All-State Choir Audition Material

This is the official listing of the 2023–2024 Vocal Division All-State Audition Material.
All amendments, corrections and errata will become official only when it is published here.

The All-State clinician/conductor rehearsal notes will be posted here when available.

Should you discover any errata in the music that may have been missed, please notify the TMEA Vocal Division Vice-President by August 30. No errata will be added after September 1.

Rehearsal tracks and a rehearsal/accompaniment CD will be available from Educational Enterprises Recording Company.

LSC = Large School Choir path open to UIL classes 1A - 6A; All-State Mixed, Treble and Tenor-Bass Choirs
SSC = Small School Choir path open to UIL classes 1A - 4A; All-State Small School Mixed Choir

Publishers: The Large School Choir will need approximately 15,000 packets. The Small School Choir will need approximately 3,000 packets.

Links to download any CPDL selections, if available, are provided with the listing below.

LSC and SSC Sightreading Criteria

  • Sightreading may be used at any level of audition but is mandatory at high school Pre-Area and Area auditions. The sightreading audition shall be 20% of the total score.
  • The sightreading exercise shall be written in one of the following key signatures: C, G, D, A, E, F, B-flat, E-flat or A-flat. There will be no modulations or altered tones.
  • The sightreading exercise shall be written in one of the following meter signatures: 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4, and approximately 8 measures in length.
  • The sightreading exercise may include the following rhythmic devices: half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, dotted eighth notes, sixteenth notes, quarter rests, eighth rests, and simple syncopation.
  • The sightreading exercise will include a minimum of 30 notes.

LSC and SSC Resources

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LSC Voice Ranges

Large School Choir Packet


Mixed Choir

Conductor: MIchael Barrett


Cum Sancto Spiritu

Voicing: SATB Divisi
Composer: Hyo Won Woo
Publisher: Gia Publications (Walton Music)
Product ID: WW1637
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
S1: C4-Bb5---S2: C4-G5---A1: G3-Eb5---A2: G3-Eb5---T1: C3-G4---T2: C3-G4---B1: F2-D4---B2: F2-D4

Instructions/Errata:
- ms. 34/35 & 36/37: Tenor 1 drop the tie over the barline and follow text
- m. 41: Bass incorrect pitch - beat 4 should be Bb and C as it appears in all preceding similar measures
- m. 60: Bass add missing staccato to second pitch ("ri") [added 8/28/23]
- m. 73: Bass incorrect rhythm - sing the same rhythm ("Altissimus") as it appears in m. 26 (beats 3 and 4 should be the same as ST)

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- ms. 22/69: omit the Soprano cue-sized pitches
- ms. 24/71: omit the TB cue-sized pitches
- ms. 50-52: sing "Gloria" in place of "dum"


Only in Sleep

Voicing: SATB Divisi
Composer: Eriks Esenvalds
Publisher: Musica Baltica
Product ID: MB 1265 (Revised 5/1/23 11:53 am)
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
S1: F4-Ab5---S2: F4-F5---A1: Db4-Cb5---A2: Bb3-Ab4---T1: Gb3-Gb4---T2: Eb3-Eb4---B1: Cb3-Db4---B2: F2-Gb3

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
Regions will have autonomy over selection of soloist(s) for region clinic/concert performance.

- m. 26/60: "Yet" should be a quarter note with an eighth rest.
- ms. 34-70: omit "A few S" for auditions (may be added for region clinic/concert performance).


Tshela Moya/Ke nna yo Morena

Voicing: SATB Divisi
Composer: Michael Barrett
Publisher: Gia Publications (Walton Music)
Product ID: WW1875
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
S1: F4-Eb5---S2: F4-Eb5---A1: Db4-Cb5---A2: Db4-Ab4---T1: Ab3-Eb4---T2: Ab3-Eb4---B1: Db3-Db4---B2: Gb2-Ab3

