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Adult Audition Criteria

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The Seaway Chorale and Orchestra is a community-based mixed-choral ensemble of adult singers, chosen by selective audition, and drawn primarily from the metro Detroit area. Voices of the Young is a youth choir that sings with Seaway Chorale. Our mission is to provide our members and downriver communities with a quality choral experience.

To best serve this mission, the adult chorale is made up of a wide range of musical talent from professional musicians to enthusiastic hobbyists.  A successful audition into the Seaway Chorale and Orchestra incorporates a number of factors to allow for diverse membership. Not all factors are required.

The following factors are taken into consideration:

 

*  Choral experience

*  Vocal timbre and control

*  Vocal range

*  Sight-reading skill

*  Ability to learn quickly

*  Other musicianship (e.g., experience in a symphony band or jazz group)

The adult audition consists of several different assessments:

 

Solo Song- Prepared song sung a Capella or with piano accompaniment.  (Songs with accompaniment must be from a list provided by Seaway.)

 

Ensemble Song- Singers will be expected to hold their own part against a four-part arrangement sung a Capella with other members of the chorale.  The auditioning vocalist will have a few moments to prepare, but this portion of the audition is largely to test how quickly one can learn and follow an individual part.  Sight-reading skill is helpful, but not required.

 

Sight Reading- Singers will be given a chance to sing four bars of sight-read melody.  Again, sight-reading skills are welcome and helpful, but are not the sole factor in the audition.

 

Part Independence- Singers will be tested holding pitches and short melodies against dissonant and unrelated music.  

 

Pitch Memory- A short melody will be played and sung back without sight-reading or prior preparation.  This demonstrates the speed at which a vocalist learns new music.

 

Range- Range will be tested for proper placement into a section.  

PO Box 597

Trenton, MI 48183

info@seaway chorale.org

© 2023 Seaway Chorale and Orchestra

 

The Seaway Chorale and Orchestra is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides programs and services without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, or handicap.

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