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NJ Elementary and Junior High All-State Choir Festival
Audition Files and Forms

Audition materials are due January 15, 2027.

Music Information and Recording Reminders

Each student is required to record two vocalise/scales and a recording of the solo, which this year will be "Simple Gifts.” The student should be given the starting pitch, but each section of the audition should be sung unaccompanied. Please use the given pitch files for the audition. Wait for the click track and then sing (scale- 4 clicks, solo-3 clicks).  Overlapping the starting pitch with the voice will result in a disqualified audition. The starting pitch file should be heard in the recording. 


They should use the following script when creating their audition recording:

  • “Hello, my name is_____, I am in the ____ grade and I am auditioning for the voice part of ______. “

The teacher should then play the starting pitch files in the following order: Low vocalise/scale, high vocalise/scale, solo.


Each section of the audition may be recorded separately and combined into a single track on a software program such as Garageband. However, an individual section must be recorded in a single take (For example: The first vocalise cannot have an edited portion within the singing segment.  However, vocalise 1 and vocalise 2 can be recorded separately.)  Evidence of splicing or audio enhancement effects in the middle of a single singing section will result in disqualification.

Sample Elementary Audition

Sample Jr. High Audition

Elementary Vocalise

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Elementary Starting Pitches​

C4= Middle C

Vocalise Treble I

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Low-E4 (above middle C)

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High-B4 (above middle C)

Treble I low vocalise starting pitch track
Treble I high vocalise starting pitch track

Vocalise Treble II

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​Low- D4 (above middle C)

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High- Bb4 (above middle C)

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Treble II low vocalise starting pitch track
Treble II high vocalise starting pitch track

​Vocalise Treble III

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​​Low- C4 (middle C)

 

 

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High- A4 (above middle C)

Treble III high vocalise starting pitch track
Treble III low vocalise starting pitch track

Junior High Diatonic Scales

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Junior High Starting Pitches

C4= Middle C

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Scales Soprano I

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Low-E4 (above middle C)

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High-A4 (above middle C)

Soprano I low scale starting pitch track
Sop I high scale starting pitch track

Scales Soprano II

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Low-D4 (above middle C)

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High-G4 (above middle C)

Soprano II low scale starting pitch track
Soprano II high scale starting pitch track

Scales Alto

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Low-A3 (below middle C)

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High-E4 (above middle C)

Alto- low scale starting pitch track
Alto-high scale- starting pitch track

Scales Tenor

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Low-E3 (below middle C, *may be sung descending first*)

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High-G3 (below middle C)

Tenor-low scale-starting pitch track
Tenor-high scale-starting pitch track

Scales Bass I

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Low- B2 (9th below middle C, *may be sung descending first*)

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High- D3 (below middle C)

Bass I- low scale- starting pitch track
Bass I- high scale- starting pitch track

Scales Bass II

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Low- G2-  (may be sung descending first)​

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High- C3 (an octave below middle C)

Bass II low scale starting pitch track
Bass II high scale starting pitch track
Simple Gifts

Elementary Starting Pitches

C4= Middle C

Treble I: Starting Pitch = C5

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Treble II: Starting Pitch = B4

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Treble III: Starting Pitch = A4

Treble1-Solo-StartingPitch
Treble2-Solo-StartingPitch
Treble3-Solo-StartingPitch

Junior High Starting Pitches

C4= Middle C

Soprano I – Starting Pitch = D5 

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Soprano II -Starting Pitch = C5

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Alto – Starting Pitch = A4 

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Tenor  – Starting Pitch = C4 (Middle C)

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Bass I – Starting Pitch = G3 

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Bass II – Starting Pitch = E3 

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Sop1-Solo-StartingPitch
Sop2-Solo-StartingPitch
Alto-Solo-StartingPitch
Tenor-Solo-StartingPitch
Bass1-Solo-StartingPitch
Bass2-Solo-StartingPitch

Solo- Simple Gifts

Students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades should choose Treble I, II, or III. Students in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades should choose Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto, Tenor, Bass I, or Bass II.

Soprano I/Treble I

Soprano II/Treble II

Treble III

Alto

Tenor

Bass I*

Bass II

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