Chorus

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The Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Chorus is a 45-member chamber choir led by internationally recognized conductors and assisted by expert vocal teachers/coaches. The daily schedule includes full choir rehearsals as well as individual and sectional coaching. Students may also participate in supplemental study and ensemble work. Repertoire consists of a wide variety of standard and contemporary choral literature. The choir performs two concerts during the Institute.

Application Requirements:

1) Call the Oklahoma Arts Institute office at (405) 321-9000 to schedule an audition.  Audition spaces fill quickly, and video tapes are not accepted as a substitute for live auditions. Click here for audition dates and locations.

2) Download and submit a complete application.

Audition Requirements:
• Please arrive early to check in and warm up. Auditions are blind and will be digitally recorded for adjudication at a later date. All elements of the audition are required.
• Sing short musical examples to determine tonal memory.
• Perform a short sight-reading exercise.
• Sing the “Star Spangled Banner” a cappella AS WRITTEN on the sheet music provided here. (Please click the link at the top of page.) Singers who do not sing the music as written will be disqualified.  The music and words do NOT have to be memorized, and the beginning pitch will be provided.  You MUST sing the music in the designated key for your vocal range:

SOPRANO: D flat (beginning pitch A flat)
ALTO: A flat (beginning pitch E flat)
TENOR: B flat (beginning pitch F)*
*Tenors: If you are unable to sing in the key of B flat, the key of C (beginning pitch G) is an acceptable alternative.
BASS: G (beginning pitch D)

Tempo: Quarter Note = 90 – 100 b.p.m. (Set your metronome at a tempo between 90 and 100; each click represents one quarter note.)

If you have any questions, please call (405) 321-9000.

Judging Criteria:
• Tone
• Technique
• Musicality
• Sight-reading
• Tonal Memory
Download a Sample Chorus Adjudication Form

Adjudicators are college faculty, professional musicians, and members of the Oklahoma Arts Institute's Music Advisory Panel.

The chorus program of the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute is endowed by the SBC Foundation Choral Music Fund.