Please review the specific audition requirements below for each audition type. Please note that repertoire requirements vary by instrument and audition type.
Choruses
Children's Choruses
Includes Preparatory Chorus, Children's Chorus, and Chamber Chorus.
All new students are required to audition. Returning students wishing to change choruses are required to audition. Students with changing voices should audition in the fall. Returning students who wish to remain in the same chorus do not need to audition.
The Children's Chorus auditions serve as a placement meeting. Each student will have an individual audition which gives the director a chance to meet the students and recommend the appropriate chorus level. The placement will include pitch and rhythmic assessments. Age and grade are taken into consideration for placement but are not the main factors.
Requirements: Students should be prepared to sing one or two songs of their choice that best demonstrate their voice. No accompanist is required. Folk songs, Happy Birthday, or anything else the student is comfortable singing are all acceptable.
Tourjée Singers
Open to students in grades 7-9 as of September 2019.
Only new students are required to audition. Returning students will receive invitations to return and can confirm their positions in June.
Requirements: Prepare 2 contrasting pieces of your choice that best demonstrate your vocal and expressive ability. Suggested repertoire includes art songs, arias, or folk songs. Please bring a copy of the piano part for the accompanist who will be available for the audition. There will be sight-reading at the audition as well as vocal exercises to evaluate tone quality, rhythmic precision, and intonation.
Youth Chorale & Camerata
Open to students in grades 9-12 as of September 2019.
Only new students are required to audition. Returning students will receive invitations to return and can confirm their positions in June.
Auditions for Camerata will be held in September 2019 for accepted Youth Chorale students who are interested.
Requirements: Prepare 2 pieces of your choice: one in English and one in a foreign language, that best demonstrate your vocal and expressive ability. Suggested repertoire includes art songs, arias, or similar pieces. Please bring a copy of the piano part for the accompanist who will be available for the audition. There will be sight-reading at the audition as well as vocal exercises to evaluate tone quality, rhythmic precision, and intonation.
Wind Ensembles
Wind ensemble auditions include Sr. MYWE, Jr. MYWE, and MYWE Concert Band. Audition requirements are determined by grade level for the 19-20 academic year.
*MYWE Percussion Students: All percussion students interested in auditioning for the wind ensemble program should sign up for an Orchestra (Percussion) audition.
Grades 10-12
Open to students in grades 10-12 as of September 2019. New and returning students are required to audition.
Requirements: Students should prepare two contrasting pieces at the All-State level. Additionally, students should be prepared to play scales up to 4 flats and 4 sharps plus a chromatic scale. There may be sight-reading at the audition.
Grades 6-9
Open to students in grades 6-9 as of September 2019. New and returning students are required to audition.
Requirements: Students should prepare two contrasting pieces at the Junior District level. Additionally, students should be prepared to play scales up to 3 flats and 3 sharps plus a chromatic scale. There may be sight-reading at the audition.
Jazz
Youth Jazz Orchestra
New and returning students are required to audition each year.
Requirements: Prepare two jazz pieces of any sort, including (but not limited to) a part you played in your school band or other ensemble (you should not play a ballade). Please bring extra copies of music for the rhythm section (piano, bass, and drums), who will accompany the audition. There will be sight-reading at the audition. Students who have experience improvising should demonstrate that, but it is not a requirement.
Chamber Music Intensive Performance Seminar
Open to students ages 13-18 as of September 2019. New and returning students are required to audition each year.
Requirements: Prepare two contrasting solo pieces or two contrasting movements from the same solo work. Students are required to prepare the chamber music excerpts available below. Students will also be asked to complete the supplemental form available below before their audition.
