Application Directions:
- Record your audition according to the instructions below. Download the excerpt and printable instructions here.
- Submit the following audition requirements by recording in the order given. Sections 2, 3, and 4 should be sung without accompaniment except for reference pitches.
We recommend recording your audition in multiple segments as follows:
- Track 1: Vocal Solo
- Track 2: America the Beautiful
- Track 3: Vocal Exercises (sections 4 & 5 of the audition requirements)
- Track 4: Prescribed passage from Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore
Recorded files
If you choose to record your own files, use this portal below to upload and submit them. Please label the segments accordingly to avoid confusion. For example: “Smith, Jane, Vocal Solo” or “Doe, John, Vocal Exercises.” Tracks should be saved as .mp3 or .wma audio files.
2024 SFYCA Audition Requirements:
- Sing a song of your choosing, accompanied or unaccompanied. Announce the title and composer of your selection.
- Sing the first verse of America the Beautiful (“O beautiful for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain,” etc.) in the key given for each voice type:
| Soprano I | Key of F (begin on C, octave above middle C) | Tenor I | Key of E (begin on B below middle C) |
| Soprano II | Key of E-flat (begin on Bb above middle C) | Tenor II | Tenor II Key of D (begin on A below middle C) |
| Alto I | Key of A (begin on E above middle C) | Bass I | Key of B-flat (begin on F below middle C) |
| Alto II | Key of G (begin on D above middle C) | Bass II | Key of F-sharp (begin on C# below middle C) |
3. Sing exercise D legato and unaccompanied, on ‘ah’, beginning in the middle of your range. Repeat the exercise, each time a half step higher, until you have reached the upper limit of your useful range. Please announce at the beginning in what key you are starting.
4. Sing exercise E legato and unaccompanied, on whatever vowel you wish, beginning in the middle of your range, at the same tempo as exercise D. Repeat the exercise, each time a half step lower, until you have reached the lower limit of your useful range. Please announce at the beginning in what key you are starting.
5. Sing the prescribed passage from Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore.
Piano Accompaniment Tracks:
Sample Concert Recordings:
Dix it Dominus Practice Track Excerpts: