PMEA District 7 Choral Auditions

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UPDATE - 10/08/2021

The 2021 District Chorus Auditions will be held remotely this year. Students will submit video auditions like last year, however, directors will need to attend for committee listening at Central York on October 23rd. We will not be Zooming for committees. Please see the latest timeline:

September 1 - October 15 - Audition Registration Window
October 11 - Audition Excerpts and backing tracks posted
October 18 @ 3:00PM - Cut-off date for late registration
October 11 - 20 Audition Video Submission Window via AirTable
October 21-22 Prep of Audition Submissions
October 23 - Audition committees meet at Central York High School to judge submissions
October 24 (or 23) - Audition results distributed to Directors - will include link to Housing Form for Directors
October 29 - Invoices emailed to directors for Registration Fees and Housing Fees

All directors MUST read this information before proceeding to registration:

Auditions: Saturday, Oct 23, 2021, 7:30 am
Where: Central York High School, 601 Mundis Mill Road, York, PA 17406
Audition Bad Weather Date:

1. Numbers allowed to audition:

Sop I, Sop II, Alto I, Alto II - limited 5 per part
Tenor I, Tenor II, Bass I, Bass II - unlimited but caution to send only district caliber vocalists
All students must be in grades 9, 10, 11, or 12

2. Piano accompanist auditions - Eligibility

Accompanist auditions will be held on the same day as choral auditions
Students auditioning as accompanists must be in grades 9 - 12 and must be registered at the time of Choral Registrations. (9th graders are not eligible to move to Region Choir)
Qualified students may audition both as vocalists and as accompanists
Students should be prepared to play up to four voice parts from an open score for both audition selections in addition to the accompaniment excerpts.

3. ALL DIRECTORS MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE DAY OF AUDITIONS. All directors must attend the pre-audition meeting at 7:30 am and the post-audition meeting held at the conclusion of auditions. In the event of an unusual circumstance by which a director cannot be present, another PMEA member in good standing may be substituted only if given permission by the District 7 President.

4. Please note: A late fee of $20 per student will be assessed for any student registration after October 15th. This late fee is in addition to the regular $7 per student audition fee and $30 school district fee.

5. Students who require an early audition for school-related events must be registered for Early Auditions. No last-minute requests for early auditions will be permitted.

Students who request early auditions will forfeit their opportunity to check their scores.
Students who may need a later audition time due to school-related events should register for regular auditions. Those students MAY have the opportunity to audition when they arrive late, but ONLY if the judging for their voice part is still going on. Once a room is completed, the judges cannot be called back for late arrivals.

6. Directors should submit their registration only when certain of their students’ voice parts and their early/normal audition status. There is no advantage to submitting registration early.

Register each student only once. If you recognize a mistake after completing registration, please email techchair@pmeadistrict7.org with the correction. Please do not complete a second registration for the student.
Confirm that all information is entered accurately – especially email addresses and phone numbers.
If directors forget to register a student, simply log back in before the deadline and register that student.

7. Directors are responsible to make sure they have the official editions and publisher of the audition music. These copies are made available on the “Audition Repertoire” page.

8. Directors are encouraged to add choralchair@pmeadistrict7.org, techchair@pmeadistrict7.org, and choraccomapchair@pmeadistrict7.org to their contacts list so that your district spam filter doesn’t kick out important emails.

9. Directors will receive audition assignments and final student audition lists through an email the week before auditions. These assignments and lists will also be posted to the District 7 website.

10. Equal Representation:

If a school does not have any student qualify for District Chorus through the audition process, directors may complete the form for equal representation for one student to participate and submit it to the audition chair before leaving the audition site.

Choral Audition Chairman:

Gordon Kaslusky
Email: choralchair@pmeadistrict7.org
(use for all audition related business)

Scoring Rubric
Early Dismissal Form

STUDENTS WILL NOT AUDITION IF FEES ARE NOT PAID IN FULL BEFORE THE AUDITION

There is no advantage to registering early. Don’t register until you are sure of students' voice parts!

