Three Royal Oak High School (ROHS) students have qualified to participate in the Michigan School Vocal Music Association (MSVMA) High School Regional Honors Choir. Auditions were held Oct. 12.
- Kristen Dubicki, Freshman
- Aurora Haziri, Junior
- Camille Primeau, Senior
Students auditioned in front of one adjudicator by singing a memorized piece a cappella and sight-singing a short exercise. Students were assigned a point score in the categories of tone, memorization, intonation, phrasing, diction and vocal technique.
ROHS Choral Director Deborah Buffa explains this is a much more difficult level due to the sight reading component. “There are many fine singers auditioning these days, but a music reader, that can sight read new music on the spot, is quite rare,” she said.
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Sol-Feg is the sight reading language taught in Royal Oak Schools.
“Our goal at ROHS, is to produce vocal musicians that can not only sing with a strong and healthy voice, but also demonstrate musical literacy. I am passionate about the music reading component at ROHS. I really believe it is the main element that has made our vocal music program so successful - the music reading skills will last our students a lifetime,” said Buffa.
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The top scoring students were selected for honors choir. There are three honor choirs and students audition for them sequentially, Regional Honors Choir, State Honors Choir, and All-State Honors Choir.
Source: Royal Oak Schools
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