Contact Karen Dollins at kdollins@pleasanthillschools.com
Entry fees will now be $10 per entry.
2019 Information
West Central All-District Choir Audition Information
DEADLINE: Thursday, August 29, 2019
NO Entries will be accepted after this!
Questions regarding the Junior/Senior All-District Choir or Women's Honor Choir should be directed to Karen Dollins.
Please send any mail correspondence to:
Karen Dollins, WCMMEA Choral VP
Pleasant Hill High School
1 Rooster Way
Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
Fax: 816 987-6084
Questions regarding the 9-10th Grade Honor Choir should be directed to Michele Bilyeu.
General Information
Please read all information carefully!
Auditions will be held Saturday, September 7th, 2019 at Pleasant Hill High School. Please do not make special requests for times if not absolutely necessary, as too many requests will make the day extremely difficult to schedule. Students MUST audition at their assigned times or they will disqualify themselves from the audition! We will NOT be able to allow students to be "worked in" as has been done in the past. I apologize now to you and your students for any inconvenience this may cause.
Registration/Payment
We will be registering online this year for all of the choir/band events. Please go to the following website: www.wcmmea.com. You will then click the registration button on the front page and register your students. Please remember that there is a maximum of 8 auditionees per part (SATB).
You can fax a copy of your P.O. to Karen Dollins at Pleasant Hill High School, or mail your check or P.O. prior to the audition date. Please include a copy of your registration if sending payment by mail. It is also allowed to turn in either full payment or a copy of the PO at registration the day of auditions. Either a copy of your P.O. (not requisition) or full payment must be received before your students will be allowed to audition. Checks should be made payable to WCMMEA and mailed to me. Also, please tell your bookkeeper not to combine this payment with any others for other events, such as the 9/10 Honor Choir or All-State Auditions. Failure to do so could result in your school not receiving proper credit for payment. The fee is $10 per entry, which must be paid even if the entry cancels. If you need an invoice in order for your school to process payment, please print the completed registration form for use as an invoice.
Auditions
Students need to be ready to perform 2 minutes of a contest style solo piece. Please make sure your students know that they may be cut off as early as 1 ½ minutes, and will be allowed to sing no longer than 2 minutes. There will be no penalty for being cut off and it will have no bearing on their audition score. They may also use music if they wish. However, remember that copied music is STRICTLY PROHIBITED, and the use of any copied music will result in disqualification, unless proper documentation giving permission to copy music has been provided to the audition coordinator. Students are encouraged to perform the best two minutes of their song (not necessarily starting at the beginning and keeping piano interludes at a minimum). You do not need to supply music for the judges, as it is a blind audition. Judges will not be able see or speak to the student; they will only be able to hear them. You must provide your own accompaniment. If you need help finding an accompanist, let me know before the audition date. CD/tape accompaniments are allowed (although not recommended) and you must provide your own CD or tape player. Remember that a live accompanist can be much more helpful if a student gets nervous and jumps an entrance, misses an entrance, skips a verse, etc. Please remember that the student and the accompanist are the only people allowed in the solo audition room. Directors and/or private teachers WILL NOT be allowed in the performance room!!!
After singing the prepared solo (or before if they prefer as long as they are on time for their solo audition), students will then proceed to another room and complete the key signature identification and melodic and part specific sight-singing. I have included a sight reading sample in the mailing, and you can also find extra examples along with the audio on the MCDA website (www.moacda.org ) under the tab for District Choir. Scoring procedures may also be found on this website.
Two warm-up rooms will be provided, however directors and students are asked to keep their time in these rooms short (2 min. per student). We typically have close to 400 students auditioning for All-District choir and only 2 warm-up rooms. You may also bring cd players and/or keyboards to practice with in the commons.
The Audition schedule will be posted to my website by Thursday, September 5th. Rosters for the 11/12 All-District Choir and the 11/12 Women's Honor Choir will be posted on my website Saturday night after 8pm. You may also call me after 8pm.
