The Many Benefits of
Music Education—
Tips to Share with
Parents
Here are some ways parents
can assist their child’s
school music educators:
Teachers Everywhere
Are Raving About
Study the ways that music
education develops creativity,
instills disciplined work habits,
and statistically correlates
with gains in standardized test
scores.
Speak with your local school
board.
Be in touch with local music
teachers on a regular basis.
Offer to help out.
“The students can’t get enough of it!
The feedback I receive is a lot of
happy parents.”
Take part in your school’s
music booster organization.
—JOHN MONTGOMERY, HOLLAND, MI
“I’m seeing my students become
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NJEA Convention
November 8-9, 2012 – Atlantic City
Sponsored by
New Jersey Music Educators Association
An affiliate of the New Jersey Educators Association
Thursday 9:30 am - 11:00 am
Room 419, Convention Center
Good Singing Is Good Singing
This program will discuss how to help students navigate stylistic shifts while maintaining pedagogically sound technique.
Clinician: Justin Binek.
Thursday 9:30 - 11:00 am
Room 421, Convention Center
Take Note! Incorporating Music And Literacy Into The Elementary Classroom
This session is designed to help the teachers find ways to promote active engagement, interest, and appreciation throughout
the school day.
Clinician: Amanda Newell and Sharyn Fischer.
Thursday, 9:30 - 11:30 am
Ambassador Room, Sheraton Hotel
New Jersey All-State Band Procedures Committee Meeting
Clinician: Albert Bazzel, WinslowTownship Schools.
Thursday 1:00 - 3:00 pm
Shelbourne Room, Sheraton Hotel
New Jersey All-State Choral Procedures Meeting
Clinician: Kathy Spadafino, Retired.
Thursday 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Room 419, Convention Center
Elementary/Junior High Choral Reading Session
Participants will focus and implement choral methods and techniques of blending, diction, and multicultural styles for an
elementary/junior high choral group.
Clinician: Christine Sezer, Retired.
Thursday 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Room 421, Convention Center
Supporting Musical Learning Through Technology
This session will be focused on technology based strategies to support and expand students’ musical learning in general and
performance music classes.
Clinician: Rick Dammers, Rowan University.
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Thursday 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Room 419, Convention Center
Choral Reading Session
This reading session will include octavos appropriate for SATB, SAB, TTB, SSA and SSAA.
Clinician: Hillary Colton, Hunterdon Central Regional High School.
Thursday 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Room 421, Convention Center
Arts Advocacy: Tips To Help Save A Program
This session will provide ideas on how to use available information for the betterment of our programs.
Clinicians: Bill McDevitt.
Friday 8:00 - 10:00 am
Trump Plaza
NJMEA Executive Board Meeting
Friday 9:30 - 11:00 am
Room 419, Convention Center
More Than Just A Stick Monkey: Establishing Musical Communication
This presentation will examine additional ways to establish both a verbal and non verbal musical connection with your
ensemble-beginning with the warm-up!
Clinician: Milton Allen, sponsored by Music and Arts Center.
Friday 9:30 - 11:00 am
Room 421, Convention Center
Quality String Repertoire: Part 1
Participants will read through literature emphasizing elementary/middle school levels. This session is geared towards all playing levels - Bring your string instruments!
Clinician: Mary Maliszewski, West Orange Public Schools.
Friday, 9:30 - 11:30 am
Crown Ballroom I, Sheraton Hotel
Collegiate MENC Chapter Meeting
Clinician: Rick Dammers, Rowan University.
Friday 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Room 419, Convention Center
Creativity And Literacy In The Classroom.
Participants will be able to define creativity from a social perspective. By looking at the person and more specifically the personality traits that are most characteristic of creative individuals.
Clinician: Sharyn Fischer, Manalapan-Englishtown School District.
Friday 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Room 421, Convention Center
Why Is The Bow 90% Of String Teaching?
Teach the Bow first. All instrumental string teachers need to concentrate on the bow to create an outstanding sound. This
session will provide exercises and tricks of the trade.
Clinician: Mimi Butler, Self-Employed.
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Friday 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Room 419, Convention Center
Building A Strong Jazz Ensemble Rhythm Section
This session demonstrates teaching techniques for creating cohesive and powerful rhythm section. The “engine” of the jazz
ensemble.
Clinician: David Demsey.