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
All pitches prepared/auditioned will be in the lower SATB score (not the SATB solo score).
Tenor 1 and Tenor 2 will read upper pitches in the bass clef (until pgs 9-12 divisi).
- Tenor 1 and Tenor 2 note divisi in ms. 8, 16, 24, 29, 32, 37, 40.
- Bass 1 and Bass 2 will split lower two pitches throughout.
- ms. 28-29 and ms. 36-37: Alto 1 and Alto 2 divisi.
- ms. 30/38: Soprano 1 and Soprano 2 divisi
- m. 64 and m. 70: Soprano 1 and Soprano 2 divisi, all Alto 1 and Alto 2 sing bottom pitch.
- m. 73, 77, 81, 85: all Soprano 1 and Soprano 2 sing whole note Gb, all Alto I sing whole note Db
- ms. 73, 77, 81, 85: Alto 2 sing half note D followed by "i-yo-ho"
- ms. 90-95: Soprano divisi, all Alto 1 and Alto 2 sing bottom pitch.


Richte Mich Gott (Psalm 43)

Voicing: SATB Divisi
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Publisher: CPDL
CPDL Download: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/e6/Mendelssohn-Drei_Psalmen-op78-2-s.pdf
Product ID: CPDL
Audition Levels: Designated for Area Audition use. May be used for auditions prior to Area. 
Selection Voice Ranges
S1: D4-G5---S2: D4-F5---A1: C4-D5---A2: A3-C5---T1: C3-G4---T2: C3-D4---B1: G2-D4---B2: D2-D4

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- ms. 30/31 and m. 33: Tenor 1 prepare/sing all upper pitches and Tenor 2 prepare/sing all lower pitches (please ignore the crossings as written in this edition).
- ms. 26-33: Alto 1 and Alto 2 have overlapping voice parts (Alto 2 sings higher that Alto 1 at time). Please sing exactly as printed in this section.
- m. 69: Alto 1 remain on the E natural and Alto 2 sing the lower A (please ignore the crossings as written).
- m. 78: Tenor 1 add "mein" on beat 1 (will not line up with the other TB voices)
- m. 87: Tenor 1 add [k] of "danken" on beat 1 in line with Bass 1 and Bass 2 (Tenor 2 will remain on beat 3)
- m. 95: Alto 1 prepare/sing all upper pitches and Alto 2 prepare/sing all lower pitches (please ignore the crossings as written).
- m. 96: Tenor 1 prepare/sing all upper pitches and Tenor 2 prepare/sing all lower pitches (please ignore the crossings as written).
- m. 99: Tenor 1 please note the C natural in this edition.


Himne

Voicing: SATB Divisi
Composer: Roelof Temmingh
Publisher: Choir Sire Music
Product ID: 24019461
Audition Levels: Designated for Area Audition use. May be used for auditions prior to Area. 
Selection Voice Ranges
S1: E4-G5---S2: E4-G5---A1: A3-C4---A2: A3-C4---T1: D3-G4---T2: D3-G4---B1: A2-C4---B2: Eb2-C4

Instructions/Errata:
- m. 41: Soprano 2 should have an Ab on beat 4, similar to the Tenor 2 part
- m. 43: the word "te" should be a whole note tied to a half note
- ms. 47, 49, 51, 53: Tenor beat 4 should be a Bb (not B natural). This is correct in older copies. [6/29/23]
- ms. 47, 49, 51, 53: Bass beat 4 should be a Eb (not E natural). This is correct in older copies. [6/29/23]
- Pg 6: IN SOME COPIES, the first measure should be deleted - this is extra in the most current print run (this misprint is not present in the edition used in 2012-2013)
- Pg 9: IN SOME COPIES, m. 78 is missing the word “te” on beat three in all parts. [7/5/23]

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
*Letter I to J will not be auditioned at the Area round
- ms. 185-187: Soprano 2 remain on Bb, Soprano 1 split D/F divisi (Areas A-D upper pitch F and Areas E-H lower pitch D).
- ms. 186-187: Top Bb to be added at All-State.


Treble Choir

Conductor: Andrea Ramsey


Suscepit Israel from Magnificat, BWV 243

Voicing: SSA
Composer: J.S. Bach; ed. Calisesi Maidens
Publisher: Music Spoke
Product ID:
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
S1: C#4-G5---S2: D#4-F#5---A1: G3-B4---A2: G3-B4

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
• Breath with punctuation throughout.


