are posted below. You will be judged in the following areas: Volume/Confidence, Pitch/Intonation, Note/Rhythmic Accuracy, and Diction (proper vowel/consonant formation). Below the Learning Tracks are the actual AUDITION TRACKS. You will need to either download the Audition Track for your voice part or be prepared to play it/stream it when you record your audition.
2) SIGHT-SINGING -- Login to your sightreadingfactory.com account. There are some MADRIGALS AUDITIONS PRACTICE exercises loaded for you. The week of auditions I will add an actual MADRIGALS SIGHT-SINGING AUDITION. It will be Level 2, 4/4 time, no solfege syllables listed, and you can pick the key that is most comfortable for your voice. You will complete the Sight-Singing Audition and submit it online.
3) TONAL MEMORY -- I will play some simple melodies on the piano, and you will have to sing them back to me, without piano, on a neutral syllable (la, lu, mo, etc.). We will have to schedule a Zoom or Google Meet to do this live the week of May 11.
4) TEACHER/COACH REFERENCE SURVEY -- If you have not already done this, send the following link to 3 teachers/coaches.
SURVEY LINK: https://forms.gle/6uQkhMMz6RQZ49319
5) CAMP PARTICIPATION -- If you are selected for Madrigals, you will be REQUIRED to attend Madrigals Camp, August 3-5, 1:30-5pm in the NHS Music Room. CAMP IS MANDATORY. Please check your family schedules and make sure you are in town that week. Band Camp will be the same days in the morning.
1) PREPARED PART SONG -- You can download the hymn Far and Near below. You must learn YOUR voice part to the hymn (e.g. if you are an alto, learn the alto part). For your audition, the recording will play the 3 OTHER voice parts, and you will have to sing YOUR voice part along with the other 3 as they are being played. Learning tracks are posted below. You will be judged in the following areas: Volume/Confidence, Pitch/Intonation, Note/Rhythmic Accuracy, and Diction (proper vowel/consonant formation). Below the Learning Tracks are the actual AUDITION TRACKS. You will need to either download the Audition Track for your voice part or be prepared to play it/stream it when you record your audition.
2) SIGHT-SINGING -- Login to your sightreadingfactory.com account. There are some MADRIGALS AUDITIONS PRACTICE exercises loaded for you. The week of auditions I will add an actual MADRIGALS SIGHT-SINGING AUDITION. It will be Level 2, 4/4 time, no solfege syllables listed, and you can pick the key that is most comfortable for your voice. You will complete the Sight-Singing Audition and submit it online.
3) TONAL MEMORY -- I will play some simple melodies on the piano, and you will have to sing them back to me, without piano, on a neutral syllable (la, lu, mo, etc.). We will have to schedule a Zoom or Google Meet to do this live the week of May 11.
4) TEACHER/COACH REFERENCE SURVEY -- If you have not already done this, send the following link to 3 teachers/coaches.
SURVEY LINK: https://forms.gle/6uQkhMMz6RQZ49319
5) CAMP PARTICIPATION -- If you are selected for Madrigals, you will be REQUIRED to attend Madrigals Camp, August 3-5, 1:30-5pm in the NHS Music Room. CAMP IS MANDATORY. Please check your family schedules and make sure you are in town that week. Band Camp will be the same days in the morning.
PREPARED PART SONG SHEET MUSIC
| Far and Near -- Audition Song |
PREPARED PART SONG LEARNING TRACKS
Learn YOUR voice part. You only need to sing ONE VERSE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MEMORIZE THIS.
DO NOT USE THESE TRACKS FOR YOUR ACTUAL AUDITION. These are learning tracks that have each voice part highlighted. The AUDITION tracks below are what you will use for your recorded audition.
DO NOT USE THESE TRACKS FOR YOUR ACTUAL AUDITION. These are learning tracks that have each voice part highlighted. The AUDITION tracks below are what you will use for your recorded audition.
PREPARED PART SONG AUDITION TRACKS
THESE ARE THE ACTUAL TRACKS YOU WILL NEED TO USE WHEN YOU RECORD YOUR AUDITION. Download the track for your voice part. You will sing your voice part (which is NOT on this recording) along with the other 3 voices (which ARE on the recording).