Audition information for Halifax All City Choirs
Halifax Boys Honour Choir , Boys grade 4-8 unchanged voices)
Halifax Girls Honour Choir, Girls grade 4-6
Youth Honour Choir , Girls grade 7-12
Tuesday, May 31st:
4:00 – 5:30 pm
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Wednesday, June 1 : 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Halifax Schools Music Centre, no appointment times. Audition piece “O Canada”
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High School Students grades 10-12 SATB voices
June 1, 2 3; 4:00-7:00 Halifax Schools Music Centre
Audition piece: prepared piece with piano; bring music.
Call 421-6700 for a time, or sign up at the Music Centre. Need to arrive 10 min early to
fill out a questionnaire.
Cantatrice Ensemble Girls Choir
Girls Grade 7-12
Wednesday, June 1, 7 p.m .at Bedford Junior High School;
Monday, June 6, 7 p.m. at Tantallon Elementary School;
Thursday, June 9, 7 p.m at Georges P. Vanier Junior High School;
Monday, June 13 ,7 p.m. at Cavalier Drive School.
Please arrange an audition time by contacting the director, Karen Newhook-MacDonald,
at 865-7677.
The audition piece will be O Canada.
St. Margaret's Bay Boys' Honour Choir:
Auditions will be held for boys in Grades 4-6 from the communities of Hammonds
Plains, Tantallon, St.Margaret's Bay, Timberlea, Prospect and outlying areas on
Thursday, June 2nd and Thursday, June 9th between the hours of 4-6 at Tantallon
Elementary School (senior building), 3 French Village Station Road, Upper Tantallon.
The audition piece is O Canada.
For more information or to book an audition, please contact Maureen Dunn:
macdoume@staff.ednet.ns.ca or (H)820-2242
Audition information for Halifax All City Concert Band, Jazz
Ensembles, Honour Violins, HSSO
Intermediate Concert Band
Band Students in grade 7 -9 may audition.
Auditions for current members wishing to continue will be May 26th.
New member Auditions will take place at the Quinpool Education Center on June 2 and
9th between 4 pm and 7pm. Students may book an appointment by calling 421-6700 or
sign up at the Music Center.
Students should be able to play the concert F major, Bb major, Eb major scales; a piece
of band music or a solo. Students will also be asked to sight read a short selection.
Contact hopkinb@staff.ednet.ns.ca
Honour Violins
Violin students in grade 7 and up in Sept. 2011.
Students should have 2 prepared pieces, one slow, one fast. G major scale, 2 octaves.
Auditions on Tuesday June 7 and June 14. 4:00-5:30.
Contact jduns@staff.ednet.ns.ca for an audition time, or call 421-6700.
Intermediate Jazz Ensemble, Senior Jazz Ensemble and Senior Combo
Trumpet, Sax, Trombone, guitar, bass, drums, keyboard;
students in grade 9 and up.
Dates: June 8, 9, 13.
Contact staplesd@staff.ednet.ns.ca or sign up at the Music Centre for an audition time.
Wed June 8, Thursday June 9, Monday June 13.
Scales, prepared piece, sight reading.
HSSO
Woodwind, Brass, String and Percussion students in grades 9 -12. All instruments
needed.
2 octave scales in C,G, D, A,E, F, Bb, Eb, Ab Major
Prepared piece and study.
Sight reading
Auditions will be held on June 7 and 14 at the Music Centre 4:00-6:00.
Schedule a time by sign up in Music Centre, or emailing Ms Wilder:
wilder@staff.ednet.ns.ca or call 421-6700.