Friday 3:00 - 4:30 pm
Room 421, Convention Center
Quality String Repertoire: Part 2
Participants will read through literature discussed at the earlier String Repertoire session, emphasizing middle school/ high
school levels. This session is geared towards all playing levels - Bring your string instruments!
Clinician: Mary Maliszewski, West Orange Public Schools.
Here are some simple, time-effective ways principals
can assist their school’s music educators:
Create and Foster an Environment of Support
s 3TUDY THE WAYS THAT MUSIC EDUCATION DEVELOPS
CREATIVITY ENHANCES COOPERATIVE LEARNING INSTILLS
DISCIPLINED WORK HABITS AND CORRELATES WITH GAINS IN
STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES
s 0ROVIDE ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC
EDUCATION MATERIALS
s -AKE CERTAIN THAT YOUR SCHOOL HAS A FULLY STAFFED
FACULTY OF CERTIlED MUSIC TEACHERS
Tips to Share with
Your Principal
Principals and school boards have the ability to
substantially aid music educators in their quest
to enrich children’s minds through music. Fostering a strong music program will help them
achieve their goals as a leader in the education
community, and, most of all, will aid the growth
and development of children in their school.
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Communicate Constructively
s -AKE STATISTICAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH SUPPORTING
THE VALUE OF MUSIC EDUCATION AVAILABLE TO OTHER
ADMINISTRATORS AND SCHOOL BOARDS
s %NCOURAGE MUSIC TEACHERS TO SUPPORT THEIR CAUSE BY
WRITING ARTICLES IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS PROFESSIONAL
JOURNALS OR BY BLOGGING ONLINE ABOUT THE VALUE OF
MUSIC EDUCATION
s 3HARE YOUR STUDENTS SUCCESSES WITH DISTRICT COLLEAGUES
)NCLUDE ARTICLES IN SCHOOL AND DISTRICT NEWSLETTERS TO
COMMUNICATE THE VALUE OF MUSIC IN A STUDENTS
EDUCATION
Visit www.nafme.org for
more Principal Resources.
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Art McKenzie, Chorus
New Jersey All-State Chorus and Orchestra
The Eighty-Third Annual Program
Art McKenzie has had a long and varied career as a music educator, minister of music, voice
teacher, performer and musical theatre director.
He is a cum laude graduate of Westminster Choir
College in Princeton, NJ (BMEd/Voice), and a
magna cum laude graduate of Indiana University
in Bloomington, IN (MMVoice).
Art has been conducting choirs for many years, beginning with his
eleven years as Minister of Music in Havertown, PA and Plainfield, NJ.
He has taught music in schools for fifteen years. As a private voice teacher,
Art has taught his students the Bel Canto technique he learned while
studying with Metropolitan Opera singers Margaret Harshaw and Nicola
Rossi-Lemeni. He has performed in concerts, recitals, operas and oratorios throughout the United States and in Spoleto, Italy.
Art is presently the Director of Choral Music at Overbrook Senior
High School in Pine Hill, NJ. In the nine years Art has taught at Overbrook the choral program has grown from 29 to 205 members. His choirs
consistently receive superior 1st place ratings at festivals and competitions,
and they have performed at the NJ MENC 2010 conference and at the
Kimmel Center in 2012. In addition to his choral position, Art has also
directed musicals there for the past nine years. In 2006 he had the honor
of receiving the Teacher of the Year award for Pine Hill schools.
Art also has an extensive background in theatre, where he has stage
direction, musical direction and performance experience. He has been
involved in over 50 musicals at the Ritz Theatre Company in Oaklyn,
NJ, where two of his productions were nominated for Philadelphia Barrymore Awards. Art has directed dozens of musicals at high schools as well.
He has served as vocal director for musicals and as choral accompanist at
Haddon Township High School for the past 22 years, where his wife is the
choir and musical director.
He is a president of the South Jersey Choral Directors Association
(SJCDA) and is a member of the executive board of the New Jersey Music
Educators Association (NJMEA).
Art conducted the 2009 New Jersey All-State Women’s Chorus and
the 2009 South Jersey Senior High Chorus. He will be an Adjunct Professor at Westminster Choir College this fall. He resides in Cherry Hill with
his wife, Maryann.