Flight

Voicing: SSAA
Composer: arr. Ryan Murphy
Publisher: GIA Publications (Walton Music)
Product ID: WW1869
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
S1: A3-A5---S2: A3-F5---A1: A3-C5---A2: A3-C5

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- m. 105: Soprano 1 divisi (Areas A-D upper pitches and Areas E-H lower pitches)
- breath with rests throughout, observe no-breath markings (dashed line).
- ms. 65-68 and ms. 69-74: stagger breath


Terre-Neuve

Voicing: SSAA
Composer: Marie-Claire Saindon
Publisher: Cypress Choral Music
Product ID: CP-1805
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
S1: D4-E5---S2: D4-B4---A1: A3-A4---A2: G3-F#4

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- Breath where provided in score
- m. 6: no breath
- ms. 54-56: Alto 2 divisi (Areas A-D upper pitches and Areas E-H lower pitches)
- ms. 60-62: omit Soprano 1 and Alto 2 optional divisi for audition (may be added for region clinic/concert).


I Don' Feel No Ways Tired

Voicing: SSAA
Composer: arr. Stacey Gibbs
Publisher: Alliance
Product ID: AMP1129
Audition Levels: Designated for Area Audition use. May be used for auditions prior to Area. 
Selection Voice Ranges
S1: C4-B5---S2: C4-Eb5---A1: Ab3-E5---A2: F3-G4

Instructions/Errata:
- m. 24: Soprano 2 beat 2 ½ should be an Eb instead of an F (incorrect in voice part and piano) - this is corrected in the recording

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
Divisi throughout (Areas A-D upper pitches and Areas E-H lower pitches)
- m. 39: lift after "glory"

Breath with punctuation


Tenor-Bass Choir

Conductor: Jeffrey Murdock, University of Arkansas


Non havea Febo ancora from Lamento della Ninfa

Voicing: TTB
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi; arr. Marion Vree
Publisher: Walton Music
Product ID: W7021
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
T1: C3-A4---T2: D3-G4---B1: E2-C4---B2: E2-C4

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- measure number 1 will be beats 1-3 cello followed by “Non ha-” in the voice parts … do not treat this as a pick-up measure when numbering measures

* Amor (part 2) will be added for the All-State program (will not be auditioned prior, but may be added for region performances). Si tra sdegnosi will not be auditioned or performed at All-State. [7/26/23]

Tenor 2 will prepare/sing the Tenor 1 vocal part in the score. Tenor 1 will prepare/sing the Tenor 2 vocal part in the score. Bass 1 will not be auditioned/accountable for any pitches below A2 in the score.

- Breath with punctuation using the Italian text


O Love

Voicing: TTBB
Composer: Elaine Hagenberg
Publisher: Beckenhorst Press Inc.
Product ID: BP2171
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
T1: C3-G4---T2: C3-F#4---B1: A3-D4---B2: A3-D4

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- m. 38: All Bass 1 and Bass 2 sing A (omit D)

- Breath with punctuation unless noted by composer in score


Glory, Glory, Hallelujah

Voicing: TTBB
Composer: Howard Helvey
Publisher: Beckenhorst Press Inc.
Product ID: BP1981
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
T1: C3-A4---T2: C3-F4---B1: C3-D4---B2: F3-D4

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- m. 74: Tenor 1 omit optional A for audition
- m. 74: Bass 1 omit optional B for audition
- m. 78: Tenor 1 omit optional F# for audition

- Breath with punctuation unless noted by composer in score


Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map

Voicing: TTBB
Composer: Samuel Barber
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Product ID: 50301170
Audition Levels: Designated for Area Audition use. May be used for auditions prior to Area. 
Selection Voice Ranges
T1: A3-A4---T2: G3-Ab4---B1: F2-F4---B2: E2-C4

Instructions/Errata:
Pg 8, ms. 55 in Bass 1 ... the final quarter of the triplet rhythmic pattern should be F