Performance/Clinic
The performance date will be Saturday October 12th, 2019 at Oak Grove High School. Registration will begin at 7:45, rehearsals will begin at 8:15 AM and the concert will begin at 5:30 PM. All-State Auditions will take place during the afternoon rehearsals. Kip Mathew from Harrisonville High School is our All-State Coordinator and is charge of this process. Any student who makes the Junior/Senior All-District Choir is eligible to audition for the All-State Choir. Members of the Women's Honor Choir are not eligible to audition for the All-State Choir. Students and a teacher or certified school representative must be present during the entire district rehearsal and performance for the student to be eligible for All-State auditions and placement. This is a MSHSAA rule and is not negotiable.
REPERTOIRE:
All of the repertoire is available on the jwpepper.com website. Check under the "more" tab and you can pull up our state and these choirs are listed.
Repertoire is also available for a quick turn around from The Musicians Choice, LLC, Don Koller at 816- 781-9700 or website at www.themusicianschoice.net
11/12th Grade All-District Choir Repertoire
Conductor: Dr. Charles Robinson- UMKC
Locus Iste – Anton Bruckner
I know everyone will have drilled this as the audition piece…still, I offer this model recording as a sensitive, professional example of what we will try to present in concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUGBoR__nnA - mostly, sing beautifully, with thoughtful text stresses and taper phrase shapes
Festival Sanctus – John Leavitt – SATB – pno – Alfred Music - https://www.jwpepper.com/Festival-Sanctus/1699032.item#/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KKrSW9HUBs
I Am Not Yours – David Childs – SATB – pno – Santa Barbara Music #SBMP 1231 - https://sbmp.com/STM.php?CatalogNumber=1231
Model recording – Murray State University Concert Choir - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vJy1DQaoE
True Light – Keith Hampton – SATB – pno – Earthsongs Music - https://www.jwpepper.com/True-Light/3700850.item#/submit
Model recording – Massachusetts All-State – Anton Armstorng - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LqhZPq1p8c
Performance notes: (a) soloists –soprano or baritone) should learn the written parts before they arrive at the first rehearsal, and be prepared to sing at our first reading of the piece; (b) final section, we will repeat measures 52 – 54 one time, then go to m. 55; (c) measure 55, soprano I sing the tenor I/II up an octave while soprano II sings as written; (d) measure 59 all sustain with fermata FF (e) we will plan to sing this piece memorized
An American Hymn – Cecil Effinger – SATB – pno and three trumpets (see attached PDF parts)
Model recording – Washington All-State – used as rehearsal track for a high school there: https://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/high/liberty/staff/mrs_woods_site/m/rehearsal_tracks_lhs/241737
Attachments area
Preview YouTube video Anton Brucker - Locus iste - The Sixteen
Anton Brucker - Locus iste - The Sixteen
Preview YouTube video Festival Sanctus - Canticum Bucharest Choir
Festival Sanctus - Canticum Bucharest Choir
Preview YouTube video I Am Not Yours, David Childs - Murray State University Concert Choir
I Am Not Yours, David Childs - Murray State University Concert Choir
Preview YouTube video True Light ~ Massachusetts All-State Choir 2011
True Light ~ Massachusetts All-State Choir 2011
11/12th Women's Honor Choir Repetoire
Be Like the Bird: Abbie Betinis
Laudamus Te (from Gloria): Vivaldi, ed. John Leavitt SA
Lunar Lullaby: Jacob Narverud SA
I’m On My Way: Anthony Trecek-King SSA
Conductor- Erin Plisco - MSU
Erin Plisco is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at Missouri State University, where she helps lead a comprehensive choral program of over 300 singers, conducts multiple choirs, and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting and literature. She is completing a Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting from the University of Arizona, where she studied conducting with Bruce Chamberlain and voice with Elizabeth Futral. She completed the Master of Music in Choral Studies at Trinity College, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), where she was a recipient of the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship and studied with Grammy-nominated conductor Stephen Layton. Erin has conducted choirs of all ages across the United States and Europe, receiving numerous awards at national festivals and competitions, performing by invitation at State Conferences, and winning The American Prize for high school choral ensemble performance in 2013. She is a past recipient of the Colleen Kirk Award, given by the ACDA Southern Division in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a young conductor, and has spent three summers as a choral fellow with the Yale School of Music -Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut, under the direction of Simon Carrington.
