The Audition Components:

(A Helpful Audition Video is available at the All State Choir Page found HERE)

I. PREPARED SOLO: 50 Points
Original score for judge and live accompanist required. Jazz, Pop, and Musical Theatre songs are NOT permitted.

• Tone Quality - 10 

• Intonation - 10

• Technique - 10

• Diction - 10

• Interpretation - 10

 

PRACTICE RESOURCES:

You should prepare this music with your private teacher or with Mrs. Kuhlman. This portion of the audition consist of 50% of your overall score. YOU are responsible for your own learning; no one can memorize your music except YOU! You will be provided resources to help you learn your music, but ultimately YOU must decide how much work you're willing to put into this learning! Don't give up :)

2. SENSE OF TONALITY/APPLIED SKILLS: 10 Points
Any method may be used: Solfegio, numbers, 'la', etc.., but at RFHS we use Solfeggio

• Major Triad - 1

• Minor Triad - 1

• Diminished Triad - 1

• Augmented Triad - 1

• Major Scale - 2 

• Harmonic Minor Scale - 2

• Melodic Minor Scale - 2

 

PRACTICE RESOURCES:

    * Practice your skills with the resource sheet below.

    * Download practice tracks for scales & triads HERE

3. INTERVALS: 10 Points
ATTENTION: Any sung/hummed note will be scored. YOU MAY NOT hum or sing to practice.

• Sing requested interval from given pitch - 6 (3 intervals, 2 pts ea.) 

• Identify interval between two pitches - 4 (2 intervals, 2 pts ea.)

 

PRACTICE RESOURCES:

• Great interval/ear training exercises to prepare for auditions: http://www.good-ear.com/

• Awesome for note ID, Intervals, chords, scales, etc!: http://www.musictheory.net/exercises

4. MELODIC SIGHT READING: 20 Points
Any method may be used: Solfeggio, numbers, 'la', etc.., but at RFHS we use Solfeggio

• Melodic Sight Reading - 2 examples, 10 pts ea.

 

PRACTICE RESOURCES:

• AWESOME! http://www.practicespot.com/sightreading.phtml

• Decent: http://www.ronniesanders.net/free_sight-reading_music

• Downloadable: http://www.lightandmatter.com/sight/sight.html

• Additional resources, including past audition materials can be downloaded below!!

 

5. RHYTHMIC SIGHT READING: 10 Points
Scoring occurs from what students say. Any method may be used: 'ta', 'da', etc.., but at RFHS we use the beat numbers - i.e. - one, two and, three-e-and-a, four... 

• Rhythmic Sight Reading - 10 (1 example, 10 pts)

 

PRACTICE RESOURCES:

• Rhythmic Sight Reading: http://www.practicesightreading.com/

FINAL SCORE:
Each student will receive a RAW SCORE out of 100 possible points. That score will then be calculated into a "Z-Score" to account for the different judges, their averages, and the amount of students that are needed for each choir. The "Z-Score" cut off is different for each voice part, and will change every year.