PMEA District 7 Choral Auditions

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All directors MUST read this information before proceeding to registration:

Auditions: Saturday, Oct 24, 2020, 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 15. 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. Please note: There is a late fee of $20/student for any registrations after the October 15 deadline. That is in addition to the $7/student fee and the $30/school district fee. Students will not be permitted to audition if fees are not paid in full before the audition date.

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

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

10. 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.

11. 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

YOUR STUDENTS WILL NOT AUDITION IF THESE 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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2020-2021 Vocal Auditions Rehearsal Tracks
Rehearsal Tracks (MIDI, mp3) - Available for download on the MEMBERS ONLY site These accompaniment recordings are used for the actual choral audition.

2020-2021 Vocal and Piano Accompanist Auditions Repertoire

Vocal
"Kyrie" from Mass in E-flat - Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
"How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" - Johannes Brahms

Piano
"How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" - Johannes Brahms
"Achieved is the Glorious Work" from The Creation - Franz Joseph Haydn

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

PDF versions of the vocal audition pieces are available for download on the MEMBERS ONLY site

Audition repertoire clarifications/corrections:

This year's practice tracks are provided for each individual voice part. Please note that the "All Parts for Audition" recording is what will be used for audition day.

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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 15 at 3:00pm . Please check the District 7 web site after that time.

2. 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.

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

The cut-off date for all registrations will be 11:59 PM on the Monday preceding the audition date. No registrations will be accepted after the cut-off date.

Directors with students registered MUST attend auditions, even if all of their students withdraw, UNLESS notice is given to the Audition Chair prior to 3:00 PM on the Monday preceding auditions. Failure of a director to meet this obligation may result in that director’s students being ineligible to audition the following year.

1. Number of students in auditions:

All students must be members of their respective school’s choral organization
All students must be in grades 9-12. (please note: 9thgraders are not eligible for Region Choir)
Soprano 1s & 2s, and Alto 1s & 2s are limited to 5 students per part per school.
There is no limit on the number of Tenors and Basses that a school can send but students should have the potential to be District-level vocalists.
We strongly recommend that students audition on the voice part that aligns with a healthy singing range. The interest is to protect the vocal health and development of our young singers.

4. Students needing an early audition need to be registered that way. No last minute changes will be made. Students who have early auditions and leave auditions early forfeit their right to check their scores later. Early Dismissal Form.

5. If a director has a son or daughter auditioning, please contact the audition chairman so the director can be assigned to a different voice part.

6. Additional judges are always needed. Qualifications to serve as a tryout judge include:

Active membership in MENC/PMEA (student teachers excluded)
Availability for the entire audition
If an additional judge(s) is coming from your school, please inform the audition chairman by the close of registrations so that person can be included in the original judging assignments list.

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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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