About Auditions

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Auditions for 2025-26 are August 9th, 2025.

Open auditions are held the first week in August. Once you have submitted your Audition Application, you will be contacted for the purposes of scheduling an audition.  Regular rehearsals are held on Tuesday nights 7:00-9:30 p.m. at Saint James United Methodist Church. We begin with both our membership meeting and first rehearsal in August, and rehearsals last through the end of the season.
Audition Application

Audition Procedures

  1. Auditions are video recorded and deleted once the singer roster is finalized each season. Recorded instructions will guide you through the audition procedure.
  2. Vocalizing exercises. This will feel like a warmup. Evaulation focus will be on range, tone, intonation, agility, and vocal technique.
  3. An 8-measure exercise will be provided. The recording will play your tonic triad. You will then have 30 seconds to study and practice. Feel free to practice out loud, but you cannot use the piano. After 30 seconds, the recording will say “stop” and play the tonic triad again. When it says “begin” you will sing the exercise a cappella.
  4. Pitch retention. The recording will play 4 pitches, and you echo those 4 pitches on the neutral syllable of your choice. You will only hear it once, and you will have about 10 seconds between each set of 4 pitches. There will be 5 sets of 4 pitches in total.
  5. Prepared piece. Prepare one of the following pieces, to be sung a cappella in the key of your choice. You will sing your selection twice, once with vibrato and once without vibrato. The lyrics for each selection can be found below.

Amazing Grace Verse 1

My Country Tis of Thee Verse 1

The Rose (By Amanda McBroom, From the motion picture, The Rose starring Bette Midler)