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- Pg 9, ms. 61-64 Bass I divisi [areas A-D top/Areas E-H bottom]
- Pg 12, ms. 82-85 Bass II divisi (areas A-D top/Areas E-H bottom]
- Pg 14, ms. 96-106 omit the Tenor solo (will be added in performance)
- Pg 14, ms. 102-106 Bass I divisi [areas A-D top/Areas E-H bottom]

- Breath with punctuation or at rest


LSC and SSC Resources

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SSC Voice Ranges

Small School Choir Packet


Small School Choir

Conductor: Eduardo Garcia-Novelli, University of Kansas


Kyrie from Missa Pange lingua

Voicing: SATB
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Publisher: CPDL
CPDL Download: http://aoedeconsort.org/scores_files/Josquin_MPL_Kyrie.pdf
Product ID: CPDL
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
S: F4-F5--A: A3-E4--T: E3-Gb4--B: E2-E4

Instructions/Errata:
Measure numbers are weird in this edition … please count the first note of the piece as m. 3 to line up with all numbered measures by the editor

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- m. 4: T breathe between beat 2 and beat 3
- m. 5: B breathe between beat and beat 3
- m. 7: T breathe between beat 2 and beat 3
- m. 7: B last note dim
- m. 8: S breathe between beat 2 and beat 3
- m. 8: T whole note dim
- m. 9: A breathe between beat 2 and beat 3
- m. 11: A breathe between beat 2 and beat 3
- m. 12: B breathe on beat 2
- m. 13: A change beat 1 to eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 13: T breathe on beat 2
- m. 14: SB change last note to quarter note/quarter rest
- m. 17: S change beat 1 to eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 17: TB, divide last note into two quarter notes and place the [i] on the last quarter (together with S)
- m. 23: B change first note to quarter note/quarter rest
- m. 25: A change first note to quarter note/quarter rest
- m. 31: T change first note to quarter note/quarter rest
- m. 33: S change first note to quarter note/quarter rest
- ms. 44-54: S stagger-breathe
- m. 47: A change first note to quarter note/quarter rest
- m. 50: T change whole note to dotted half note/quarter rest
- m. 55: S breathe after last note
- m. 56: A breathe after last note
- ms. 56-60: S stagger-breathe
- m. 59: T breathe after last note
- m. 60: B, breathe after last note
- ms. 63 and 64: SAT breathe after last note
[8/29/23] - m. 64: ignore the breathe mark above the Alto line
- m. 65: SB breathe after last note
- ms. 65-72: T stagger-breathe
- m. 70: A breathe on beat 3


O Schöne Nacht

Voicing: SATB
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Product ID: 50316790
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
S: B3-Gb5--A: A3-E4--T: E3-G4--B: E2-E4

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- m. 15: B change half note to quarter note/quarter rest
- ms. 24 and 27: T change half note to quarter note/quarter rest
- m. 32: STB change the half note to mirror the A (dotted quarter note/eighth rest)
- m. 35: A change half note to quarter note/quarter rest
- m. 44: S drop the dot and replace with eighth rest
- m. 53: TB last note is still Piano
- m. 54: TB crescendo
- m. 55: TB diminuendo between beats 1 and 2
- m. 55: SA crescendo through dotted quarter
- m. 56: SA diminuendo between beats 1 and 2
- m. 61: ALL avoid unnecessary accent on beat 3 (rather lean on the note)
- m. 64: SAT finish the measure with an eighth rest
- m. 67: ALL eighth rest on the and of beat 2
- m. 69: ATB finish the measure with an eighth rest
- m. 71: S eighth rest on the and of beat 1
- m. 71: B eighth rest on the and of beat 2 (mirror AT)
- m. 72: ATB finish the measure with an eighth rest
- m. 73: S eighth rest on the and of beat 1


I'll Be On My Way

Voicing: SATB
Composer: Shawn Kirchner
Publisher: www.shawnkirchner.com
Product ID:
Audition Levels: Any audition prior to Area
Selection Voice Ranges
S: B3-G5--A: G3-D5-- T: C3-A4--B: #2-E4

Instructions/Errata:
Single copies available only at https://www.shawnkirchner.com/composition/satb-folk-americana/ill-be-on-my-way/

