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In September / October each year Gondwana Voices holds national auditions for the following year's Gondwana Voices season. The application form for the 2007 Gondwana Voices program will be released in late July 2006.
Application requirements
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Junior Gondwana applicants must be aged between 10 and 14 during the season and have unchanged treble voices. Gondwana Voices applicants must be aged between 10 and 16 on 1 January 2007 and have unchanged treble voices. Gondwana Chamber Choir applicants must be aged between 12 and 17 during the season. Gondwana Chamber Choir is open to girls with soprano and alto voices and boys with changing or changed voices. All applicants must love singing! |
Auditions
Live auditions are held in Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Canberra, Brisbane, Rockhampton and Sydney. Applicants from regional or remote areas (further than 200 kms away from any of the audition cities) can submit an audio visual application in VHS or digital format.
Live and audio visual auditions comprise two parts:
1. Performance
Applicants must sing one song (preferably by an Australian composer) from memory. This song may be performed with or without live accompaniment. If using accompaniment, applicants must provide their own accompanist (no CD / cassette accompaniments are permitted).
2. Aural
Applicants must take an aural test including melodic memory, part-singing and sight-singing exercises.