At the live national audition (or in front of the music/voice teacher for those applying directly as no national audition organized in their home country), candidates perform and record the following music material in front of the national jury (or monitoring person for direct applications): 

1. Range test: SCALE sung forte, a cappella, on an open vowel showing the candidate’s full vocal range. 
2. Prepared scores/Obligatory choral excerpt: The candidate should record his/her part in Latin, with all dynamics and articulation; the other parts are playd as the piano reduction. Voice part of the applicant should not be played, while accompanying the piece. Scores should be provided in advance (mail) to the candidates, in order to let them demonstrate their best ability in preparing it at home.
   
3. Candidates must present an Aria, Lied, with or without piano accompaniment, showing their best artistic and vocal abilities. The prepared score must be sung in the correct octave and proper key for the voice part for which a candidate is auditioning.                                                                                                                                                                                  NOTE: Here, we strongly advise the candidate to present an excerpt that fits his/her voice and vocal style in order to present his/her best artistic potential rather than an attempt to sing a difficult opera aria. Candidate can also choose Aria or Lied of a national composer. 
4. Sight-reading: All applicants should record the melody as a piece of sight-reading. Singer must sing a capella after introduction cadenza.  3 to 4 minutes are available for the applicant to look it through.  It must then be recorded at first attempt in front of the jury, IN THE MARKED TEMPO! Sight reading should not be placed on line, or distributed before the audition!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     NOTE: The sight reading exercise is not the crucial/final decision point of the candidates audition, but it is important that candidate analyses the whole exercise,(while looking through 3 to 4 minutes before recording) it’s melody, tonal and theory (solfeggio) components. It is obligatory to follow given procedure when recording the sight reading exercise. The exercise should not be given and prepared in advance! Prepared sight reading is hearable on the recording. If this is the case, applications will be denied. 
   

Candidates will need to provide the following documents to the recruitment organization. These documents shold also be submitted by national recruiters when forwarding the material to the International jury. 

1. Application form (PDF file)
2. Audition form 
3. First page of a passport (copy in PDF file)
4. ID photograph (JPG format, 300-600 dpi) 
5. Curriculum Vitae / Resume form. Template WORD document sent to recruitment partners.  
6. Letter of motivation explaining the reasons you would like to participate in WYC (max. 20 lines, in English, WORD or PDF format).

After the national selection, material of chosen applicants should be sent to the World Youth Choir management, by the local recruitment organization (for each candidate preferably by e mail) not later than XXX 2013. Please send complete audio material (mp3 files) organized per each candidate, marked with full name of the applicant and name of the recorded sound material plus PDF files of all documents required, also per each candidate.

Requested material should be sent to manager@worldyouthchoir.org 

After receiving your material, we will send you a confirmation e mail within 10 days, notifying you about successful submission. If you do not receive such a mail, within 10 days from a day of submission, please contact us again! 

We would appreciate if you could send the material at your earliest convenience! 

International Jury : XXX  2013 

After all national (or individual) auditions are done and all material has arrived to e mail address marked above, an international jury will proceed in the final selection of singers XXX 2013. 

This selection will include chosen singers as well a reserve list of singers, who will have the right to join the project after the cancelation of singers from the first list. All recruitment partners, selected singers and singers on the reserve list will be notified about the results of the selection of the international jury. Non selected singers will not be notified about their status. 

 

At the live national audition (or in front of the music/voice teacher for those applying directly as no national audition organized in their home country), candidates perform and record the following music material in front of the national jury (or monitoring person for direct applications): 

1. Range test: SCALE sung forte, a cappella, on an open vowel showing the candidate’s full vocal range. 
2. Prepared scores/Obligatory choral excerpt: The candidate should record his/her part in Latin, with all dynamics and articulation; the other parts are playd as the piano reduction. Voice part of the applicant should not be played, while accompanying the piece. Scores should be provided in advance (mail) to the candidates, in order to let them demonstrate their best ability in preparing it at home.
   
3. Candidates must present an Aria, Lied, with or without piano accompaniment, showing their best artistic and vocal abilities. The prepared score must be sung in the correct octave and proper key for the voice part for which a candidate is auditioning.                                                                                                                                                                                  NOTE: Here, we strongly advise the candidate to present an excerpt that fits his/her voice and vocal style in order to present his/her best artistic potential rather than an attempt to sing a difficult opera aria. Candidate can also choose Aria or Lied of a national composer. 
4. Sight-reading: All applicants should record the melody as a piece of sight-reading. Singer must sing a capella after introduction cadenza.  3 to 4 minutes are available for the applicant to look it through.  It must then be recorded at first attempt in front of the jury, IN THE MARKED TEMPO! Sight reading should not be placed on line, or distributed before the audition!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     NOTE: The sight reading exercise is not the crucial/final decision point of the candidates audition, but it is important that candidate analyses the whole exercise,(while looking through 3 to 4 minutes before recording) it’s melody, tonal and theory (solfeggio) components. It is obligatory to follow given procedure when recording the sight reading exercise. The exercise should not be given and prepared in advance! Prepared sight reading is hearable on the recording. If this is the case, applications will be denied. 
   

Candidates will need to provide the following documents to the recruitment organization. These documents shold also be submitted by national recruiters when forwarding the material to the International jury. 

1. Application form (PDF file)
2. Audition form 
3. First page of a passport (copy in PDF file)
4. ID photograph (JPG format, 300-600 dpi) 
5. Curriculum Vitae / Resume form. Template WORD document sent to recruitment partners.  
6. Letter of motivation explaining the reasons you would like to participate in WYC (max. 20 lines, in English, WORD or PDF format).

After the national selection, material of chosen applicants should be sent to the World Youth Choir management, by the local recruitment organization (for each candidate preferably by e mail) not later than XXX 2013. Please send complete audio material (mp3 files) organized per each candidate, marked with full name of the applicant and name of the recorded sound material plus PDF files of all documents required, also per each candidate.

Requested material should be sent to manager@worldyouthchoir.org 

After receiving your material, we will send you a confirmation e mail within 10 days, notifying you about successful submission. If you do not receive such a mail, within 10 days from a day of submission, please contact us again! 

We would appreciate if you could send the material at your earliest convenience! 

International Jury : XXX  2013 

After all national (or individual) auditions are done and all material has arrived to e mail address marked above, an international jury will proceed in the final selection of singers XXX 2013. 

This selection will include chosen singers as well a reserve list of singers, who will have the right to join the project after the cancelation of singers from the first list. All recruitment partners, selected singers and singers on the reserve list will be notified about the results of the selection of the international jury. Non selected singers will not be notified about their status.