The All-District Honor Choir is an opportunity for singers from District 12 to rehearse challenging music, and work with a renowned choral conductor at an advanced level.Each year the All District Chorus performances are powerful and memorable.There are two All-District Choirs.The Women’s Chorus is for grades 9 & 10.The SATB Chorus is for men grades 9-12 and women grades 11 & 12.
To audition for this choir, you are to prepare a piece of music, and sight read.The audition process is a good experience for all singers and I encourage everyone to go for it.However you should only audition if you truly intend to be a part of the choir.If you get accepted and don’t attend, you are taking the spot of someone who really wants to be there.
Members of Chamber Singers and Women’s Camerata are the leadership of our choral program and therefore required to go through the audition process.If you audition for the chorus, you will receive an automatic 100.If you choose not to audition for the chorus, you will go through the same audition process, but with me.Your score will be based on your preparation.
Students who make it into the All District Chorus in grades 11 and 12 are then eligible to audition for the All State Chorus.Only be being admitted to the All District Chorus can you be eligible for the All State Chorus.
The Audition Process
This year the audition will be held at Flint Hill School in Oakton, VA on November 7th.
The audition fee is $6.00 and checks can be made payable to HB Woodlawn.
You must sign me up for a certain Audition Block.Your audition will be at some point during the block.You must arrive before your block to warm-up and be ready to audition.
Block A = 8:00 am to 10:00 am
Block B = 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Block C = 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
This year’s prepared piece is “Hallelujah” from The Mount of Olivesby Ludwig van Beethoven.
After the prepared piece, you will then be asked to sight read eight measures of music.You will have 30 seconds to study and only one chance to perform.Stay calm and give it your best try!
PartKey
SopranosG
AltosD
TenorsF
BassesC
The audition results will be posted on Monday after the audition.
District Chorus Audition Music & Practice Tracks
This year’s prepared piece is “Hallelujah” from The Mount of Olivesby Ludwig van Beethoven.
NOTE: The measure numbers are from the BEGINNING of the entire octavo starting with the piano introduction and the Hallelujah sections. All of the audition sections come from the Allegro Moderato.
VOICE PART
PIANO BEGINS
SINGER BEGINS
SINGER ENDS
Soprano I
m. 52
m. 54
m. 65
Soprano II
*Accompanist will play starting pitch and count four beats before singer enters.
m. 19
m. 19
m. 39
Alto I
m. 21
m. 23
m. 39
Alto II only gr. 11&12
m. 49
m. 51
m. 63
Tenor I
m. 41
m. 43
m. 59, beat 1
Tenor II
m. 25
m. 27
m. 39
Bass I
m. 53
m. 55
m. 65
Bass II
m. 53
m. 55
m. 75
Below you will find a link to the practice track. Click on your voice part and the accompaniment will begin in Windows Media Player.
Be sure to use the above directions. If you put in the name of the school into Mapquest, you will get directions to the wrong campus (East Campus on the corner of 123 and Jermantown Rd.).
Chamber Singers & Women's Camerata
Members of Chamber Singers and Women's Camerata are required to go through the audition process. Only those who are seriously interested in auditioning for the actual chorus should audition on Saturday. These students will receive an automatic 100 for this assignment. Those that do not wish to be in the All District Chorus must audition for Bill on Monday November 9th or Tuesday November 10th. Your assignment grade will be based on your audition preparation.
District Chorus Committment Form
Click the following link to open the form. Please print these out and fill them out completely. It is your responsibility to get all signatures before returning it to Bill.
