Audition for the 99精品视频 Singers, Fall 2024
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Audition Schedule
You are welcome to schedule an audition with John Rommereim via Zoom prior to the start of the semester.听
Zoom Session Auditions
- Thursday, Aug. 21 7鈥9 p.m. Central Time
- Additional times can be set up by emailing John Rommereim.
New students: It鈥檚 helpful if you schedule your in-person auditions on Monday to save room for returning students in the later sessions.
In-person Individual Auditions (Bucskbaum Center for the Arts, Room 152)
- Monday, Aug. 26, 9-11 a.m.
- Tuesday, Aug. 27, 4鈥6 p.m. and 7鈥8 p.m.
- Wednesday, Aug. 28, 7鈥9 p.m.
- Thursday, Aug. 24, 4鈥6 p.m. and 7:30鈥9 p.m.
Callback Auditions
Saturday, Aug. 31
- 10鈥11 a.m. sopranos
- 11鈥12 noon altos
- 1鈥2 p.m. basses
- 2鈥3 p.m. tenors
Audition Process: Instructions from Director John Rommereim
During the 10-minute audition, we鈥檒l devote some time to getting to know each other a little, and then we鈥檒l do the following:
- I鈥檒l ask you to sing back short melodies played on the piano (testing tonal memory). This should work fine online.
- We鈥檒l test your vocal range using a simple pattern, such as 1鈥5鈥4鈥3鈥2鈥1 on 鈥渆e鈥 and 鈥渁h鈥 vowels. The pattern will move up and down by half steps. This could be a little trickier online because I鈥檓 unable to accompany you as usual. I鈥檒l play the pattern, then you鈥檒l sing afterward; we won鈥檛 try to sing and play together.
- You will sing听听(PDF, login required), starting at measure 16. To learn your part, you can use one of these four YouTube videos:听,听听. (Each of the videos has one of the voice parts highlighted). Please note: If you don鈥檛 have much experience reading vocal music and you find this exercise to be too challenging, please do still audition. Sight-reading skills are very helpful for the ensemble, but they aren鈥檛 all-important. If you have a good ear (which we test in the first two segments of the audition), you can still be a strong contributor to the ensemble. We also will have extra training sessions during the year for choir members who need to develop their understanding of music fundamentals.
- Optionally, you may sing a prepared piece up to three minutes long. It is helpful to hear how you sound when you鈥檙e singing a piece that you know well. Any style is acceptable 鈥 whatever allows you to show your musical and vocal personality. Again, this is optional; it is perfectly OK if you don鈥檛 have a prepared piece.