Auditions 2019
STEPS FOR AUDITIONS:
---PRINT OUT THE AUDITION FORM (click on the words) and fill it out BEFORE YOUR AUDITION! Be sure to get all appropriate signatures.
---CONTACT MRS. ESPLIN for an audition time. Her email is tana.esplin@juabsd.org.
These times will be BEFORE the first day of school.
Be on time. Be well prepared. If Mrs. Esplin has to teach you the audition songs, you ARE NOT prepared.
---PREPARE FOR YOUR AUDITION.
1) TELL ME WHY -- This song is to see if you can hold a part. You do not have to be memorized, but being memorized indicates an extra level of preparation.
Practice the song, TELL ME WHY. Learn a harmony part (NOT SOPRANO). Be prepared to sing it with all of the other parts playing, but not yours. This is to see if you can hold a part that is not the melody.
---PRINT OUT THE AUDITION FORM (click on the words) and fill it out BEFORE YOUR AUDITION! Be sure to get all appropriate signatures.
---CONTACT MRS. ESPLIN for an audition time. Her email is tana.esplin@juabsd.org.
These times will be BEFORE the first day of school.
Be on time. Be well prepared. If Mrs. Esplin has to teach you the audition songs, you ARE NOT prepared.
---PREPARE FOR YOUR AUDITION.
1) TELL ME WHY -- This song is to see if you can hold a part. You do not have to be memorized, but being memorized indicates an extra level of preparation.
Practice the song, TELL ME WHY. Learn a harmony part (NOT SOPRANO). Be prepared to sing it with all of the other parts playing, but not yours. This is to see if you can hold a part that is not the melody.
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2) Learn AURA LEE. This is to see if you can hold pitch when you sing by yourself.
Practice singing the melody of Aura Lee. You can start on what ever pitch you are comfortable with. You will sing a cappella. Here is a recording:
Practice singing the melody of Aura Lee. You can start on what ever pitch you are comfortable with. You will sing a cappella. Here is a recording:
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Here are the lyrics:
As the blackbird in the spring, 'Neath the willow tree Sat and piped, I heard him sing Of lovely Aura Lee. Aura Lee, Aura Lee, Maid of golden hair. Sunshine came along with thee, And swallows in the air. |
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3) To check your ear and tonal memory.
Practice playing 4-5 random notes on the piano and try to sing them back.
4) To check you ability to correctly interpret the score:
A short theory test will be administered. This will cover clefs, note names, note and rest durations, dynamics, tempo markings, articulations, and basic form and meter constructs -- bar lines, measures, repeat markings, different types of endings (fine, coda, D.C. or D.S. al fine, first and second endings.)
---SHOW UP EARLY, PREPARED & POSITIVE for your audition. Please be respectful of other students who are also auditioning.
