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Florida ACDA High School Honor Choir 2014

INFORMATION Honor Choir Conductor: Dr. José Rivera, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Choir Coordinator: Sandy Hinkley ([email protected]) Performance Repertoire: Lux Aeterna (SSAATTBB)-‐ Morten Lauridsen Important Dates: September 19 Deadline to upload audition files (by midnight) September 26 Deadline to pay student audition fee (online or school check) October 1-‐3 Receive auditions results via e-‐mail October 3-‐30 Register director/students for Conference; prepare music Oct. 30-‐Nov. 1 FLACDA Honor Choirs and Conference Nov. 1 Performance at Seminole State College

THE AUDITION PROCESS…

1) Practicing for the auditions: • Both a PDF file of the audition excerpt and an accompaniment mp3 file can be

found on the FLACDA website. Please use this accompaniment file for practice, as well as for audition recordings

• Audition excerpt: Veni, Sancte Spiritus (m. 83-‐105; accompaniment begins in m. 79); The audition excerpt can be found on the FLACDA website.

• IMPORTANT: The excerpt has divisi for sopranos and altos, but not for men;

please refer to the ranges below to make the appropriate voice part choice. Range for Entire Work: Tenor 1 and 2: F#-‐a1 (unison tenor sections have more extreme ranges; tessitura is mostly f-‐f1 for both parts) Baritone:A-‐g1 (very wide range for both baritone and bass—please take note of this) Bass 2: D-‐ g1


INFORMATION 2) Recording the auditions: Please record/convert your files to mp3 format. They must be in this format or they will not upload correctly to the FLACDA website. Each individual recording should consist of:

ü The student clearly speaking name and voice part; no school names, please!

ü A 20 second vocalise of your choice, demonstrating the singer’s range and tone quality; please vocalize using these ranges:

Sop1 g1-‐a2 Sop2 g1-‐f2 Alto1/2 g-‐e2 Ten1/Ten2 F#-‐a1 B1 A-‐g1 B2 D-‐ g1

ü The audition excerpt, using the provided accompaniment file. PLEASE DO NOT separate the vocalise from the excerpt…it should be one file.

ü Files should be titled : Voice Part_Last Name_First Name._School

Example: Tenor1_Smith_Tyler_LakeMaryHS

ü Recordings should be made with no added filtering or effects. 3) Registering your students to audition and uploading mp3 files

*Note: You must be an active Florida ACDA member to submit student auditions.

ü Log onto FLACDA and enter the requested information for each auditioning student (student name, voice part, director name, school).

ü Pay student audition fee-‐ audition fee per student is $15.00; payment may be made online OR by school check (payment should be received by. Sept. 26, payable to FLACDA); there is NO on-‐site payment for auditions.

ü Upload audition files-‐all files must be in mp3 format to upload (you may log

in and out to upload as needed); Deadline to upload is Sept. 19 -‐midnight.

ü As the director, you may register for an early bird discount at this time.


INFORMATION 4) Scoring and Notification of Results

ü Scoring will occur between Sept. 22-‐28. Students will be adjudicated using the 2012 All-‐State rubric. This rubric can be found in the end of this packet.

ü All directors will be notified results by e-‐mail of results by Fri, Oct. 3rd.

Those directors whose students are selected will find a link in this e-‐mail to vocal practice tracks (courtesy of Choral Tracks LLC, Matthew Curtis).

ü Music may be ordered from Heads House of Music (1-‐800-‐783-‐8030) or

Beethoven and Company (1-‐877-‐543-‐8700). 5) Registration for Conference

ü Log onto FLACDA and enter the requested information for each student selected (school, director, student name, voice part, parent name, emergency contact, optional t-‐shirt size—t-‐shirts are an additional cost apart from the registration fee).

ü Pay the conference registration-‐ fee per student is $50.00 (includes the vocal practice tracks, dinner Thursday, lunch Friday, plus admission to see the Take 6 concert on Friday evening); all selected students MUST have a director in attendance at the conference.

ü Register yourself for the conference, if you have not done so already (on-‐site

registration for directors will be available for a higher fee). 6) Secure accommodations

ü Students and directors are responsible for their own accommodations for the conference. Below are some hotels located near our rehearsal and performance sites. You are not limited to these places, should you prefer to stay elsewhere.

Hyatt Place Lake Mary 407-‐995-‐5555 www.lakemary.place.hyatt.com Hampton Inn & Suites Lake Mary a407-‐995-‐9000 www.hamptoninn.hilton.com Orlando Marriott Lake Mary 407-‐995-‐1100 www.marriott.com La Quinta Inn & Suites Orlando Lake Mary 407-‐805-‐9901 www.lq.com Candlewood Suites Lake Mary 407-‐585-‐3000www.candlewoodsuites.com


INFORMATION REHEARSAL LOCATIONS: • The rehearsals on Thursday, Oct. 30 and Friday, Oct. 31 will take place at:

Markham Woods Presbyterian Church 5210 Markham Woods Road Lake Mary, FL 32746

• The rehearsal and performance on Saturday, Nov. 1 will take place at:

Seminole State College

Fine Arts Building 100 Weldon Blvd. Sanford, FL 32773

REHEARSAL SCHEDULE: Thursday, Oct. 30 @ Markham Woods Presbyterian Church 3:30-‐4:00 pm Check-‐in 4:00-‐6:00 pm Sectionals 6:00-‐7:00pm Dinner Break (provided as a part of registration fee) 7:00-‐9:00pm Full Choir Rehearsal with Dr. Rivera 9:00 p.m. Dismissal Friday, Oct. 31 @ Markham Woods Presbyterian Church 8:30-‐9:00 am Check-‐in 9:00 a.m.-‐ 12:00 pm Full Choir Rehearsal with Dr. Rivera 12:00-‐1:00 pm Lunch (provided as part of the registration fee) 1:00-‐ 5:00 pm Full Choir Rehearsal with Dr. Rivera 5:00 pm Dismissal and dinner on own 8:00 pm Concert Session–TAKE 6 (Seminole Stage College-‐Fine Arts

Bldg; performance hall) Saturday, Nov. 1 @ Seminole State College, Fine Arts Building 8:00-‐8:30 am Check-‐in (*please arrive in your concert black uniform with

black binder) 8:30-‐9:30am Rehearsal in band room with Dr. Rivera 9:30-‐10:30am Q & A-‐ Take 6 (performance hall) 10:30-‐11:00am Concert Session-‐(group TBA performance hall) 11:00-‐11:30am Hall clears and choir takes place on risers 11:30am-‐12:30pm Closed dress rehearsal with Dr. Rivera and organist 12:45-‐1:15pm High School Honor Choir Performance-‐ FREE and open to all

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