The Princeton Roaring 20

Audition Schedule:

This semester, auditions will take place from Sunday, September 20 to Wednesday, September 23, 2009. If you haven't already signed up for an audition, please do so on our Auditions board in Woolworth or come to our open house on Saturday, September 19 from 10pm to 12 am in Mathey Common Room!

Audition Process:

The Roaring 20 audition is quite painless and only takes about 15 minutes. Auditions take place in 106 Woolworth this year.

Map of Woolworth

We begin the audition by introducing you to the group and getting to know a little bit about you - where you're from, where you live, etc.

Then our Music Director, Liz Dengel, will guide you through some 5-tone scales to warm you up and test your range (though we definitely recommend warming up a bit on your own before the audition).

The next component of the audition is swells. Swells will help us get an idea of your volume and control. First, Liz will play the pitch we want to hear you swell on. Then you will start by singing as soft as you possibly can, gradually crescendo to your loudest possible volume, and decrescendo back to where you started. It doesn't matter how long you hold the note for - we're mostly just interested in hearing dynamic contrast.

Next comes pitch matching. Liz will play a few sets of 3 or 4 notes on the piano and have you sing them back to the group. Try to sing them as accurately as you can - if you need to hear the notes played multiple times, that's completely fine.

Now we get to the fun part: the solo. You can perform for us any solo from any genre of music. We recommend choosing a song that you're comfortable with and that demonstrates your vocal strengths. Just to give you some ideas, solos used by current members include: Someone to Watch Over Me, The Longest Time, Happy Birthday, The Star-Spangled Banner, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Walking in Memphis, and more.

In the final portion of the audition, the group will join you for a blending exercise. Singers on your voice part will surround you, and we will sing through a short phrase in 4-part harmony. You will have a copy of the music to look at it if it helps you, but we are not testing your sight-reading abilities. After hearing it as many times as you need, you will join in on your part to give us an idea of how your voice fits in with the rest of the group.

And then you're done! Someone from the group will come by your room later that night to let you know if we have decided to call you back.

Once again, if you have any questions, please contact our president, Betsy Goodman at bgoodman@princeton.edu, or music director, Liz Dengel at ldengel@princeton.edu.


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	Audition Schedule: This semester, auditions will take place from Sunday, September 20 to Wednesday, September 23, 2009. If you haven't already signed up for an audition, please do so on our Auditions board in Woolworth or come to our open house on Saturday, September 19 from 10pm to 12 am in Mathey Common Room! Audition Process: The Roaring 20 audition is quite painless and only takes about 15 minutes. Auditions take place in 106 Woolworth this year. We begin the audition by introducing you to the group and getting to know a little bit about you - where you're from, where you live, etc. Then our Music Director, Liz Dengel, will guide you through some 5-tone scales to warm you up and test your range (though we definitely recommend warming up a bit on your own before the audition). The next component of the audition is swells. Swells will help us get an idea of your volume and control. First, Liz will play the pitch we want to hear you swell on. Then you will start by singing as soft as you possibly can, gradually crescendo to your loudest possible volume, and decrescendo back to where you started. It doesn't matter how long you hold the note for - we're mostly just interested in hearing dynamic contrast. Next comes pitch matching. Liz will play a few sets of 3 or 4 notes on the piano and have you sing them back to the group. Try to sing them as accurately as you can - if you need to hear the notes played multiple times, that's completely fine. Now we get to the fun part: the solo. You can perform for us any solo from any genre of music. We recommend choosing a song that you're comfortable with and that demonstrates your vocal strengths. Just to give you some ideas, solos used by current members include: Someone to Watch Over Me, The Longest Time, Happy Birthday, The Star-Spangled Banner, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Walking in Memphis, and more. In the final portion of the audition, the group will join you for a blending exercise. Singers on your voice part will surround you, and we will sing through a short phrase in 4-part harmony. You will have a copy of the music to look at it if it helps you, but we are not testing your sight-reading abilities. After hearing it as many times as you need, you will join in on your part to give us an idea of how your voice fits in with the rest of the group. And then you're done! Someone from the group will come by your room later that night to let you know if we have decided to call you back. Once again, if you have any questions, please contact our president, Betsy Goodman at bgoodman@princeton.edu, or music director, Liz Dengel at ldengel@princeton.edu.