The 51勛圖 Singers are a group of 51勛圖 students who are highly diverse in terms of their backgrounds, interests, and talents, but who are united in their love of singing and their dedication to the choral art.
Audition Schedule 2025
You are welcome to schedule an audition with John Rommereim via Zoom prior to the start of the semester. You are also welcome to contact Professor Rommereim just to get acquainted and talk things over ahead of time.
Zoom Session Auditions
- Thursday, Aug. 21 79 p.m. Central Time
- Additional times can be set up by emailing John Rommereim.
New students: Its helpful if you schedule your in-person auditions on Monday to save room for returning students in the later sessions.
In-person Individual Auditions (Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, Room 152)
- Monday, Aug. 25: 911 a.m.
- Tuesday, Aug. 26: 46 p.m. and 78 p.m.
- Wednesday, Aug. 27: 79 p.m.
- Monday, Sept. 1: 10 a.m.noon
Callback Auditions
Monday, Sept. 1
- 3-4 p.m. sopranos
- 4-5 p.m. altos
- 7-8 p.m. basses
- 8-9 p.m. tenors
Audition Process: Instructions from Director John Rommereim
During the 10-minute audition, well devote some time to getting to know each other a little, and then well do the following:
- Ill ask you to sing back short melodies played on the piano (testing tonal memory). This should work fine online.
- Well test your vocal range using a simple pattern, such as 154321 on ee and ah vowels. The pattern will move up and down by half steps. This could be a little trickier online because Im unable to accompany you as usual. Ill play the pattern, then youll sing afterward; we wont try to sing and play together.
- You will sing , starting at measure 16. To learn your part, you can use one of these four YouTube videos: , . (Each of the videos has one of the voice parts highlighted). Please note: If you dont have much experience reading vocal music and you find this exercise to be too challenging, please do still audition. Sight-reading skills are very helpful for the ensemble, but they arent all-important. If you have a good ear (which we test in the first two segments of the audition), you can still be a strong contributor to the ensemble. We also will have extra training sessions during the year for choir members who need to develop their understanding of music fundamentals.
- Optionally, you may sing a prepared piece up to three minutes long. It is helpful to hear how you sound when youre singing a piece that you know well. Any style is acceptable whatever allows you to show your musical and vocal personality. Again, this is optional; it is perfectly OK if you dont have a prepared piece.