NC HONORS CHORUS
Every year, the Middle School Honors Chorus is held in November, performing at the North Carolina Music Educator’s In-Service Conference. This chorus provides an opportunity for the very best singers from across the state (grade 6,7,8 and 9**) to come together and work with a nationally acclaimed choral conductor. This year the chorus will be conducted by Dr. Al Sturgis. The Honors Chorus will take place on November 9th and 10th, in Winston-Salem. As in previous years, the concert will be held in the Stevens Center.
Honors Chorus auditions are held in three regions across the state: West, Central, and East. Normally, over 1,000 students audition for 160 member choir. In order to audition for honors chorus, you must sing your voice part of the selected audition piece. This year's audition piece is "Your Voices Tune," by G.F. Handel Each student will audition in front of a single judge in a closed audition. They will also sight-sing a short melodic exercise. It is extremely important that students are well prepared for this audition. Only about the top 15% of auditioned singers will be selected for this prestigious choir. You are strongly encouraged to download the audition tracks in order to prepare for this audition. It will also be the official recording used by the judges in their auditions. All voice parts of all tracks are played on the piano. Each of the part tracks feature a voice part played louder than the accompaniment. This is intended to teach students the notes for their voice type. There are no voices only tacks, only piano pitches. The last track is the accompaniment track which will play during each student’s audition as they sing their part along for the judge. To download go to http://ncmiddlechoral.podomatic.com. Download instructions are also linked to the Middle School Website. UNCG, and ECU offer Honors Chorus Audition workshops which are very helpful in preparing your students for the audition. Mr. Yancey will tell you more about these in class.
Honors Chorus auditions are held in three regions across the state: West, Central, and East. Normally, over 1,000 students audition for 160 member choir. In order to audition for honors chorus, you must sing your voice part of the selected audition piece. This year's audition piece is "Your Voices Tune," by G.F. Handel Each student will audition in front of a single judge in a closed audition. They will also sight-sing a short melodic exercise. It is extremely important that students are well prepared for this audition. Only about the top 15% of auditioned singers will be selected for this prestigious choir. You are strongly encouraged to download the audition tracks in order to prepare for this audition. It will also be the official recording used by the judges in their auditions. All voice parts of all tracks are played on the piano. Each of the part tracks feature a voice part played louder than the accompaniment. This is intended to teach students the notes for their voice type. There are no voices only tacks, only piano pitches. The last track is the accompaniment track which will play during each student’s audition as they sing their part along for the judge. To download go to http://ncmiddlechoral.podomatic.com. Download instructions are also linked to the Middle School Website. UNCG, and ECU offer Honors Chorus Audition workshops which are very helpful in preparing your students for the audition. Mr. Yancey will tell you more about these in class.