Directors may return to the director registration page to change the number of students they are registering. Changes can be made up to the registration deadline. If you are have a student who is no longer auditioning, please email Nick Curry (techchair@pmeadistrict7.org) to remove the student.

When registering, please take the time to confirm that all information is being entered without error, especially e-mail addresses and phone numbers. Use an e-mail address in which there is no question that mail will get to you.

Please inform the tech person in your school district that you need to be allowed to receive mail from choralchair@pmeadistrict7.org.

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2021-2022 Vocal and Piano Accompanist Auditions Repertoire

Vocal
"Cum Sancto Spiritu" - Antonio Vivaldi
"God is Our Hope and Strength" - John Blow

Piano
"Cum Sancto Spiritu" - Antonio Vivaldi
"The Last Words of David" - Randall Thompson

Accompanists must be prepared to play the accompaniment and the parts on the open score for their audition.

All audition material can be found here.

The Audition Materials Folder is set up to be viewed by anyone with the link. If you click the link and it says "Access Denied", it is because your school Google account does not allow you to view Google Drive folders from outside organizations. In this case, you will need to sign out of your school Google account on your device to view the folder. Do not press the "Request Access" button, as that will not solve the issue. Instead, try signing out of your school Google account and clicking the link again.

Audition repertoire clarifications/corrections:

While the audition pieces are available through CPDL, please use the PDFs provided in the audition folder. There are editions available in various keys, and we wish to avoid confusion. The scores included in the folder that are marked “PMEA D7” are what will be used for auditions.

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NAfME/PMEA Membership: ONLY DIRECTORS MAY REGISTER STUDENTS. All choral directors must be members in good standing with NAfME/PMEA in order for their students to audition in October. Each member must have a current membership card. Identification number and expiration date must be listed on the registration form.

ALL FEES SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO: PMEA.

1. Chorus online registration will be active on September 1st and end October 15th at 3:00pm.

2. If you need to register yourself or a student after the deadline, please contact Nick Curry at techchair@pmeadistrict7.org. Late registration closes at 3:00pm on the Monday prior to auditions.

3. All fees for auditions should be sent to the District 7 Secretary-Treasurer and must be received by Friday, one week prior to auditions. Please send one check for registration fees for your school. If registration fees are not received by this date but students were registered, the director's school principal will be notified. This action was approved by the District 7 Executive Board.

Participation Fee: $30.00 per school district
Registration Fee: $ 7.00 per student
Late Fee: $ 20.00 per student

Online
Registration:
MEMBERS SITE

SEND FEES TO:

Mr. Jim Martini
PMEA District 7 Treasurer
PO Box 277
Emigsville, PA. 17318

No student will audition if fees are not paid.

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A. Students are eligible to audition and participate in District 7 Chorus Festival who are presently in grades 9 - 12; in District Orchestra and District Jazz who are presently in grades 9-12; and in District Band who are presently in grades 7 - 12.

B. Only students in grades 10-12 are eligible for Region State festivals.

C. Students must be in ‘good standing’ in their school’s band, orchestra, chorus, or jazz ensemble to be eligible for the respective festival. Exceptions may be granted only if the school does not have provisions for said ensemble participation.

D. Students must be able to attend the entire Festival from registration through the final concert. Exceptions may be made for illness providing the student missed no more that four (4) hours of rehearsal time. Exceptions will be handled according to PMEA guidelines.

E. Students should not apply to auditions for a District Festival if, for any reason, including religious activity, they plan to miss a part of the festival. A student must participate in the complete festival program commencing with registration and concluding with the final concert, except in the case of illness that must be verified in writing by a physician within 5 days of the festival. Students must rehearse and perform all musical compositions selected for the concert.

F. Students must earn membership in a District 7 Festival through a “selective” audition.

G. Home schooled, Cyberschooled and Cyber Charterschooled students will be eligible to participate in PMEA festivals if they are sponsored by their local school district and the appropriate PMEA member/director and if they are members, in good standing, of the local school district’s respective ensemble(s) relative to the festival. (PMEA Policy, January 8, 2011)

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