Friday, May 4, 2018 by Brian Glosh | Uncategorized

Please let us know ASAP if you will be traveling or otherwise unavailable on June 1 or 2. Also, senior girls, please let Mr. Glosh know if you will be taking a makeup exam on Friday afternoon, so we can include you on Saturday’s schedule.

Juries are open to parents and other singers – please plan to support your children and colleagues! Instead of an outside adjudicator, Mr. McCarthy, Ms. Mondel and Ms. Stuart will provide written remarks for voice juries, and Ms. Suter and Mr. Straley will provide comments for piano juries. We may also give suggestions and offer technical or musical ideas in person. Repertoire requirements for all choristers are: 

VOICE

-Unaccompanied folksong, from memory 

-3 Repertoire selections as assigned by voice teacher, from memory 

PIANO

-3 pieces as assigned by piano instructor (not memorized)

For both juries, choristers will choose their first selections, and the panel will then request parts or all of the additional selections. It is quite possible that you will not perform each of your three pieces in its entirety. For voice juries, please be prepared to explain the meaning of each of your pieces in a sentence or two, and know the title and composer of each piece.

We are very pleased to have Andrew Jonathan Welch accompanying the voice juries. Although there will not be a rehearsal opportunity with Dr. Welch prior to juries, singers will be given a chance to set tempi before singing.

Aural skills testing, which includes sight-singing, as well as piano scales and arpeggios will be tested by piano instructors during regular choir rehearsals the previous week (May 21-25) and will not be part of the public presentations. 

Thank you for your preparation! We look forward to hearing you.