Diana Springford – Director of Music P-12

Auditions for Night of Song solo vocal items

Night of Song (NOS) will be held on Monday 28 August 2023 at 6.00 pm at Emanuel School in the Lehrer Family Building (MPH). As usual, in addition to our choir performances, there will be a number of solo vocal items from Years K – 6 and High School students.

We will be holding auditions in Week 3. There are a limited number of solo items in the concert so please ensure that your child is very well prepared for the audition and, also, that they properly understand that auditioning does not ensure a solo item in the concert.

Please read the audition criteria and procedures below carefully:

Audition criteria

To have the opportunity to audition, students must demonstrate their commitment to singing in at least ONE of the following ways:

• Current membership of an Emanuel School Choir (minimum one term).
• Current private singing lessons for at least one term at Emanuel or with an external singing teacher.
• Song lyrics should be appropriate for a K-12 audience.

 Audition procedures

• Auditions will take place during Week 3 at the following times:
  • Monday 31 July 2023 at lunch.
  • Tuesday 1 August 2023 at lunch and after school.
  • Wednesday 2 August 2023 after school.
• Students must audition with the song they intend to sing in the concert.
• Piano sheet music must be given or emailed as a PDF to Mr Burley before the audition (please write the student’s name on sheet music) or you can email a YouTube link or mp3 file of the backing track to Mr Burley.
• Audition sign-up sheets can be found on the notice board in the Music corridor.
• All students wishing to audition need to put their details in one of the time slots. Any names written outside the slots will be ignored.

Selection criteria include:

• Quality and preparedness of the audition performance.
• Balance of High School and Primary performers.
• Balance of moods in selected performances (happy/sad/upbeat/slower) for a balanced overall concert program.

No negotiation or correspondence will be entered into about the selection of performers. However, if auditionees would like feedback about their audition they should come, in person, to the Music Office and ask for Mr Burley.