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Audition Requirements

• Students must be in the fourth, fifth or sixth grade at the time of audition.
• Students must be recommended by their school music teacher, director or private instructor.*
• Teachers and students must work together to submit an audition form and upload an audio file.
• A $5 registration fee is required of each student who auditions.
• Students chosen to be part of the Elementary Honor Choir must be accompanied by their music teacher on the day of the festival.
• Audio files must be uploaded to the link provided at registration.

Students selected for the Elementary Honor Choir will practice in Brookings during the day and end with a concert in the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center. An additional charge of $35 per student is assessed once a student receives notification of acceptance. The charge covers the cost of a T-shirt (worn during the performance), lunch, snack breaks and music. An additional set of music will be provided to each teacher who has students selected.

*Parents are not allowed to submit. Schools of any size (public, private, studio or homeschool) are able to submit auditions.

Audition Procedures

Printable Materials

1. Recording Notes
   • One recording per student.
   • Only speaking will be to introduce the student.
   • You do not need to make a professional-style recording. The recording just needs to be clear and understandable. Using your phone/computer is acceptable.
   • You can start making recordings before submitting the nomination form.

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   Start Audition Recording

   • The teacher reads the following:
   • “This is (student name), auditioning for (alto or soprano) from (school name).”
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   Melody Echo Patterns

   • Teacher sings or plays on the piano each of the following melodic examples.
   • Do not sing and play.
   • After each example is played or sung, the student echoes (a cappella) using the syllable “loo.”

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   Prepared Song - America, My Country 'tis of Thee

   • Give the student the starting pitch G. Do not play any other type of introduction.
   • The student should sing the vocal line as written. Do not alter the rhythm or the pitches.
   • The student should complete the song a cappella.
   • The teacher may accompany the first two measures.
   • The song must be sung straight through without stopping.

Nomination Procedures

1. Submit nomination form.
   • Fill out the nomination form.
   • You can nominate up to 30 students on the same form or do a new submission per student. If you need to nominate more than 30 students, submit a second form.

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   Receive links for audio upload.

   • This year we will have one link for altos and one for sopranos.
   • Links will be included in your confirmation email when you nominate students.
   • The link from last year will not work for this year.

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   Upload audition audio.

   • The audio track should have all exercises included on one track.
   • Please name your audio files with your school name, student’s name and vocal audition
     • Ex.: S for soprano or A for alto
     • Ex.: HarveyDunn_ JaneSmith_S or Mickelson_JohnDoe_A
   • You will only have access to upload files. If you need to delete/change a file, email Andie Star.

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   One check made out to �ձ�av��Ƶ for correct amount.

   • There is a $5 fee for each student audition. For example, if you are sending in 20 auditions, please send one $100 check.
   • All checks and money orders must have school name and “EFHC” written on them somewhere for identification purposes.