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Students compete as individuals against students from the entire state of Texas for a chance to make the Texas Music Educator's Association All-State Choir. This is one of the highest honors a Texas music student can earn.
A student must be academically eligible for each round.
ROUND 1 - DISTRICT AUDITIONS
Students will learn several pieces of music for this audition
Students who make the top chairs in this round will advance to Region Auditions
ROUND 2 - REGION AUDITIONS
Students will learn a new set of music for this audition
This round includes a sight-reading portion
Students will either advance to Area or become members of the Region Choir which performs at the Clinic & Concert
ROUND 3 - AREA AUDITIONS
Final Round of Auditions
Students will learn a new set of music for this audition
This round also includes sight-reading
The top 7-8 chairs (depending on the choir) will make the All-State Mixed, Treble or Tenor-Bass Choir
Must be academically eligible
There is only one round of auditions that will take place alongside the Region Mixed Choir Auditions
Open to Soprano and Alto voices only
No sight-reading component
The top 30 chairs in each section will be members of the Region Treble Choir and will perform in the Region 14 Choir Clinic & Concert
Must be academically eligible
Two rounds - Regional & State
Students will learn a classical solo or perform in an ensemble
There are three levels of difficulty for solos and ensembles
Grade 1 - Advanced singers, solos are mostly foreign language, and ensembles are typically 1 per voice part.
Grade 2 - Intermediate singers, solos are more evenly split between English & foreign languages, ensembles can have 2 per voice part
Grade 3 - Beginner singers, most solos are in English, ensembles can have 2 or more per voice part
Performers who earn a Division 1 on their Solo or Ensemble will advance to the Texas State Solo & Ensemble Contest (TSSEC) typically held at the UT Austin campus in late May/early June.
Grade 2 and 3 performers who earn a Division 1 do not advance to State
Students do not need to be academically eligible for this evaluation
Students perform as a choir and are evaluated on their concert performance and their ability to sight-read a new piece of music.
Ratings are given to each portion of the contest and are based on this simplified rubric
Division 1 - Superior
Division 2 - Excellent
Division 3 - Average
Division 4 - Below Average
Division 5 - Poor