What you will need to apply:

The application form is at the bottom of this page.

You will be asked for:

• Your name & contact info

• A recent headshot/photo

• A short cover paragraph (<300 characters.)

• An up-to-date CV including relevant musical & business experience/skills.

• Social media links (optional)

• 4 short recordings (information below)

  
  Recording Information:

  The audio files do not need to be high quality.

• A phone recording is absolutely fine, as long as we can hear you clearly.

• For the recordings that use backing tracks, please ensure you are clearly audible over the track.

• When recording yourself on your phone, we suggest you use a separate device/laptop/phone to play the track you are singing along to.

• We really want to hear your natural voice rather than something that has been mixed or produced.

• Recordings that have been tuned, or heavily produced will be discarded. Please ensure your recordings are an accurate representation.

  Naming Your Files

  Please ensure your files are clearly named as follows:
  Your Name - Song Title
  e.g
  Mallika Bhagwat - Little Organ Fugue.mp3
  

Application materials & Information

Please submit the following excerpts:

Free Choice Song
Please submit an unedited, unaccompanied, non-classical song of your choosing that best showcases the type of singer you are. No longer than a minute or so.

Little Organ Fugue
Please sing the S2 line marked ‘Your Line’. You should record yourself a cappella/ unaccompanied. There are materials in the folder to assist with the learning. As you’ll hear from the Vocal Example file, this is sung with no vibrato, a soft airy tone and to a vowel that rhymes with the French word ‘bal’. The consonants should be extremely soft - no hard/wet ‘b’ or ‘d’ sounds and each note should have a slight bounce and decay. Please go with the tempo indicated in the score and learning examples.

America
Please sing the top line marked ‘Your Line’. You should record yourself a cappella/unaccompanied. We recommend you sing the solo with a soft, easy tone appropriate for the style. As you’ll hear in
the Vocal Example, you can be a little free with some of the phrasing and rhythms.

Additionally, please submit at least one of the following:
(You will not be penalised for only submitting one, however if both excerpts are comfortable for you it is helpful to hear you in both areas of your voice)

The Song of Purple Summer (S1)
Please sing the S1 line marked ‘Your Line’. You should record yourself singing along to the track called The Song of Purple Summer Cue and Backing. Make sure your voice can be heard clearly over the backing. There are other materials in the folder to assist with the learning. As you’ll hear from the Vocal Example file, here you are singing a soaring choral line. We are looking for a pure tone, almost like a boy treble. The ‘doon’ should be light and slightly percussive but no hard/wet consonant. Please observe the note lengths and phrase off at the end of both ascending scales.

The Song of Purple Summer (Solo)
Please sing the third line from the top marked ‘Your line’, from the upbeat in bar 18 to bar 32. You should record yourself a cappella/unaccompanied. We're looking for a rich, emotive solo that shows off the tonal depth of your lower register.

You can download all the sheet music, audio recordings, & learning tracks below.

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