Delaware All-State Junior Chorus is open by audition to any 7th and 8th grade public, private or parochial student in the State of Delaware who participates in his or her school choir. For students to be eligible, the teacher/director of the qualifying ensemble must be a member of DMEA. Every year approximately 350 students audition for the choir and between 100 to 150 students are selected to participate. A guest conductor is brought in to work with the students and a concert is given following two days of intense rehearsal. This is a wonderful opportunity for your child to meet students from other schools, learn about what other choirs in the state are doing and work with a guest conductor who will no doubt bring another perspective to the choral art. 

If your child is accepted into the chorus, attendance at every rehearsal for the full rehearsal time, as well as attendance at the concert is mandatory. Please refer to the DMEA All-State Operations Manual (DMEA website) as well as the DMEA All-State Contract (All-State application) for detailed regulations.
Important Dates and Locations:
Applications MUST be to Mrs.B by Tuesday, October 8, 2019 so that she can get a check from the Music Boosters for all auditioning students and take the forms to Mr. Keister to sign!
•  October 11, 2019 (postmarked) – Application/Payment
•   November 23, 2019 – Junior Chorus Auditions – Smyrna Middle School
•   January 25, 2020 - Jr. Chorus Reading Rehearsal   9:00 AM - Noon Springer Middle School
 •   February 1, 2020– Jr. Chorus Reading Rehearsal   9:00 AM - Noon Same Locations as Above
•   February 8, 2020 - Jr. Chorus Reading Rehearsal   Weather Date
•   February 20 - 21, 2020 – State Rehearsals 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM .   Dover High School
•  February 22, 2020 – Rehearsal (1:00 PM) and Concert (4:00 PM) Dover High School
Click below if you are interested in auditioning for All-State Junior Chorus this year!

I'm Interested in All-State!!

2018 Caravel Junior All-State Members
Left to Right: Katie Doyle (8th), Jared Jones (8th), Brianna Bonsu (8th), Riley Hearn (7th)

All-State Rehearsal

AUDITION REHEARSAL TRACKS:

Sing Do up to Do and back down to Do. Then Do down to SOL and back to Do. 

Use the Sight Reading practice sheet I gave you to practice with the recording below.

Audition Requirements 
DON'T PANIC!! I Will HELP YOU!! It isn't as hard as you think!!! 

•   Quartet                    Gloria–Vivaldi (Drew Collins, ed) SATB, CPDL
                        http://www0.cpdl.org/wiki/images/9/92/Vivaldi-gloria1.pdf
            (Link also available on DMEA website)
Music begins m. 16, begin singing at M. 17 and stop at M. 48
Students will sing their appropriate voice part along with a recording playing the other voice parts. Sheet music will be provided for the audition.  Memorization is not required.
Rehearsal tracks will be posted by the end of September. Mrs. Busovsky will also work with any student wanting to audition during scheduled H periods.
 For the Quartet students will be assessed on Tone Quality, Intonation, Pitch Accuracy, Rhythm & Tempo, Diction & Phrasing, and Range.  Each category is worth 5 points with a total of 30 points possible.
 •   Sight-Reading                     
               - Exercise will start on the tonic and will contain only stepwise motion
                - Exercise will be 4 measures in length
                - Range will not exceed one octave
                - Note value will not be less than eighth notes & the exercise will include rests
                         Keys will be as follows:                   Soprano           F
                                                                                    Alto                 C
                                                                                    Tenor               A flat
                                                                                    Baritone          E flat
 **Solfege letters and numbers are below each note for the students to use.  Students may have 2 attempts at the sight-reading and receive a total of 6 points—3 points for Rhythmic Accuracy and 3 points for Pitch Accuracy.

Examples Of the Sight Reading:

How to Prepare:

Mrs. Busovsky offers rehearsal time during select H period until the audition. We will have one last run through for any one that may need a quick run through from 3-3:30 pm on Friday, November 22nd before the audition. Attendance at the H period rehearsals are not required however, the more you attend the more prepared you will be! Please utilize the links above and also read the sight-reading requirements and practice your sight reading using your Sight Reading Factory account to assist you with rehearsing sight reading examples before your audition. I will show you how to use Sight Reading Factory in class and in our All-State rehearsals. We will also rehearse sight reading in our rehearsals. Sightreading Factory is a HUGE help so utilize it! YOU ONLY GET BETTER AT SIGHT READING BY PRACTICING!!!! :-)