District Audition Pieces - Treble Chairs 1-30 advance to Region Auditions; Tenor-Bass Chairs 1-26 advance to Region Auditions

• Ich stand in dunklen Traumen by Clara Schumann (Treble)

• Always Keep This Close by Zachary J. Moore (Treble)

• Convidando esta la noche arr. Eugene Rogers (Tenor-Bass)

• The River by Susan LaBarr (Tenor-Bass)

• Lacrimosa from Requiem by W.A. Mozart (Mixed)

• Somewhere Over the Rainbow arr. Richard Bjella (Mixed)

Region Audition Pieces - Chairs 1-5 advance to Area Auditions; Chairs 1-20 make the Region Mixed Choir;

• Caritas Abundat by Michael John Trotta (Treble)

• I'll Never Study by Paul David Thomas (Treble)

• Kyrie by Sofia Soderberg (Tenor Bass)

• The Wall Breaks Asunder (Tenor Bass)

• Sehnsucht by Brahms (Mixed)

• Amen from Requiem by Mozart (Mixed)

• Unwritten arr. Vince Peterson (Mixed)

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 15 chairs in each section and zone will make 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