DEADLINE: Thursday, August 29, 2019
NO Entries will be accepted after this!
Questions regarding the Junior/Senior All-District Choir or Women's Honor Choir should be directed to Karen Dollins.
Please send any mail correspondence to:
Karen Dollins, WCMMEA Choral VP
Pleasant Hill High School
1 Rooster Way
Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
Fax: 816 987-6084
Questions regarding the 9-10th Grade Honor Choir should be directed to Michele Bilyeu.
General Information
Please read all information carefully!
Auditions will be held Saturday, September 7th, 2019 at Pleasant Hill High School. Please do not make special requests for times if not absolutely necessary, as too many requests will make the day extremely difficult to schedule. Students MUST audition at their assigned times or they will disqualify themselves from the audition! We will NOT be able to allow students to be "worked in" as has been done in the past. I apologize now to you and your students for any inconvenience this may cause.
Registration/Payment
We will be registering online this year for all of the choir/band events. Please go to the following website: www.wcmmea.com. You will then click the registration button on the front page and register your students. Please remember that there is a maximum of 8 auditionees per part (SATB).
You can fax a copy of your P.O. to Karen Dollins at Pleasant Hill High School, or mail your check or P.O. prior to the audition date. Please include a copy of your registration if sending payment by mail. It is also allowed to turn in either full payment or a copy of the PO at registration the day of auditions. Either a copy of your P.O. (not requisition) or full payment must be received before your students will be allowed to audition. Checks should be made payable to WCMMEA and mailed to me. Also, please tell your bookkeeper not to combine this payment with any others for other events, such as the 9/10 Honor Choir or All-State Auditions. Failure to do so could result in your school not receiving proper credit for payment. The fee is $10 per entry, which must be paid even if the entry cancels. If you need an invoice in order for your school to process payment, please print the completed registration form for use as an invoice.
Auditions
Students need to be ready to perform 2 minutes of a contest style solo piece. Please make sure your students know that they may be cut off as early as 1 ½ minutes, and will be allowed to sing no longer than 2 minutes. There will be no penalty for being cut off and it will have no bearing on their audition score. They may also use music if they wish. However, remember that copied music is STRICTLY PROHIBITED, and the use of any copied music will result in disqualification, unless proper documentation giving permission to copy music has been provided to the audition coordinator. Students are encouraged to perform the best two minutes of their song (not necessarily starting at the beginning and keeping piano interludes at a minimum). You do not need to supply music for the judges, as it is a blind audition. Judges will not be able see or speak to the student; they will only be able to hear them. You must provide your own accompaniment. If you need help finding an accompanist, let me know before the audition date. CD/tape accompaniments are allowed (although not recommended) and you must provide your own CD or tape player. Remember that a live accompanist can be much more helpful if a student gets nervous and jumps an entrance, misses an entrance, skips a verse, etc. Please remember that the student and the accompanist are the only people allowed in the solo audition room. Directors and/or private teachers WILL NOT be allowed in the performance room!!!
After singing the prepared solo (or before if they prefer as long as they are on time for their solo audition), students will then proceed to another room and complete the key signature identification and melodic and part specific sight-singing. I have included a sight reading sample in the mailing, and you can also find extra examples along with the audio on the MCDA website (www.moacda.org ) under the tab for District Choir. Scoring procedures may also be found on this website.
Two warm-up rooms will be provided, however directors and students are asked to keep their time in these rooms short (2 min. per student). We typically have close to 400 students auditioning for All-District choir and only 2 warm-up rooms. You may also bring cd players and/or keyboards to practice with in the commons.
The Audition schedule will be posted to my website by Thursday, September 5th. Rosters for the 11/12 All-District Choir and the 11/12 Women's Honor Choir will be posted on my website Saturday night after 8pm. You may also call me after 8pm.
