Honors Festivals
DISTRICT 3 INFO:
District 3 Honors Festival
When: Fri. January 24th & Sat. January 25th 2020
Where: Cony High School – Augusta, ME
What: This is a two-day festival for students in grades 9-12. Students attending this festival have been through the audition process and have earned their places in the Honors Band, SATB Chorus, or Treble Choir. The festival is run on a consecutive Friday and Saturday, with a concert on Saturday afternoon.
District 3 Auditions
When: Monday, October 21ST
Where: Cony High School
Choral Audition Materials: https://sites.google.com/site/mmeadistrict3/Home/student-festivals/senior-high-honors-festival/high-school-chorus-audition-information
- Prepared Solo – Sebben Crudele
- Learn the Soprano/Tenor (High) or Alto/Bass (Low) Version
- Sing along with the accompaniment track
- Scale Singing –
- Soprano/Tenor in F Major, Alto/Bass in Bb Major
- Sing the ascending and descending scale on solfege syllables
- The student will hear the I-IV-V-I chords followed by the tonic/octave starting note to provide tonality
- Sight Singing –
- Soprano/Tenor in F Major, Alto/Bass in Bb Major
- The examples will only use Do, Re, Mi, Fa & Sol
- The examples will only be step-wise
- The examples will be 4 measures in length
- Any combination of whole, half, quarter and eighth notes (no more than two eighth notes in a row)
- The examples will both start and end on Do
- The student will hear the I-IV-V-I chords followed by the tonic/octave starting note to provide tonality (Students may request the starting note to be played more than once)
- Go to maineallstatechorusauditions.com for help with preparation
JAZZ ALL STATE INFO 2019:
Jazz All State Honors Festival
When: Thurs. January 2nd – Sat. January 4th 2020
Where: Bangor High School– Bangor, ME
What: This is a three-day festival for students in grades 9-12. Students attending this festival have been through the audition process and have earned their places in the Honors Bands, SATB Chorus, or Treble Choir, representing the top jazz musicians in the state of Maine. The festival is run on a consecutive Thursday – Saturday, with a concert on Saturday afternoon.
Jazz All State Auditions
When: Friday, October 11th, 2019
Where: The University of Maine @ Augusta
Choral Audition Materials:
http://www.mainemmea.org/jazz-all-state-audition-material.html
- Prepared Solo – Ballad – Our Love Is Here To Stay
- Learn the Soprano/Tenor (High) or Alto/Bass (Low) Version
- Sing along with the accompaniment track
- Choral Assessment – Vocal Etude– Sweet Georgia
- Learn your part and sing it in with the other parts on the recording
- Scat Singing –
- All students are required to scat for 32 measures – the entirety of the vocal etude
CLASSICAL ALL STATE INFO:
All State Honors Festival
When: Thurs. May 14th – Sat. May 16th 2020
Where: University of Maine – Orono, ME
What: This is a three-day festival for students in grades 9-12. Students attending this festival have been through the audition process and have earned their places in the Honors Band, Orchestra, SATB Chorus, or Treble Choir, representing the top musicians in the state of Maine. The festival is run on a consecutive Thursday – Saturday, with a concert on Saturday afternoon.
All State Auditions
When: Saturday, November 16th, 2019
Where: Lawrence High School
Choral Audition Materials:
http://maineallstatechorusauditions.com/
- Prepared Solo – Sebben Crudele
- Learn the Soprano/Tenor (High) or Alto/Bass (Low) Version
- Sing along with the accompaniment track
- Choral Assessment – Those Sweet, Delightful Lillies
- Learn your part and sing it in with the other parts on the recording
- Scale Singing –
- Soprano/Tenor in F Major, Alto/Bass in Bb Major
- Sing the ascending and descending scale on solfege syllables
- The student will hear the I-IV-V-I chords followed by the tonic/octave starting note to provide tonality
- Sight Singing –
- Soprano/Tenor in F Major, Alto/Bass in Bb Major
- The examples may use all scale syllables
- All examples will start on either the lower or upper tonic (Do)
- The examples will be 8 measures in length
- The examples will be in A-B-A-C form (measures 1&2 will be the same as measures 5&6)
- Any combination of whole, dotted half, half, quarter, dotted quarter and eighth notes may be used
- The student will hear the I-IV-V-I chords followed by the tonic/octave starting note to provide tonality (Students may request the starting note to be played more than once)
- Go to maineallstatechorusauditions.com for help with preparation