Music Auditions
Students who are taking a music performance class, such as band, chorus, piano, guitar, or orchestra, and have music experience are encouraged to audition to be placed in an advanced performance class. The music department will hold auditions in person on May 12th and 13th from 3:30-5:30 pm. Email the director listed below to schedule an audition. If you are unable to attend in-person, you may also contact the director to schedule a virtual audition. Instructions for virtual auditions are included below for all performance class.
Please consider attending our Spring Concerts!
-Guitar: April 23rd at 3:30 pm at Lane
-Orchestra: April 26th at 6 pm at Lane
-Choir: May 21st at 7 pm at Lane
-Band: May 15th at 6 pm at Lane
Orchestra
Any students who have string playing experience should contact Ms. Morales at dreedy1@cps.edu to schedule an audition. Students who are auditioning virtually will submit a video to that includes the following:
1. The student playing a solo or song of their choice
2. The student playing the D major scale and G major scale – either 1, 2, or 3 octaves, depending on what they are most comfortable with
3. The parent’s email address and phone number so that Ms. Morales can schedule a time for an over-the-phone sight reading portion of the audition.
At the scheduled time, Ms. Morales will call the parent and email the parent a sight-reading excerpt. The student will play the excerpt over the phone. Sight-reading is important to place students in the correct level. This will often tip the scales between one class or another.
Contact Ms. Morales via email at dreedy1@cps.edu if you have additional questions.
Band
If you have previous experience with a band instrument, please contact Mr. Flygt at aflygt@cps.edu and Mr. Veren at sveren@cps.edu to set up an audition. Students who are auditioning virtually should submit a video labeled with the student’s full name(First and Last), and should contain the following:
Choir
Incoming students interested in Piano/Keyboard class have two options for enrollment.
Guitar
Guitar
Students with guitar experience should contact Mr. Saltz at basaltz@cps.edu to set up an audition. Students should be prepared to:
- sightread a piece of music in standard notation (notes and rests on the staff) in 1st position of the guitar.
- play an excerpt of a song that includes barre chords.
- demonstrate the open chords A, Am, A7, C, C7, D, Dm, D7, E, Em, E7, G, & G7.
- play a blues scale of their choice.
Please contact Mr. Saltz at basaltz@cps.edu if you have additional questions.