Central District Junior Chorus
7th and 8th Grade

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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

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
Pitch Matching (Treble).pdf
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Pitch Matching (Bass).pdf
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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
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