Performance/Clinic
The performance date will be Saturday October 12th, 2019 at Oak Grove High School. Registration will begin at 7:45, rehearsals will begin at 8:15 AM and the concert will begin at 5:30 PM. All-State Auditions will take place during the afternoon rehearsals. Kip Mathew from Harrisonville High School is our All-State Coordinator and is charge of this process. Any student who makes the Junior/Senior All-District Choir is eligible to audition for the All-State Choir. Members of the Women's Honor Choir are not eligible to audition for the All-State Choir. Students and a teacher or certified school representative must be present during the entire district rehearsal and performance for the student to be eligible for All-State auditions and placement. This is a MSHSAA rule and is not negotiable.
REPERTOIRE:
All of the repertoire is available on the jwpepper.com website. Check under the "more" tab and you can pull up our state and these choirs are listed.
Repertoire is also available for a quick turn around from The Musicians Choice, LLC, Don Koller at 816- 781-9700 or website at www.themusicianschoice.net
11/12th Grade All-District Choir Repertoire
Conductor: Dr. Charles Robinson- UMKC
Locus Iste – Anton Bruckner
I know everyone will have drilled this as the audition piece…still, I offer this model recording as a sensitive, professional example of what we will try to present in concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUGBoR__nnA - mostly, sing beautifully, with thoughtful text stresses and taper phrase shapes
Festival Sanctus – John Leavitt – SATB – pno – Alfred Music - https://www.jwpepper.com/Festival-Sanctus/1699032.item#/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KKrSW9HUBs
I Am Not Yours – David Childs – SATB – pno – Santa Barbara Music #SBMP 1231 - https://sbmp.com/STM.php?CatalogNumber=1231
Model recording – Murray State University Concert Choir - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1vJy1DQaoE
True Light – Keith Hampton – SATB – pno – Earthsongs Music - https://www.jwpepper.com/True-Light/3700850.item#/submit
Model recording – Massachusetts All-State – Anton Armstorng - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LqhZPq1p8c
Performance notes: (a) soloists –soprano or baritone) should learn the written parts before they arrive at the first rehearsal, and be prepared to sing at our first reading of the piece; (b) final section, we will repeat measures 52 – 54 one time, then go to m. 55; (c) measure 55, soprano I sing the tenor I/II up an octave while soprano II sings as written; (d) measure 59 all sustain with fermata FF (e) we will plan to sing this piece memorized
An American Hymn – Cecil Effinger – SATB – pno and three trumpets (see attached PDF parts)
Model recording – Washington All-State – used as rehearsal track for a high school there: https://connect.issaquah.wednet.edu/high/liberty/staff/mrs_woods_site/m/rehearsal_tracks_lhs/241737
Attachments area
Preview YouTube video Anton Brucker - Locus iste - The Sixteen
Anton Brucker - Locus iste - The Sixteen
Preview YouTube video Festival Sanctus - Canticum Bucharest Choir
Festival Sanctus - Canticum Bucharest Choir
Preview YouTube video I Am Not Yours, David Childs - Murray State University Concert Choir
I Am Not Yours, David Childs - Murray State University Concert Choir
Preview YouTube video True Light ~ Massachusetts All-State Choir 2011
True Light ~ Massachusetts All-State Choir 2011
11/12th Women's Honor Choir Repetoire
Be Like the Bird: Abbie Betinis
Laudamus Te (from Gloria): Vivaldi, ed. John Leavitt SA
Lunar Lullaby: Jacob Narverud SA
I’m On My Way: Anthony Trecek-King SSA
Conductor- Erin Plisco - MSU
Erin Plisco is the Associate Director of Choral Studies at Missouri State University, where she helps lead a comprehensive choral program of over 300 singers, conducts multiple choirs, and teaches undergraduate and graduate choral conducting and literature. She is completing a Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting from the University of Arizona, where she studied conducting with Bruce Chamberlain and voice with Elizabeth Futral. She completed the Master of Music in Choral Studies at Trinity College, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), where she was a recipient of the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship and studied with Grammy-nominated conductor Stephen Layton. Erin has conducted choirs of all ages across the United States and Europe, receiving numerous awards at national festivals and competitions, performing by invitation at State Conferences, and winning The American Prize for high school choral ensemble performance in 2013. She is a past recipient of the Colleen Kirk Award, given by the ACDA Southern Division in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a young conductor, and has spent three summers as a choral fellow with the Yale School of Music -Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Connecticut, under the direction of Simon Carrington.
