Central District Junior Chorus
7th and 8th Grade
Update: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the CDMMEA Junior Central District Festival has been canceled for the 2020-21 season.
Festival Website
Details for the 2019-2020 auditions will be announced soon!
A pre-audition video for Ms. Formon will be required.
Auditions: February 1, 2020 at Grafton High School, time to be determined
Rehearsal 1: The Bromfield School in Harvard, MA
Rehearsal 2: The Bromfield School in Harvard, MA
Details for the 2019-2020 auditions will be announced soon!
A pre-audition video for Ms. Formon will be required.
Auditions: February 1, 2020 at Grafton High School, time to be determined
Rehearsal 1: The Bromfield School in Harvard, MA
Rehearsal 2: The Bromfield School in Harvard, MA
Audition Requirements
Shenandoah (Sopranos and Altos)
- Students will sing along with the piano recording
- Sopranos will sing the medium high version
- Altos will sing the medium low version
Sing Me a Song of a Lad That is Gone (Baritones)
- Students will sing along with the piano recording
- Baritones may sing the medium high OR medium low version
- Students will sing along with the piano recording
- Sopranos will sing the medium high version
- Altos will sing the medium low version
Sing Me a Song of a Lad That is Gone (Baritones)
- Students will sing along with the piano recording
- Baritones may sing the medium high OR medium low version
Pitch Matching and Intervals
- Practice with the audio files below, echo each example using any syllable (doo works well)
- You may use either the treble clef or bass clef version of the sheet music
- Practice with the audio files below, echo each example using any syllable (doo works well)
- You may use either the treble clef or bass clef version of the sheet music
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Sight-Reading is created using the program Sight Reading Factory set at CDMMEA Junior Vocal Level 1
It will be in the same clef that the student's solo song part is written.
The examples are written in a major key of up to 1 sharp or 1 flat with stepwise motion only.
Each example is four measures long in 3/4 or 4/4 time and may use any or all of the following note/rest values:
Whole notes
Half notes
Quarter notes
Half rests
Quarter rests
Evaluation is based on performance in the categories from the score sheet below.
| Vocal Evaluation.pdf |
