2011-12 Vocal Audition

IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION ON THE PREPARATION OF "SEBBEN CRUDELE"

Chorale: "Vater unser im Himmelreich" ~ J. S. Bach

This year's chorale audio files are available as mp3 downloads; these will be the sound files used at auditions.

Click on the links to play within your browser; Right-click (Mac: Ctrl+Click) and select "Save As" to download to your computer.

Technical difficulties with the download? Please first see a tech specialist at your school for troubleshooting. If that fails, please e-mail Sophia Santerre to request a cd.

Sight-Reading Information

SIGHT READING GUIDELINES

GENERAL

Students will be given 30 seconds to look over the selected example
Students will be given a second opportunity to perform the example - adjudicators are instructed to take the better of the two scores
Students will set their own tempo
Students choosing to perform a second time must perform immediately when asked by the room moderator
There will be several examples of rhythmic and melodic sight reading - students will be asked to perform one selected by the adjudicator. Each example is of equal difficulty. The examples will rotate so students outside the audition room will not hear the same example they will be asked to perform.

RHYTHMIC

Students may clap, tap or count out loud the example
Examples may include eighth note patterns, sixteenth note patterns, eighth note triplets, syncopation (eight - quarter - eighth) and dotted rhythms

MELODIC

All examples will start and end on the tonic and will be in a major key
All examples will be diatonic
Students may use solfeg, numbers or a neutral syllable
Students will be given the starting note and arpeggio before they begin looking at the example and again before they perform the example. The arpeggio will be played again if a student elects to perform the example a second time
Examples may include step-wise movement, ascending and descending, major and minor thirds, perfect fourths, fifths and octaves.

(Article from Nov. 2009 Quarter Notes -- Tips on Preparing the All-State Vocal Audition, by Sophia Santerre)

As students are putting the final preparation on their NH All-State auditions they should keep in mind the following:

The recordings of the Bach Chorale found on the NHMEA website are the exact recordings students will be hearing in their audition. They should rehearse with this recording several times prior to the audition day.
Prepare the Bach Chorale on a neutral syllable or using solfeggio - be sure to observe phrase markings.
(updated 9/20/2010) NHMEA is using the Paton edition of the Twenty-Six Italian Songs and Arias. The pronunciations using IPA can be found in the book.
Students should be aware that a range check will be performed in their audition. This will take place in the same room as the Italian selection. It is not graded - it is performed to assist in the placement of the student within their respective voice part (Bass I versus Bass II, for example), should they make the festival.
Sight-reading will take place in the same room as the Bach Chorale. Students will be asked to sight-read a four measure example in 4/4 time for rhythmic reading and a four measure example in 4/4 time for melodic reading. Students will be given 30 seconds to look over each example before being asked to perform. Students are given the option of a second read-through - the better of the two read-throughs will be used for scoring.
When preparing for the rhythmic sight-reading students should be aware that each example may contain note values up through sixteenth notes, dotted rhythms, syncopation and triplets. Students may count the rhythm or clap it out.
When preparing for the melodic sight-reading students should be aware that each example is diatonic. Intervals may include any diatonic interval not to exceed one octave. Melodic lines will all begin on the tonic and will include both ascending and descending passages. Melodic sight-reading will contain note values of half notes, quarter notes and dotted quarter - eighth patterns. Students should do their best to observe these rhythms. Students may use solfeggio, numbers, note names or a neutral syllable for melodic sight-reading.

Please use these sample examples for practicing sight-reading (PDF). These examples are comparable to what students will find in their auditions.

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