Audition Requirements

2024-25 Audition Requirements

2024-25 Mid-Year Audition Registration Now Open! In advance of your audition, you should prepare by looking through the requirements below and preparation aids for the NJYC ensemble you are auditioning. In addition to the ensemble specific requirements, auditionees may be asked to vocalize to check range, perform rhythmic and tonal repetition exercises, or partner sing in a canon or round.

REGISTER FOR AN AUDITION: Makeup auditions will be scheduled on a rolling basis throughout the summer.

Questions? Call (973) 998-5670 or email info@njyc.org.

HOW TO REGISTER TO AUDITION:

1. Beginning December 1st, please use the link above to complete your child’s audition application and pay the $25 audition fee via our registration system, ASAP. Please do not create a new ASAP account if you already have one. If you need help accessing your account, please call us at 908-790-0700.

2. During registration, you will be asked to indicate your availability window during our audition dates. We will be in touch after your application is received to confirm your child’s specific audition appointment time.

3. Once you have registered, a confirmation email and transaction receipt will be sent to the email address used to register for your ASAP account.

4. Review the requirements for the ensemble your child is auditioning for below, and prepare using the audition aids linked under each section!

Audition requirements

Select one to review audition requirements:

Coro Vivo

Primo Coro

Sola Voce

Camerata

Coriste

PRIMO CORO

Girls entering grades 3 – 5

Auditionees will be asked to sing the following:

Major scale in D sung on solfege (melody syllables: do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do).
Happy Birthday in G
My Country ‘Tis of Thee (America) in G
One of the following, your choice: Row Row Row Your Boat, Skip to My Lou, This Old Man, or Twinkle Twinkle. You may start your selection on whichever pitch is comfortable for you.

For practice tracks and sheet music, please click here.

CORO VIVO

Boys with unchanged voices entering grades 3 – 8

Auditionees will be asked to sing the following:

Major scale in D sung on solfege (melody syllables: do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do).
Happy Birthday in G
My Country ‘Tis of Thee (America) in G
One of the following, your choice: Amazing Grace, Simple Gifts, or The Water is Wide. You may start your selection on whichever pitch is comfortable for you.

For practice tracks and sheet music, please click here.

SOLA VOCE

Girls entering grades 6-8

Auditionees will be asked to sing the following:

Major scales in D and F#, sung on solfege (melody syllables: do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do).
Jubilate Deo in C
One of the following, your choice: Ash Grove or Velvet Shoes. A low voice and high voice option are available for both selections, and sheet music and recordings can be found in the link below.

For practice tracks and sheet music, please click here.

CAMERATA

Boys with changing and changed voices entering graders 7-12

Auditionees will be asked to sing the following:

Three major scales, sung on solfege (melody syllables: do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do) Low voices, sing G, C, and E Scales. High Voices, sing C, E, and A Scales.
Music Alone Shall Live in F
One of the following, your choice: Shenandoah, The Ash Grove, or Simple Gifts

For practice tracks and sheet music, please click here.

CORISTE

Girls entering grades 9-12

Auditionees will be asked to sing the following:

Three major scales, in B-flat, E-flat and A-flat, sung on solfege (melody syllables: do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do)
Now I Walk in Beauty in A-minor
One verse, a cappella, of ONE of the following: Ash Grove, Danny Boy, Greensleeves, Homeward Bound, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, or Shenandoah. You can also choose a piece from Twenty-Four Italian Songs and Arias or another classical piece

For practice tracks and sheet music, please click here.

Questions? Contact us below!