We look for low-voice freshmen, sophomores, and juniors at the beginning of each semester. Auditions are open to all genders and take place in the Soul Room located in Bloomberg Basement. No prior singing experience is necessary!
The audition is divided into several parts:
Scales
Singing scales will help warm your voice up and give the group a sense of the range and quality of your voice. Never sung a scale before? Try singing along to this video (just saying "la") to get more comfortable!
Pitch Matching
We will play a sequence of three to four notes and ask you to sing them back to us in the order they were played.
Chords
We will play several chords consisting of three to four notes each, and we will ask you to sing back the bottom, middle, or top note.
Swells
We will ask you to sing a note, first increasing, then decreasing your volume in one breath on that note. This will test your breath support and control.
Solo
Now it's your turn to show us some soul! You will sing a verse and chorus of a song of your choice, of any genre. Length may vary, but think anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email our music director Rowan (rk4164@princeton.edu), and he will get back to you promptly!