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
Chorus, Orchestra and Audience
Conducted by Keith Hodgson, President
New Jersey Music Educators Association
John Yaffé, Orchestra Conductor
Joyeuse marche .........................................Emmanuel Chabrier
Daphis et Chloé, Suite No. 2 ............................. Maurice Ravel
Southern Exposure..................................... John David Earnest
Orchestra
PRESENTATION OF PINS
TO THE CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Barbara Keshishian, President
New Jersey Education Association
Art McKenzie, Chorus Conductor
Hodie Christus natus est......................................... David Fryling
If Music be the Food of Love .................................. David Dickau
Sfogava con le Stele .....................................Claudio Monterverdi
Cloudburst ............................................................. Eric Whitacre
Bogoroditsye Dyevo .................................... Sergei Rachmaninoff
Pokpok Alimpako ........................................Francisco F. Feliciano
Children Go Where I Send Thee ...........Paul Caldwell/Sean Ivory
Chorus
John Yaffé, Orchestra
For more than fifteen years, conductor John
Yaffé has been a highly regarded member of New
York City’s musical community. He has conducted
at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Symphony Space,
and The 92nd Street Y, and has been lauded consistently by the New York Times and Opera News for
his ability to inspire performances with “transcendent concentration, exemplary preparation, freedom,
and commitment.”
During his career, Yaffé was championed by several major figures:
the great baritone Tito Gobbi, who invited him as musical assistant for
his master classes in Florence, Italy; Julius Rudel, Music Director of New
York City Opera, who invited him to join the company as an apprentice
conductor; the legendary singer George London, who, after attending
one of Yaffé’s performances, invited him to join the staff at the Washington (D.C.) National Opera; and Leonard Bernstein, who was Executor of
Marc Blitzstein’s estate and entrusted Yaffé with revisions to Blitzstein’s
opera Regina. Engagements at the “Wolf Trap Festival: and with symphony orchestras and opera houses in Maryland, Connecticut, Michigan,
California followed.
Soon after, Yaffé moved to Europe. He spent ten years as Répétiteur and Conductor in the German opera houses of Hagen, Münster,
Osnabrück and Stuttgart. In addition, he served as Music Director of
the Stuttgarter Operettentheater and was a guest conductor with the
Städtisches Orchester Remscheid, the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie,
the Symphonie-Orchester Graunke of Munich, the Staatsorchester
Stuttgart, the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, and the Alt-Wiener-StraussEnsemble. Joseph Leavitt, former Baltimore Symphony Executive Director, then brought Yaffé back to the USA to lead the burgeoning Florida
Philharmonic Orchestra as its Resident Conductor. During his tenure,
Yaffé conducted over 175 performances to critical acclaim.
Make Our Garden Grow (Candide) ................ Leonard Bernstein
Combined Orchestra & Chorus
Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
Adrian Phillips Ballroom of Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City
and
Sunday, November 18, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.
NJ-PAC Prudential Hall
Newark, NJ
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Justin Binek, Jazz Choir Director
Justin Binek is the Head of Vocal Jazz Studies at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia,
PA, where he directs the UArts Jazz Singers and
Vox pop a cappella ensemble; teaches Jazz Improvisation, Musicianship, and Applied Voice; and
serves as a voice department concert coordinator,
accompanist and vocal coach. Under his direction,
the UArts Jazz Singers performed at the 2008 International Society for Music Education (ISME)
World Conference in Bologna, Italy; the ensemble has also given
feature performances at the Berks Jazz Festival, Ohio Jazz Summit,
and the Delaware Music Educators Association and New Jersey Music Educators Association Conferences. Justin has also helped UArts
develop relationships with the Liverpool Institute of Music and the
Projazz Escuela Internacional de Musica in Santiago, Chile. Justin
also maintains an active jazz and classical performing schedule as a
singer, pianist, and clinician/adjudicator. He is an active arranger and
composer whose works are published by Sound Music Publications. A
contributing author to Diana Spradling’s groundbreaking book, Jazz
Singing: Artistry and Craft, Justin presented “The Ten Habits of Highly
Effective Scat Singers” at the 2008 International Association for Jazz
Education (IAJE) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, and at the
2008 ISME World Conference. He has been the music director and
conductor of the New Jersey Honors Jazz Choir since Fall 2007, and
has directed numerous other state and region level jazz and classical
honor choirs. Justin also serves on the faculty of the Halewynstichting
Jazz Workshop in Dworp, Belgium, and the Pro Music Summer Camp
in Tiffin, Ohio, and previously served as the Director of Jazz and Choral Ensembles at the University of Mary in Bismarck, ND. He holds a
Master’s Degree in Voice Performance and Jazz Studies from Western
Michigan University and Bachelor’s Degrees in Music Performance
and Music Education from the University of Mary.
