Children’s All-State Preparation and Procedures

Nominating teachers must link their NAfME membership on the GTOMS platform. If there is a problem linking membership, contact the David Gorham at [email protected]. Membership must be current through the date of auditions.

Teachers need to collect an email address for each student’s parent/guardian. The email address will be used for parent/guardian registration should the student be selected to participate in the ensemble.

Applications will not be considered complete without a form of payment on file.

1. Each section of the audition will be recorded separately. The recording must be made using the audition track(s) downloaded from the website. All recording tracks must be in mp3 format.
2. A student may only be entered one time.
3. Label each track with the student’s name, voice part (S1, S2, A1, A2), and track (vocalise, harmony, prepared song). EX: Katie Robertson-S1-Vocalise.
4. The nominating teacher must conduct the audition.
5. Please practice the audition prior to recording, and send only the highest quality to be judged.
6. Before starting the vocalise track, have the student speak his/her name and specific voice part, slowly and clearly. Be sure that singers state the year for which they are auditioning.
7. Before starting the harmonization track, have the student speak his/her name and state the year for which they are auditioning.
8. Before starting the prepared song track, have the student speak his/her name and state the year for which they are auditioning.
9. Once you are recording, do not stop or pause the track until the audition is complete. (Failure on the teacher’s part to follow this procedure will disqualify the student.)
10. Download a Sample Judging Form and complete it for each student.  It is only for your use (DO NOT mail the sample judging form with your audition materials).

Students’ auditions will be disqualified for any of the following reasons:

• If the teacher’s voice is heard on the recording
• If other sounds interfere with the judges’ ability to accurately assess the audition
• If the recording is stopped or spliced at any point during the audition
• If the tempo/pitch of the audition track is altered in any way
• If the recording has any vocal enhancements including reverb
• If the voice part recorded does not match the voice part selected from the drop-down menu on the entry form

Students who audition for both OkMEA Children’s All State Chorus and OkCDA Junior High All State Chorus will select their ensemble of choice (OkMEA or OkCDA) when they complete their audition application. Students are not permitted to participate in both ensembles. Children’s Chorus results will not be officially published until OkCDA auditions are complete. Audition fees will not be refunded per OkMEA’s policies.

Here are the steps the Children’s Chorus committee will follow to execute the update:

1. On Sunday, after Children’s Chorus auditions conclude, the Children’s Chorus chair will contact those students who were selected for Children’s Chorus that chose to audition for both ensembles to let the student know their position in Children’s Chorus is secure.
2. The student may then choose to forego their OkCDA JH All-State audition or proceed with their audition the following Tuesday.
3. If the student chooses to audition for OkCDA and is then selected for the ensemble, they will forfeit their OkMEA Children’s All-State position.
4. If the student chooses to audition for OkCDA and is not selected for JH All-State, their will retain their OkMEA Children’s All-State position.