2020 ACDA Voices United
Children's Honor Chorus
George Mason University - Fairfax, VA
August 6-8, 2020
2020 ACDA Voices United
Children's Honor Chorus
George Mason University - Fairfax, VA
August 6-8, 2020
Janet Hostetter, Guest Conductor
DEADLINES & SCHEDULE
May 5th:
Deadline for online application form including the MP3 audition file and a $12 non-refundable audition fee per student. Sponsoring Directors will register their singers via this FormDesk link.
May 17th:
Notification of acceptance into the 2020 Voices United Children’s Honor Chorus sent by email directly to singers and sponsoring directors.
Registration fee of $100 per accepted participant is due. A link will be attached to the acceptance email for online payment and registration. Once payment and final registration is received, your music will be sent in the mail.
Practice track files will be available for download.
August 6:
Choristers and their chaperones arrive at George Mason University for registration from 5:30-6:25 p.m. Rehearsal on August 6th is from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Music should be memorized fully and prepared according to instructions in the packet using the practice track files.
August 7:
Rehearsals continue from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
August 8:
Rehearsal is from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by a 1:30 p.m. performance at George Mason University Center for the Arts, Fairfax Campus. The concert lasts about 90 minutes, and the Children’s Honor Chorus combines with the Festival Chorus (high school through adults) to close the concert.
DIRECTOR'S EXPECTATION FOR STUDENTS
Directors should only nominate students who are strong in all of the following categories: 1) music reading skills; 2) tone quality; 3) social skills; 4) willingness to work with peers and adults, and 5) aptitude for success with long rehearsals.
Instructions for Preparing the Audition Recording:
Please include only one student audition per track. Separating scale and unaccompanied song selections into two tracks acceptable if each track is clearly labeled.
1. Vocalization: Sing an unaccompanied major scale using either solfege syllables or numbers, ascending and descending. Select from the starting pitch below according to the voice part preference. Starting pitch must be heard on the recording.
2. “America” (“My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”): Starting on the pitches listed below, sing the first verse unaccompanied. Accompanied singers will be disqualified.
NOTE FOR SENDING MP3 FILES: Please have the chorister’s name and preferred voice part as the track name. There will be a place to attach the MP3 file on the FormDesk application. Files will be reviewed in a manner which will not reveal the child’s name or choir until selections are made.
Sponsoring Directors are responsible for registering their singers online. Below is an attachment for the information needed for the FormDesk online application. Directors are to keep this attached form with parental signature until 30 days after the 2019 Voices United Concert to ensure parental/guardian consent.
Sponsoring Directors: Click here to access the form with all information needed/parental consent before you register your singer online.
After this form is filled out and signed by your choristers/guardians, the next step is to register their information and audition file to the link below.
After you click SUBMIT on the application below, you will receive directions on how to submit the $12 audition payment.
CLICK HERE to submit your singer’s application!
Questions? Contact the coordinators: Felix Polendey (fpolendey@gmail.com) or Annabelle Mills (alluebke928@gmail.com).
DEADLINES & SCHEDULE
May 5th:
Deadline for online application form including the MP3 audition file and a $12 non-refundable audition fee per student. Sponsoring Directors will register their singers via this FormDesk link.
May 17th:
Notification of acceptance into the 2020 Voices United Children’s Honor Chorus sent by email directly to singers and sponsoring directors.
Registration fee of $100 per accepted participant is due. A link will be attached to the acceptance email for online payment and registration. Once payment and final registration is received, your music will be sent in the mail.
Practice track files will be available for download.
August 6:
Choristers and their chaperones arrive at George Mason University for registration from 5:30-6:25 p.m. Rehearsal on August 6th is from 6:30-9:00 p.m. Music should be memorized fully and prepared according to instructions in the packet using the practice track files.
August 7:
Rehearsals continue from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
August 8:
Rehearsal is from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., followed by a 1:30 p.m. performance at George Mason University Center for the Arts, Fairfax Campus. The concert lasts about 90 minutes, and the Children’s Honor Chorus combines with the Festival Chorus (high school through adults) to close the concert.
DIRECTOR'S EXPECTATION FOR STUDENTS
Directors should only nominate students who are strong in all of the following categories: 1) music reading skills; 2) tone quality; 3) social skills; 4) willingness to work with peers and adults, and 5) aptitude for success with long rehearsals.
Instructions for Preparing the Audition Recording:
Please include only one student audition per track. Separating scale and unaccompanied song selections into two tracks acceptable if each track is clearly labeled.
1. Vocalization: Sing an unaccompanied major scale using either solfege syllables or numbers, ascending and descending. Select from the starting pitch below according to the voice part preference. Starting pitch must be heard on the recording.
- Sop. 1 – F above middle C
- Sop. 2 – F above middle C
- Alto 1 – D above middle C
- Alto 2 – B-flat below middle C
2. “America” (“My Country, ‘Tis of Thee”): Starting on the pitches listed below, sing the first verse unaccompanied. Accompanied singers will be disqualified.
- Sop. 1 – A above middle C
- Sop. 2 – F above middle C
- Alto 1 – D above middle C
- Alto 2 – B-flat below middle C
NOTE FOR SENDING MP3 FILES: Please have the chorister’s name and preferred voice part as the track name. There will be a place to attach the MP3 file on the FormDesk application. Files will be reviewed in a manner which will not reveal the child’s name or choir until selections are made.
Sponsoring Directors are responsible for registering their singers online. Below is an attachment for the information needed for the FormDesk online application. Directors are to keep this attached form with parental signature until 30 days after the 2019 Voices United Concert to ensure parental/guardian consent.
Sponsoring Directors: Click here to access the form with all information needed/parental consent before you register your singer online.
After this form is filled out and signed by your choristers/guardians, the next step is to register their information and audition file to the link below.
After you click SUBMIT on the application below, you will receive directions on how to submit the $12 audition payment.
CLICK HERE to submit your singer’s application!
Questions? Contact the coordinators: Felix Polendey (fpolendey@gmail.com) or Annabelle Mills (alluebke928@gmail.com).
