Solo:

 

April Is In My Mistress' Face by Thomas Morley, ed. Churchill

Published by Bourne Co.

Available for purchase through JW Pepper

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Students will sing their vocal part (S, A, T or B) along with the recording without that voice part included. Students should be able to sing comfortably and with the appropriate range and tone quality for the chosen voice part as follows:

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• Soprano: C4 (middle C) to C6

• Alto: G3 to F5

• Tenor: B2 to A4

• Bass: E2 to E4

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Sight Reading:

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The sight reading excerpts will meet these criteria:

 

• It will be in a comfortable range for each voice part.

• It will be in a major key, in 4/4 time.

• It will begin and end on the tonic.

• It will consist of scalar motion and triadic leaps.

• Rhythms may include whole, half, quarter and eighth notes, as well as dotted quarter/eighth combinations.   ​

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Here are samples of comparable difficulty.

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Students will be given the starting pitch and time to look at the example. All methods of sight singing are acceptable (solfege, numbers, neutral syllable, etc.).

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Scales:

 

Students will be asked to sing a major scale (quarter notes, 100 BPM, ascending and descending) in the following keys: 

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• Soprano: F

• Alto: C

• Tenor: F 

• Bass: A

 

No more than ten sopranos and ten altos may audition per school. Additionally, there are no double voice auditions (e.g. trying out as soprano and alto).

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If you have any questions, contact Margaret Wall at mwall@hwrsd.org.