The New Jersey Music Educators Association
proudly presents
The 2012 New Jersey
All-State Jazz Ensemble
and
Honors Jazz Choir
David Demsey, Jazz Ensemble Conductor
(Selections to include the following:)
Tuning Up ...................................................Toshiko Akiyoshi
Who, Me? ................................. Frank Foster, for Count Basie
Lil’ Darlin’ ............................................................. Neal Hefti
Big Dipper.. Thad Jones (from the WPU Thad Jones Archive)
Stolen Moments ....................Oliver Nelson arr. Paul Jennings
Randi .................................................................... Phil Woods
Take the ‘A’ Train ....................... Strayhorn arr. Ernie Wilkins
Lazy Day ............................................................. Bob Mintzer
My Foolish Heart ...................Victor Young, arr. Dave Rivello
Jacknife ............................... Randy Brecker, arr. Jim McNeely
There’s the Rub ........................................... Gordon Goodwin
Tow Away Zone ...................... Thad Jones, arr. Mike Carubia
Justin Binek, Honors Jazz Choir Conductor
(Program to be selected from the following:)
David Demsey, Jazz Ensemble Director
Beloved ........................................... Daahoud, arr. Justin Binek
Blue Skies .................................................. arr. Stephen Zegree
Singin’ In The Rain/Umbrella ........................arr. Kerry Marsh
There Is No Greater Love ............................... arr. Justin Binek
Voice Dance II .....................................................Greg Jasperse
Your Eyes ............................................ LaRue, arr. Justin Binek
David Demsey has been Professor of Music and
Coordinator of Jazz Studies at William Paterson University since 1992, having formerly been a member of
the music faculty, then Dean of Arts and Sciences at
the University of Maine at Augusta for twelve years.
A Boston area native with a bachelors degree in music education from the University of Maine, he earned a Doctorate in
Performance at the Eastman School of Music and a Master of Music
in Saxophone from the Juilliard School, the only saxophonist to hold
graduate degrees from these two schools. Demsey is equally active as
a classical and a jazz performer. He was featured with the Metropolitan Opera and on tour with the Kirov Orchestra of St. Petersburg.
A member of the American Saxophone Quartet for a decade, he has
premiered numerous solo and chamber works for saxophone. He was
the National Anthem performer at the 2005 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, at the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Game
in 2003 and 2005, for the Boston Red Sox, and regularly for the NBA
New Jersey Nets. Demsey is a busy educator and author. Winner of
the New Jersey Jazz Educator of the Year and William Paterson Alumni
Association Faculty Service Awards, he is a Selmer Jazz and Classical
Saxophone Clinician, and has been a guest performer, lecturer or conductor at over 90 universities, public schools, and festivals, including
recent residencies in Nanjing and Hangzhou, China, and in Ramallah,
Bethlehem and Jerusalem. He is Curator of the newly established William Paterson University Living Jazz Archives, containing the archives
of Clark Terry, Thad Jones and James Williams.
Finale
NJ Honors Jazz Choir & All-State Jazz Ensemble
TBA
Thursday, November 8 , 2012 at 4:30 p.m.
Trump Plaza Hotel, Atlantic City
and
Friday, November 16, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
NJ-PAC Prudential Hall
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2013 NJ Elementary & Junior High Honor Choirs
Page 1
3È È General Information 3
NJ - Music Educators Association & American Choral Directors Association
The New Jersey Music Educators Association in cooperation with the New Jersey American Choral Directors Association is
proud to announce the annual statewide Honor Choir program for outstanding elementary and junior high
singers in grades 4 through 9. Once again, two performing ensembles will be formed:
The NJ Elementary Honor Choir (grades 4-6, treble voicing)
The NJ Junior High Honor Choir (grades 7-9, mixed voicing)
DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Any church, school, or community choir director who is a member of NAfME and/or ACDA is eligible to sponsor students for
membership in the Honor Choirs. Students must be residents of New Jersey.
There is a limit of 16 student applicants from each school, church, or community chorus for each honor choir.
