Audition Repertoire · Honor Choir Academy

Italian arias for an honor choir audition, learned one phrase at a time

The prepared solo is the part students think they have handled. It gets learned by singing along until it sounds roughly right, and roughly right comes apart in front of a panel.

The steps come in the order a singer actually learns music, one phrase at a time. Melody, rhythm and pronunciation stay separate all the way up, because a blended number cannot tell a director whether to run a section with a metronome or with the piano. Seventy percent passes a step.

What you practice

The four songs

All public domain. Alma del core by Caldara, G major in 3/2, sixteen phrases. Che fiero costume by Legrenzi, A minor in 12/8, twenty seven phrases. Se nel ben by Stradella, G major in 3/4, twenty phrases. Sing unto God by Handel, from Judas Maccabaeus, D major in 4/4, fourteen phrases, and in English, where the coaching is final consonants. Accompaniment in two keys: soprano and tenor medium high, alto and bass medium low.

Before you buy

Can a student start without paying: the first song is open to everyone, no account needed, and the other three need a class code or teacher plan. Does it replace a voice lesson: no. It replaces the note learning and diction I would otherwise do one singer at a time.

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