2025–2026 Junior Festival Audition Requirements
VOCAL • STRINGS • WINDS • PERCUSSION • JAZZ
Audition Piece:
"Alleluia" is sung as a round with the recording below.
The singer enters at measure 5 and sings the round twice through.
Choose the key that best suits the singer.
Scales:
Students must sing a major scale as written on this scale sheet.
The recording below will be used to provide the starting pitch and tempo.
Sight-Reading:
A short excerpt will be provided for sight-reading.
Students will be given one minute to look at it before starting.
All methods of sight-singing are acceptable (solfege, numbers, neutral syllables).
The recording below will be used to provide the starting pitch.
The sight-reading excerpt will meet these criteria:
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It will be in the same major key as the scale.
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It will be in 4/4 time.
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It will begin and end on the tonic.
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It will consist almost entirely of scalar motion; any leaps will be to the tonic.
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Rhythms may include whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes.
Students:
Contact your music director for any audition questions.
Directors:
Contact Maggie Wall for any vocal audition questions.
Email: mwall@hwrsd.org