Individual Auditions:
May 23rd & 24th
2:30-4:30p
PSHS Chorus Room
(Each student gets a 3-4 minute time slot)
Group Auditions:
Wednesday, May 25th
2:30-4:30p
PSHS Chorus Room
(Students who wish to be considered for the group must be in attendance)
May 23rd & 24th
2:30-4:30p
PSHS Chorus Room
(Each student gets a 3-4 minute time slot)
Group Auditions:
Wednesday, May 25th
2:30-4:30p
PSHS Chorus Room
(Students who wish to be considered for the group must be in attendance)
Fill out this audition form and submit prior to your individual audition.
Welcome!
Congratulations on taking your first step in being a part of Plymouth South High School A Cappella! Over the past five years, our group has accomplished much, including performing on tour in Washington, D.C. & New York City, releasing three singles, a music video, and - most recently - placing Third in the ICHSA Semifinals in Worcester, MA.
We are looking for students to join us who love singing, performing, collaborating and problem-solving, and who also want to be a part of an intense - but rewarding - creative process!
Congratulations on taking your first step in being a part of Plymouth South High School A Cappella! Over the past five years, our group has accomplished much, including performing on tour in Washington, D.C. & New York City, releasing three singles, a music video, and - most recently - placing Third in the ICHSA Semifinals in Worcester, MA.
We are looking for students to join us who love singing, performing, collaborating and problem-solving, and who also want to be a part of an intense - but rewarding - creative process!
About South Avenue
- South Avenue is Plymouth South High School's only auditioned a cappella ensemble and was established in 2016.
- We perform pop a cappella music on handheld microphones with limited choreography.
- Singers must exhibit vocal and musical ability and willingness to learn.
- This ensemble is regularly submitted for consideration at festivals and competitions. Members should expect rigorous rehearsals with the highest expectations resulting in powerful and impactful performances.
- Students will be expected to learn vocal parts outside of rehearsal. All members are supplied with a digital and hard copy of each chart as well as learning tracks to listen to and sing along with.
- We perform at most Plymouth South High School Vocal Concerts as well as other community functions and events.
- Auditions are open to incoming students in grades 9 through 12.
Individual Audition Instructions:
Your audition can take place in the following order:
1. Introduction - Say hello and introduce yourself! Tell us your name, grade level, and what you'll be singing.
2. Main Skill -
4. Secondary Skill -
1. Introduction - Say hello and introduce yourself! Tell us your name, grade level, and what you'll be singing.
2. Main Skill -
- If you are primarily a solo/part singer, sing two contrasting solos for us, unaccompanied. We want to hear your tone, phrasing, intonation, personality, and energy. Have fun with these and pick songs that are in your comfort zone, we want to see you at your best! Just a verse/chorus of each song is plenty. No Musical Theatre or Classical pieces, please.
- If you are primarily a beatboxer/vocal percussionist, please give us a demonstration (approx 1-2 mins), which can include anything and everything you’re comfortable with (straight-ahead beats, fills, freestyle beatboxing, etc). ALSO, please include a segment where you do a simple beat at a comfortable tempo along with a metronome. No need to be flashy for this part, we just want to see that you can keep a solid tempo.
- If you are primarily a bass singer, sing us a bass line using bass syllables (dm, doom, bm, ba, etc.) and also a bass vocal solo. The bass line can be something you just make up, or it can be an existing bass line. For the bass vocal solo, think along the lines of Old Man River, but it can be any song in any style. We just want to hear you sing a low range solo with lyrics. For both of these demonstrations, we’re looking for tone, pitch accuracy, and style. Note: if you are a bass with a higher solo register, you will also have the opportunity to show that to us as your secondary skill (see below).
- At your individual audition you will be asked to sing scales going up and down to check your range and make
4. Secondary Skill -
- If you are a solo/part singer and you also can sing bass and/or beatbox, show us what you got! If not, just skip this step.
- If you are a bass or beatboxer, please sing a solo for us as your secondary skill. (For basses, this should be more of a baritone-range solo.)
- Use the link at the top of this page to fill out an audition application prior to your individual audition.
Part Singing/Group Audition Instructions:
NOTE: This is the most important part of the audition!
NOTE: This is the most important part of the audition!
- You can download the materials for both charts HERE.
- Use the learning tracks and sheet music to learn whichever voice part suits you best on each song. (Beatboxers must sing for both examples.)
- Pay attention to the phrasing, dynamics, and inflections of the voices on the demo, and do your best to blend with them.
- You will be expected to sing your parts in the group auditions on May 25th in both large and small groups. You may be asked to sing the chart with one person on each part.
When you're ready to sign up for an audition slot, click HERE
Audition Results
Audition results will be given in person on Thursday, May 26th in the Chorus Room.
If you are unable to attend, a list will be distributed to all students who auditioned via email that evening.
If you are unable to attend, a list will be distributed to all students who auditioned via email that evening.
