Its that time of year again – time to show the Lyres your talent.
Auditions will be held on September 8th and 9th, the day after A Cappella Rush. The time will vary, depending on when you sign up for a slot, but the auditions will begin at 5:00PM each day and they will be held in the League, 3rd floor, Room A. For more information, to sign up for an audition, or if you have questions, please feel free to contact us! See you this fall!
The Auditions Process
The Compulsive Lyres hold auditions at the beginning of fall (and sometimes winter) semester. We generally have two rounds of auditions over several days.
First Round: The first round of auditions has several components.
- Vocalization – We’ll warm you up and test your range.
- Tonal Memory – We play a series of notes, you sing them back to us.
- Sightreading – You’ll have about a minute to look at a line of sheet music, and sing it on the syllable of your choice.
- Solo – This is your chance to show off your voice. You may choose any song from the Jazz/Pop/R&B genre to show us you can be Divas and Rock Stars! We will listen to a verse/refrain of you a cappella, and it’s not necessary to bring written music. We just ask that you try not to sing Disney, Classical, or Musical Theater selections since these aren’t the type of music we sing, and don’t give us a good idea of how you will sound in our group.
Second Round (Callbacks): We invite a portion of auditionees for a second round of callbacks. During this round, we are looking to see which voices blend well with our group. Callbacks are run much like a normal rehearsal: we will warm up with you, teach you parts of some songs in our current repertoire, and rock out a cappella style!
Thanks for your interest in the Lyres, we hope to see you this fall!
-Emily Byl, Lyres Music Director ‘10
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