Now Auditioning for Spring Semester!
Membership in one of YWCP choruses requires an audition.
Our auditions for the Spring Semester will be done entirely online! After submitting the audition form, we will email you instructions on how to send us a recording of the potential chorister singing “Happy Birthday.” Depending on age and experience, we may reach out to you for a further audition via Zoom.
From your audition, the YWCP music faculty will determine which of our ensembles is the best fit for your age, vocal maturity and music reading ability.
Find our Audition Form here. Email auditions@ywcp.org for more information or with questions.
To find out more about YWCP Ensembles, click here and watch our What is YWCP? video.
We also offer a non-auditioned class for girls ages 5-7: Arietta Singers.
What We Are Looking For
Some singers like to know what we are looking for in an audition, so we put this list together to explain each level’s requirements.
A successful audition for Prelude Chorus requires:
- A natural, free singing voice
- Good intonation (pitch)
- Singing “Happy Birthday” from the given pitch
- Enthusiasm for performing
A successful audition for Allegro Chorus:
- All of the above
- Healthy, free vocal production
- Ability to identify treble clef note names
- Ability to sing basic rhythms at sight
- Some choral experience
A successful audition for Vivo Chorus:
- All of the above
- A maturing, confident vocal tone
- Ability to recognize basic music symbols
- Ability to sing a new melody with relative ease
- Experience in part-singing in a choral setting
A successful audition for Young Women’s Chorus:
- All of the above
- Knowledge of key and time signatures
- Ability to sing melodies in major and minor keys at sight
- Ability to learn music on your own at home
- Advanced vocal technique
Email auditions@ywcp.org for more information or with questions.
Given the current uncertainties due to the coronavirus, we are closely monitoring the CDC and government guidelines, and will adhere to their recommendations for gathering together again to sing. We are planning multiple scenarios that may be used this spring as necessary, to keep everyone safe, yet creatively engaged in making music!
