Blue Ridge Chorus
District Chorus Pre-Auditions
Sing to the Lord a New Song
Choral Acceptance audition window is:
October 15-to 11:59pm on October 22, 2023
Acceptance Audition Information and Procedures for 2023-2024
Introduction
This school year all pre-auditions in District 9 will be virtual.
Students must count all rests
How do students participate in Acceptance Auditions?
Sing to the Lord a New Song
Choral Acceptance audition window is:
October 15-to 11:59pm on October 22, 2023
Acceptance Audition Information and Procedures for 2023-2024
Introduction
This school year all pre-auditions in District 9 will be virtual.
Students must count all rests
How do students participate in Acceptance Auditions?
- Auditions for Band, Chorus, and Orchestra students will consist of 2 excerpts from the Solo Lists -Recording of both excerpts from “Sing to the Lord a New Song"
- Choral students must use a pitch pipe (or app) to identify the starting pitch at the beginning when recording each excerpt.
- Students must register with Submittable (links provided later). The Director must be a current PMEA member. A confirmation email will be sent to the address used to register with Submittable. Check your SPAM filters for communications.
- Record 2 separate audition tracks-2 separate files for uploading
- Please do not include any identifying information in the video file name or in the content of the recording (i.e. your name or school name).
- No identifying clothing may be worn (i.e. no school t-shirts, no name identification, no PMEA, NAfME All Eastern or National shirts).
- Please be sure nothing in the background of the video can identify the student.
- The music excerpt requirement must be recorded from start to finish without cuts and/or splices. Students’ hands/body/face must be visible in the video.
- There can be no use of any device that can be perceived to give aid to a student during the excerpt (i.e. no earphones, airpods, etc.).
- The maximum video size is 4GB – the larger the video, the longer it will take to load.
- mp4 files appear to upload better than .mov files
- Small rooms with good acoustic qualities will create the best recording.
- A good microphone and a good piece of recording equipment (high end computer or digital recording device) are the two things that can most improve a recording.