Oh Had I Jubal's Lyre -- click here for sheet music
You WILL need to buy the audition piece to audition, but while practicing this summer, use the .pdf above.
HOW TO PRACTICE
NCHC AUDITION PROCESS
What are they looking for?
Be sure to read through everything in the link above. One additional thing I'd add would be is to practice singing the audition piece for as many people as possible and in as many uncomfortable situations as possible. Sing it for your parents, your friends, your youth group, your summer camp. You will be singing this piece in front of everyone in Honors Chorus -- alone.
Here is a copy of the rubric that the judges will be using to evaluate you. Make sure you are solid on every area.
SIGHT READING
The main thing that usually makes or breaks a successful Honors Chorus audition is the sight reading. So make sure you are confident in your sight reading by practicing everyday. Spend at least 5 mins each day this summer sight singing. Once school starts, we will be sight reading examples that are way harder than the audition examples, so you will be more than prepared when you go to audition. Here are some examples to get you started:
HOW TO PRACTICE
- Start by writing in the solfege for every pitch for the part that you need to learn.
- Then write in the counts so that you know when to come in on some of those long pauses.
- Then go listen to the practice track for your part and sing through the piece MANY times over many days until you cam sing your part perfectly with and without the practice track and without looking at the music.
- Then practice often using the accompaniment track.
- Then go back to the sheet music and highlight every dynamics marking in pink--then sing the piece often paying special attention to following the dynamic markings
- Then think about phrasing -- where are you going to breathe. Mark your breath places in the music being sure that you aren't breathing in the middle of a work or in the middle of a musical phrase.
- When you have mastered all of this, record a video of yourself singing the piece with the accompaniment track playing in the background and send it to Ms. Thomas (awthomas@wcpss.net). I will then email you back with good things you did and things that you can work on to improve.
NCHC AUDITION PROCESS
What are they looking for?
Be sure to read through everything in the link above. One additional thing I'd add would be is to practice singing the audition piece for as many people as possible and in as many uncomfortable situations as possible. Sing it for your parents, your friends, your youth group, your summer camp. You will be singing this piece in front of everyone in Honors Chorus -- alone.
Here is a copy of the rubric that the judges will be using to evaluate you. Make sure you are solid on every area.
SIGHT READING
The main thing that usually makes or breaks a successful Honors Chorus audition is the sight reading. So make sure you are confident in your sight reading by practicing everyday. Spend at least 5 mins each day this summer sight singing. Once school starts, we will be sight reading examples that are way harder than the audition examples, so you will be more than prepared when you go to audition. Here are some examples to get you started:
More Sight-Reading ... do it!
