HS Auditions

SAT DATES

Please be aware that Region Auditions and Region Weekend have SAT date conflicts. You need to plan accordingly.

There are other dates available to take the SAT so avoid October 10 and November 7!

ALL-STATE 2009-2010
Dates/Sites/Repertoire

Region 24 Phase 1 Auditions (WOMEN ONLY)
October 1st Creekview High School
3:00 pm registration
Driving Directions

Music to be prepared:

                                      1. I am seventeen come Sunday - Grainger - Mixed
                                      2. Buccinate - Croce - Mixed
                                      3. Cornation Anthem Movement 1 - Handel - Mixed
                                      4. Cantate Domino - Henderson - Women

(Only three selections will be auditioned NO SIGHT-READING, Chairs 1-36 advance)

Region 24 Auditions (Women and Men)
October 10th, Marcus High School
10:00 am registration
Audition Information
Map

Women: Same selections as Phase 1 audition, different cuts
Men: Music to be prepared (one selection to be dropped)

                                          1. I am seventeen come Sunday - Grainger - Mixed
                                          2. Buccinate - Croce - Mixed
                                          3. Cornation Anthem Movement 1 - Handel - Mixed
                                         4. Ave Maria - Biebl - Men

(Only three selections will be auditioned, all students will sight-read, Chairs 1-15 advance)

Region 24 Sectionals
October 27th Carroll SENIOR HS (1501 W. Southlake Blvd) Southlake
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Map (map has been changed!)

Region 24 Clinic/Concert
November 6-7th RL Turner HS
Map

Nov. 6th 5:30 – 9 pm clinic
Nov. 7th 8:30 am check in, 5:00 Concert
Treble Choir (Chairs 16-36), Mixed Choir (Chairs 1-15)

Region 24 Pre-Area Auditions
November 17th, Hebron High School
3:30 registration

Music to be prepared: (One selection to be dropped)

                                        1, 2. Cornation Anthem Movements 2 & 4 - Handel - Mixed
                                        3. Joshua Fit the Battle - Fissinger - Mixed
                                        4. Wie Der Hersch - Mendelsohnn - Mixed
                                        5. Blow Ye the Trumpet - Mechem - Men
                                        5. Pueri - Thompson - Women

(Only four selections will be auditioned, Chairs 1-5 advance, all students will sightread)

Area “A” Auditions
January 9th, Abilene Cooper High School

Music to be prepared:

Cornation Anthem All Movements - Handel - Mixed
Wie Der Hersch - Mendelsohnn - Mixed

(All students will sight-read)

TMEA All-State Convention
February 10-13th, San Antonio

All-State Mixed (Chairs 1-4)
All-State Treble (Chairs 5-10)
All-State Men (Chairs 5-8)

Check http://www.tmea.org for audition notes

There are various rounds of auditions as part of the TMEA All State Process. Each round will have a set of prepared literature to audition which will be posted on this website. The Region auditions are separated out by the following:

Phase 1 (Women Only) - Students will receive the cuts and mp3 files prior to the audition. For voice parts with two audition rooms the top eighteen students will advance from each room for a total of thirty-six students on that particular voice part. For voice parts with one audition room the top thirty-six will advance. This round DOES NOT INCLUDE SIGHT READING

Region (Men & Women) - Students will receive the cuts and mp3 files prior to the audition. The top thrity-six females from each voice part will audition again including sight reading. Numbers 1-15 will be named to the All Region Mixed Choir and will continue to Pre-Area. Numbers 16-36 will be named to the All Region Treble Choir. All males will audition and numbers 1-15 will be named to the All Region Mixed Choir and will continue to Pre-Area. This round INCLUDES SIGHT READING.

Pre-Area - Members of the All Region Mixed Choir (numbers 1-15 from the Region Audition) will prepare the appropriate literature for the audition. Students WILL NOT RECEIVE THE CUTS UNTIL THEY ARRIVE. This round INCLUDES SIGHT READING. Numbers 1-5 from each voice part will be named Area Candidates for Region 24 and will continue on in the All State Audition Process.

Area Audition - Will take place in Abilene. Students from four regions will be auditioning for a total of twenty students auditioning per voice part. Students WILL NOT RECEIVE THE CUTS UNTIL THEY ARRIVE. This round INCLUDES SIGHT READING. For females numbers 1-4 will be named to the All State Mixed Choir and numbers 5-9 will be named to the All State Treble Choir. For males numbers 1-4 will be named to the All State Mixed Choir and numbers 5-8 will be named to the All State Men's Choir.

Phase 1 Auditions
This link will take you to the Phase 1 Audition page

Region Auditions
This link will take you to the Region Audition page.

Pre-Area Auditions
This link will take you to the Pre-Area Audition page.

TMEA Music List and All State Notes
This is a VERY IMPORTANT LINK. You will find the list of all of the All State Music. There are rehearsal notes and corrections on various pieces. Be sure to look at the rehearsal notes and misprint links to find out all of the information you need for a successful audition.