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- m. 30: All beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 32: All beat 1 drop eighth note and add eighth rest
- m. 34: All make third note (G) an eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 35; All connect all words
- m. 41: All change whole note value to dotted half/quarter rest
- ms. 47 and 49: Solo/TB beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 59: All beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest
- ms. 64 and 66: Solo/T beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest
- ms. 70 and 72: All beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 71: AT beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 73: AB beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest
- ms. 74 and 78: Solo/S beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 79: Solo/S, “T” on beat 2
- m. 80: Solo/S make third note (A) an eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 80: ATB drop the dot/add eighth rest
- m. 81: All beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest

- ms. 10-18: Bass has the option of singing the Tenor part if they don't have pitches below A2
- ms. 16-18: Soprano will prepare/audition the middle divisi. Should this music be performed for the Region Choir clinic/concert prior to Area Audition, Region Coordinators may determine the best approach to divisi for the integrity of the performance.
- ms. 38-53 and ms. 67-83: Alto will select/audition the part that best fits their voice during divisi


Gloria from Coronation Mass

Voicing: SATB
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Publisher: CPDL
CPDL Download: https://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/e/ef/Ws-moz-3172.pdf
Product ID: CPDL
Audition Levels: Designated for Area Audition use. May be used for auditions prior to Area. 
Selection Voice Ranges
S: C4-G5--A: B3-C5--T: C3-G4--B: F2-C4

Instructions/Errata:
- m. 46: TB change the half note to a quarter note/quarter rest (to math the SA voices)
- m. 56: the half note in the piano score should be a quarter note followed by quarter rest on beat 2
- m. 56: SATB change the half note to a quarter note followed by quarter rest on beat 2
- m. 67: [Alto rehearsal recording] Rehearsal recordings sings “Deo” instead of written “Fili” … please sing “Fili” [7/5/23]
- m. 112: S beat 1 should be Bb
- m. 116: B beats 2 and 3 should be Ab
- m. 130: Bass solo change note value to dotted half note
- m. 150: ATB drop the dot on beat two and change to quarter note followed by eighth rest to match the Soprano part
- m. 171: Piano should play a C and E in beat 1 and 1 ½ in the right hand (not a D and F as printed)

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
- All voices, always use slight separation between “Glo” and “ria” every time for the word “Gloria”
- m. 1: All voices accent on “Glo” and every time from now on for the word “Gloria”
- m. 9: All beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 10: All beat 2 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 11: S beat 2 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 13: AT change dotted half value to half note/quarter rest
- m. 13: SB beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest
- ms. 15 and 16: All beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest (but don’t “clip” it)
- m. 17: crescendo
- m. 18: diminuendo
- m. 18: All slight lift on the dot
- ms. 19/28/32/40/44/56/104/122/170: All beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest (but don’t “clip” it)
- m. 24: crescendo
- m. 27: diminuendo
- ms. 46/48/50/52/53/: All beat 2 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 52: All voices pronounce the letters GN as in the Spanish Ñ (as in Baño) [ɲ]
- ms. 79/81/97/99/139/143: All beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest
- ms. 83 and 84: crescendo
- m. 85: diminuendo
- ms. 101 and 102: crescendo
- m. 103: diminuendo
- m. 135: All slight separation between “Quo” and “ni-am”
- m. 145: ATB beat 1 eliminate the dot and add slight separation
- ms. 149 and 151: All beat 2 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 152/165: All eliminate the dot and add slight separation
- ms. 158 and 159: crescendo
- m. 161: diminuendo
- m. 167: All last note must be an eighth note (not a sixteenth as written)
- m. 171: All beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 172: All beat 2 eighth note/eighth rest
- ms. 181/183/185: ST beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 182: B beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest
- ms. 186 and 190: All beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest
- ms. 187 and 188: All beat 2 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 193: All beat 1 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 196: AT beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest
- m. 198: All beat 3 eighth note/eighth rest

SATB: Only prepare "Tutti" sections for auditions

- ms. 22-27 and 156-161: Bass has the option of singing the Tenor part if they don't have pitches below A2


Veni Sancte Spiritus

Voicing: SATB
Composer: Zanaida Robles
Publisher: Music Spoke
Product ID:
Audition Levels: Designated for Area Audition use. May be used for auditions prior to Area. 
Selection Voice Ranges
S: G3-E5--A: F#3-C#5--T: D3-F#4--B: A2-D4

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
Any divisi in specific voice part for SSC will be split: Areas North and East will prepare/audition the UPPER divisi and Areas South, West, and Central will prepare/audition the LOWER divisi for Area Audition. However, should this music be performed for the Region Choir clinic/concert prior to Area Audition, Region Coordinators may determine the best approach to divisi for the integrity of the performance.