The director will be responsible for:
a. supervising the preparation of application & audition materials and sending all materials in one mailing
b. ensuring that students are musically prepared for the first rehearsal
c. coordinating efforts with the parents and sponsoring organization to assure that the singer is financed and has transportation provided and has all required paper work completed and submitted according to guidelines
d. Rehearsal & Festival Days: attending both days in their entirety and assisting is required of the director or a
pre-approved member of either NAfME or NJACDA
e. Directors who serve as a judge may be excused from one of the rehearsal days. Please check the box provided on
the application form and also email Debbie Mello at: dmello435@gmail.com if you would like to serve as a judge.
APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION
All details of this general information, the audition instructions, and the application form have been assembled with extraordinary care by the Honor Choir Committee. To ensure that applications and audition materials will be considered, all directions must be
followed exactly as printed. Questions may be addressed to the Honor Choirs Coordinator.
Applicants should submit a fully-completed application, a high-quality audition CD, and an application fee of $8.00 postmarked
by Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Audition results will be emailed following auditions. A hard copy will be mailed to directors, if requested. Registration forms and a $25.00 student participation fee must be postmarked no later than February 16, 2013.
Remember: for this initial application process, submit ONE check for the total amount of $8.00 application fees for your students. In all cases, checks must be made out to NJMEA (no school vouchers).
All communications are done through email. Directors must provide a current email address.
Prompt notification of email address changes is requested.
STUDENT PREPARATION
Music will be sent in early March, providing ample time in which to learn and memorize the material prior to the first rehearsal. It is expected that teachers will ensure complete student preparation. Student preparation will be monitored at the first rehearsal.
FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
Saturday, April 27, 2013: REHEARSAL DAY
The selected choirs will rehearse at New Providence HS, 35 Pioneer Drive, New Providence from 9:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 4, 2013: CONCERT DAY (J.P Case Middle School, Flemington, NJ)
9:00 am - Full Rehearsals with guest conductors
4:30 pm - Gala Final Concert
~ All singers must attend both dates for the full duration to be eligible to perform in the concert. There are no exceptions. ~
HONOR CHOIR COMMITTEE
Coordinator: Debbie Mello - dmello435@gmail.com
Elementary Manager: Janelle Heise
Junior High Manager: Edel Thomas
NOTE: The audition committee will meet on January 26, 2013. Audition materials received after this time cannot be considered,
even if they are postmarked prior to the January 16, 2013 deadline. It is the responsibility of the director to ensure audition materials arrive prior to the selection committee date.
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2013 NJ Elementary & Junior High Honor Choirs
NJ - Music Educators Association & American Choral Directors Association
ÈÈ ELEMENTARY Audition Instructions Page 2
These directions are for the ELEMENTARY HONOR CHOIR ONLY. See the next page for Junior High instructions.
Follow these directions exactly. Failure to adhere to these specific instructions will result in disqualification of the
auditioning singer. Remember that each school or organization may submit up to 16 sets of audition materials. However, care
should be taken to only submit tapes which represent a substantial amount of preparation.
Elementary
Honor Choir
STARTING PITCHES
(note: mC =middle C)
Vocalise
Elementary Honor Choir:
Sing the 2 indicated vocalises:
Voice Part
Pitch
Treble I 1. E above mC
2. C2
Treble II 1. middle C
2. Bb above mC
“All The Pretty Horses” solo
Sing the solo
(found on the application form)
with the following starting pitches:
Voice Part Key
Starting Pitch
Treble I
Treble II
G above mC
E above mC
g minor
e minor
1. APPLICATION FORM (see page 4 for Form)
s $UPLICATE AS NEEDED #OMPLETE THOROUGHLY AND LEGIBLY
2. PREPARING TO RECORD THE AUDITION CD
s 5SE ONLY NEW QUALITY #$ AND QUALITY RECORDING EQUIPMENT
s /NLY THE STUDENTS VOICE MAY APPEAR ON THE #$ !T NO TIME
may sounds, instruments or voices assist the student during singing.
s 3TARTING PITCHES ONLY MAY BE GIVEN BY PITCH PIPE ACCURATELY TUNED PIANO OR
voice.
3. LABELING THE AUDITION CD
s #$S MUST BE IN COMMERCIAL CASES
s /NLY SINGER MAY BE RECORDED PER #$
s ,ABEL BOTH the CD and case with only:
A 4HE SINGERS NAME
B 4HE SINGERS VOICE PART
4. RECORDING THE AUDITION CD
s 4HE RECORDED AUDITION HAS PARTS WHICH MUST APPEAR IN THE ORDER LISTED
I. SPOKEN INTRODUCTION. At the beginning of the CD, in a clear voice,
the singer (not the teacher) must speak the following sentence, filling
blanks with appropriate information: “My name is ____, I am in the ____
grade, and I am auditioning for the voice part of ____.”
