9th Grade Mixed Opus Honor Choir 2018

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1 9th Grade Mixed Opus Honor Choir 0 ELIGIBILITY: You must be a curnt ACTIVE, RETIRED or LIFE member of American Choral Dictors Associaon teaching in IOWA to audion students for the Iowa Opus Honor Choirs. Each member may subt up to twelve () singers that a acve in their public or private school choral ensembles, church choirs, or community choirs in the state of Iowa. Singers may not be subtted by ACDA student members. You may join, update or new memberships at acda.org DEADLINES: Audions will be accepted: Beginning: August, 0 Ending: :9pm, September, 0 All audion MP cordings must be subtted through the website, opusevent.com TO AUDITION STUDENTS:. Ppa the SEPARATE MP files for each student using these guidelines: Track : Sing an ascending and descending ONE OCTAVE major scale using fège, numbers, or a neutral sylble unaccompanied (Beginning pitches for each voice part a stated below.) Soprano- beginning on G (above ddle C) Alto- beginning on D (above ddle C) Tenor- beginning on F (below ddle C) Bass- beginning on G (octave and a fourth below ddle C) * AMERICA AND THE SCALE ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT KEYS FOR BASS! Track : Sing the first verse of (My Country 's of Thee) unaccompanied (Beginning pitches for each voice part a stated below.) Soprano- beginning on G (above ddle C) Alto- beginning on D (above ddle C) Tenor- beginning on F (below ddle C) Bass- beginning on Bb (octave and second below ddle C) * AMERICA AND THE SCALE ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT KEYS FOR BASS! Track : Audion excerpt (selected from 0 Opus literatu) unaccompanied Cantate Dono, Hans Leo Hassler (phonecs can be found on the ICDA website) Soprano- measu, beat -- measu, beat Alto- measu, beat -- measu, beat Tenor- measu, beat -- measu, beat Bass- measu, beat -- measu, beat Tempo: Half note = -

2 NUTS and BOLTS: A SEPARATE ENTRY must be subtted for each singer. Each singer must have the separate tracks. A LIMIT of singers per ACDA membership Sing the complete excerpt. Do NOT ot measus for any ason! Students should NOT give their name on the cordings. Those who viote this will be disqualified. Use quality cording equipment. Poor equipment can make an excellent voice sound below average. To avoid possible problems, it is advised to listen to your cording befo you subt. The use of any headphone device, softwa, or any other filtering or manipuon of sound to aid in the student s performance for any piece is strictly prohibited! Splicing mulple cordings together to cate a new one is also prohibited. Failu to comply will sult in disqualificaon. Dictors will ceive an noficaon with students selected for the 0 Opus Honor Choir. Please note: Noficaon will ONLY be sent via the subtng member s ACDA (not ICDA) primary . It is each member s sponsibility to ensu corct membership status and addsses through the ACDA Naonal office. Dictor notes with specific instrucons for the pparaon of all Opus selecons will be avaible online at (after Sep. ) for students selected for the Opus Honor Choir. The will be NO dictor notes avaible for the audion excerpt. Please not subt students who will be unable to ceive music pparaon from their subtng dictors following their acceptance. FINANCIAL OBLIGATION: Students audioning: Audion music Audion fee / $ per student subtted Students accepted: All Honor Choir music (No illegal photocopied music) Registraon fee of $ (The gistraon fee includes a noon meal cket, button, and cerficate of parcipaon.) Transportaon to and from the Honor Choir and lodging if necessary The Iowa Choral Dictors Associaon Opus Comttee serves the right to make final deternaon of singers eligibility for acceptance in the Opus Honor Choirs. Failu to adhe to all rules by any subtng dictor may sult in the disqualificaon of any or all of the dictor s students subtted for consideraon. Quesons from choral dictors should be addssed to: Adam Orban, Opus Chair opus@iowachoral.org

3 Sco 9th Mixed Opus Audion Material Soprano % My coun - try 's of thee sweet nd of li - ber-ty % Land whe my - ther's died nd of the pil - % from ev - 'ry moun - tain - side let fe - m You can sing the scale on fege, numbers, or a neutral sylble like "." You may choose any neutral sylble. % Opus 0

4 Sco 9th Mixed Opus Audion Material Alto % My coun - try 's of thee sweet nd of li - ber-ty % Land whe my - ther's died nd of the pil - % from ev - 'ry moun - tain - side let fe - m You can sing the scale on fege, numbers, or a neutral sylble like "." You may choose any neutral sylble. % Opus 0

5 Sco 9th Mixed Opus Audion Material Tenor Υ α Υ α My coun - try 's of thee sweet nd of li - ber-ty Land whe my - ther's died nd of the pil - Υ α from ev - 'ry moun - tain - side let fe - m You can sing the scale on fege, numbers, or a neutral sylble like "." You may choose any neutral sylble. Υ α Opus 0

6 Sco 9th Mixed Opus Audion Material Bass > α α My coun - try 's of thee sweet nd of li - ber-ty > α α Land whe my - ther's died nd of the pil - > α α from ev - 'ry moun - tain - side let fe - m SCALE AND "AMERICA" ARE IN TWO DIFFERENT KEYS!!! You can sing the scale on fege, numbers, or a neutral sylble like "." You may choose any neutral sylble. >

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