Delaware All-State Senior Chorus 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 women's 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. 
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2018-2019 Senior All-State Choir Audition Information

Auditions will be held on November 17, 2018 at Smyrna High School.
Specific audition times have not yet been assigned.

Requirements:
1.Quartet
Dies Irae
Setting: Zdenek Lukas
SSATB-#9500585
The piece is available on jwpepper.com.
An original of the piece will be available in each audition room.

Audition will begin from Rehearsal “4” (mm. 28) to the end for all voice parts. Students will sing their auditioned part with a CD containing the vocal parts excluding the auditioned part. To clarify, if a student is auditioning for Tenor 2, they should sing the Tenor 2 part when it splits for the audition.
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 10.  See Mrs. Anderson for a copy of the application, or go to delawaremea.org.

Audition Tracks