Delaware All-State Senior Choir is open by audition to any 9th-12th 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 500 students audition for the mixed choir and treble choir, and between 200-250 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. 

Conductors for this year are Rollo Dilworth (Mixed) and Greg Gilpin (Treble)!!!
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2019-2020 Senior All-State Choir Audition Information

Auditions will be held on November 23, 2019 at Smyrna High School.
Specific audition times have not yet been assigned.

Requirements:
1. Quartet
"The Bridge Builder" by Eleanor Daley - The audition selection will begin from the pickups to measure 37 through the word "even-tide" in measure 67 for all voice parts.
Students will be assessed on:
Tone—10 points, Pitch Accuracy—10 points, Rhythmic Accuracy—10 points, Dynamics—10 points, Phrasing—10 points, and Diction—10 points

2. Sight Reading
Sight reading will be 6 measures in length, will start and end on Do with no accidentals and no more than a third skip. Sight reading will be in either the key of C, F or G Major. 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.

​3. Scales (all scales are major)
Keys are as follows and will be sung ascending and descending in the same key:
Soprano I - A major, Soprano II - F major, Alto I - E major, Alto II - A major (starting below middle C), Tenor I - F major, Tenor II - D major, Bass I - A major, Bass II - F major

Students will hear a track that will contain the I-IV-V-I chord progression, starting pitch, and a 4-beat click to establish tempo. The exact track along with expected rhythm of each scale will be available by the end of September. Students will sing the scales a cappella using solfeggio, or a neutral syllable, and are expected to perform the correct rhythm in the established tempo. Students will be assessed on:
Rhythmic Accuracy—5 points, Pitch Accuracy—5 points, Tone—5 points
The following will be the rhythm used for each scale with the Quarter Note=95

​All applications are due to Mrs. Anderson by October 4, 2019.  See Mrs. Anderson for a copy of the application, or go to delawaremea.org.

2019-2020 Welcome Letter

All-State Application

Audition Tracks