Advanced Choir Audition Results

All current Advanced Choir members were reminded several times that they were not guaranteed a spot in the group next year based solely on participation this year. This current school year was an introductory year to get it off the ground and we were very successful with that. I am very proud of our accomplishments this year and am looking forward what the future brings.

Audition decisions were made based around a number of criteria.

First, everyone sang a capella. I was listening for a solid tonal center (meaning your DO note didn't shift around at all). This is imperative for this group as we will be exploring more a capella music for next year. Also, it is expected that you would have sang the vocal part of the piece you were auditioning with, since you all used a piece from previous (or current) concerts or solos, it was expected that your part would have been sung correctly (not perfectly, but correct note movement is essential)

Second, I did not look at Sight-singing at all. Many of you floundered with it, while very few did well (which was expected). Ultimately, I did not think it fair to use the sight-singing exercise as decision criteria, and therefore did not play in to my decision (although it will in the future).

Third, everyone has been asked to some degree to change something during classes (throughout time) about how something needed to be sung. This group is going back to contest and members will need to change their singing style or pronunciations of words or vowel shaping to accomplish our goal without hesitation.

Lastly, I thought very long and hard about my final decision and I did not utilize seniority as a part of my decision. Letting people down is not my favorite thing to do in the world, but auditions ultimately end with people being both happy and unhappy...so without further adieu

Sopranos
Ellie Osterholt (Junior)
Ashley Boggs (Junior)
Jaden Martin (Junior)
Ali Cox (Freshman)

Altos
Audrey Lightle (Senior)
Lydiah Wenger (Sophomore)
Lydia Moxley (Sophomore)
Kelsey Cole (Sophomore)

Tenors
Cade Manley (Junior)
Dylan Warner (Junior)
Travis Culp (Sophomore)
Jack Walls (Junior)

Basses
Jackson Lightle (Junior)
Evan Matthews (Senior)
Jacob Partlow (Sophomore)
Dakota Penhorwood (Junior)