- ms. 5-20: All stagger-breathe whenever needed
- m. 21: T change dotted half note value to half note/quarter rest (to mirror A)
- m. 26: SA eighth rest lift before “thy”
- m. 38: SA eighth rest lift on beat 4
- ms. 39-47: All stagger-breathe whenever needed
- m. 52: SA eighth rest lift before “thy”
- m. 60: SA eighth rest lift before “thy”
- m. 64: SA change beat 5 eighth note/eighth rest values to quarter rest
- m. 65: TB change beat 4 dotted quarter value to quarter note/quarter rest
- m. 68: All beat 5 will be quarter rest
- m. 71: SA eighth rest lift before “Come”
- m. 76: SA eighth rest lift before “thy”
- m. 92: SA eighth rest lift before “thy”


I Believe in God from Gospel Mass

Voicing: SATB
Composer: Robert Ray
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp
Product ID: 8595487
Audition Levels: Designated for Area Audition use. May be used for auditions prior to Area. 
Selection Voice Ranges
S: Eb4-G5--A: Bb3-C5--T: G3-A4--B: C3-C4

Instructions/Errata:
- m. 48: A and of beat 3 (“on”) should be an Ab [6/15]

Conductor's Rehearsal notes:
Any divisi in specific voice part for SSC will be split: Areas North and East will prepare/audition the UPPER divisi and Areas South, West, and Central will prepare/audition the LOWER divisi for Area Audition. However, should this music be performed for the Region Choir clinic/concert prior to Area Audition, Region Coordinators may determine the best approach to divisi for the integrity of the performance.

- m. 6: All “D” of “God” on the dot
- m. 18: SAT change beat 3 half note value to quarter note/quarter rest
- m. 20: All change beat 2 dotted half note value to half note/quarter rest (rest on 4)
- m. 21: All beats 3 and 4 will be eighth note/eighth rest (“-fied” and “died”)
- m. 22 All beat 2 will be eighth note/eighth rest
- ms. 29/33/37/41/45/49: eliminate the tied note
- ms. 31/35/39/43/47/51: He // a // rose (all separated)
- ms. 30/34/38/42/46/50: change whole value to dotted half note/quarter rest
- m. 32: end of measure dynamic is MP
- ms. 61/63/65: similar m. 31 separate all words
- ms. 62/64/68/72/76/80/84/86/88/90: end with a quarter rest
[8/29/23] - ms. 71 & 72: please use the original text of the Credo, not the optional text in the score (strike "Church Universal on Earth)
- ms. 79-80: S2 should sing the upper Alto pitches (as is written in ms. 71-72) [7/5/23]
- ms. 77-80: Altos will remain on all bottom pitches (as is written in ms. 69-72) [7/5/23]
- m. 94: All “D” (of “God”) on beat 3
- m. 96: All “ST” (of “Ghost”) on beat 3


LSC and SSC Sightreading Criteria

  • Sightreading may be used at any level of audition but is mandatory at high school Pre-Area and Area auditions. The sightreading audition shall be 20% of the total score.
  • The sightreading exercise shall be written in one of the following key signatures: C, G, D, A, E, F, B-flat, E-flat or A-flat. There will be no modulations or altered tones.
  • The sightreading exercise shall be written in one of the following meter signatures: 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4, and approximately 8 measures in length.
  • The sightreading exercise may include the following rhythmic devices: half notes, quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, dotted eighth notes, sixteenth notes, quarter rests, eighth rests, and simple syncopation.
  • The sightreading exercise will include a minimum of 30 notes.