II. VOCALISE. As indicated in the column at the left, elementary applicants
will sing the two printed vocalises, using the two starting pitches indicated
in the column at left. The initial pitch must sound prior to the sung
scale. All vocalises must be sung a cappella. The vocalise is printed on
the staff below. The student will introduce each vocalise by speaking the
following sentence, filling the blank with the pitch name:
“My starting pitch for this vocalise is ____ .”
Ill. “All The Pretty Horses” (see Application Form for solo).
The song must be sung a cappella. Starting pitches are given in the
column at the left. The initial pitch must sound prior to the sung solo.
The student will introduce the solo by speaking the following sentence,
filling the blank with the appropriate information:
My starting pitch for “All The Pretty Horses” is ____.”
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2013 NJ Elementary & Junior High Honor Choirs
NJ - Music Educators Association & American Choral Directors Association
È ÈJUNIOR HIGH Audition Instructions Page 3
These directions are for the JUNIOR HIGH HONOR CHOIR ONLY.
Follow these directions exactly. Failure to adhere to these specific instructions will result in disqualification of the
auditioning singer. Remember that each school or organization may submit up to 16 sets of audition materials. However, care
should be taken to only submit tapes which represent a substantial amount of preparation.
Junior High
Honor Choir
STARTING PITCHES
(note: mC =middle C)
Scales
Voice Part
Starting Pitches
Soprano I
1. E above mC
2. A above mC
Soprano II
1. D above mC
2. G above mC
Alto
1. A below mC
2. E above mC
4ENOR
% BELOW M#s
2. G below mC
Bass I
1. B 8va below mC
2. D below mC
"ASS ))
' VA BELOW M#s
2. C 8va below mC
s -AY BE SUNG DESCENDING lRST
“Velvet Shoes” solo
Voice Part Key
Starting Pitch
Sop I
g minor
G above mC
Sop II
f minor
F above mC
Alto
e minor
E above mC
Tenor
g minor
G below mC
Bass I
e minor
E below mC
Bass II d minor
D below mC
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1. APPLICATION FORM (see page 4 for Form)
s $UPLICATE AS NEEDED #OMPLETE THOROUGHLY AND LEGIBLY
2. PREPARING TO RECORD THE AUDITION CD
s 5SE ONLY NEW QUALITY #$ AND QUALITY RECORDING EQUIPMENT
s /NLY THE STUDENTS VOICE MAY APPEAR ON THE #$ !T NO TIME
may sounds, instruments or voices assist the student during singing.
s 3TARTING PITCHES ONLY MAY BE GIVEN BY PITCH PIPE ACCURATELY TUNED PIANO OR
voice.
3. LABELING THE AUDITION CD
s #$S MUST BE IN COMMERCIAL CASES
s /NLY SINGER MAY BE RECORDED PER #$
s ,ABEL BOTH the CD and case with only:
A 4HE SINGERS NAME
B 4HE SINGERS VOICE PART
4. RECORDING THE AUDITION CD
s 4HE RECORDED AUDITION HAS PARTS WHICH MUST APPEAR IN THE ORDER LISTED
I. SPOKEN INTRODUCTION. At the beginning of the CD, in a clear voice,
the singer (not the teacher) must speak the following sentence, filling
blanks with appropriate information: “My name is ____, I am in the ____
grade, and I am auditioning for the voice part of ____.”
II. SCALES Junior High applicants will sing two diatonic scales (each spanning the range of an octave), using the starting pitches indicated for their
voice part in the column to the left. Scales must be sung a cappella, using
the vowel sound “Ah” Legato Style. The initial pitch must sound prior to
the sung scale.
Tempo: mm = 66 to 80 (one pitch = one beat).
High Scale - ascend, breath, descend
Low Scale - ascend, breath, descend
“My starting pitch for the scale is ____.”
Ill. “All The Pretty Horses” (see Application Form for solo).
The song must be sung a cappella. Starting pitches are given in the
column at the left. The initial pitch must sound prior to the sung solo.
The student will introduce the solo by speaking the following sentence,
filling the blank with the appropriate information:
My starting pitch for “All The Pretty Horses” is ____.”
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