Choir

Thank you for your interest in joining MHS Choir! We have a place for everyone in one of our choirs. To start, everyone needs to sign-up for choir on your course registration form. If you haven't done so, please email or talk to your counselor as soon as possible!

In the choir program we have 2 choirs that are open to all students no matter skill or experience level. Treble voices will be in Concert Treble Choir, while tenors and bass voices will be in Concert Tenor-Bass Choir. It is not necessary to audition in order to be placed in one of these choirs. Simply sign up for choir and you are in! We look forward to singing with everyone in these ensembles!

Additionally, we have 4 other choirs that require auditions - Select Treble Choir, Select Tenor-Bass Choir, Meistersingers (11th and 12th grade only) and Chamber Singers (11th and 12th grade only). If you are interested in auditioning for one of these ensembles, please continue below.

First, you will need to sign-up for choir on your course registration form. Second, all students must complete the Audition Form found HERE.  Finally, auditions for Select Choirs will be taking place on your Middle School campus in early May. Current choir students will audition during their choir class. If you are NOT currently enrolled in choir and would like to audition, please email Mr. Rice: jeff.rice@midwayisd.org​

During the audition you will be asked to:

1. Sing a Major Scale while using hand signs.
2. Sing the Star Spangled Banner a cappella (without accompaniment).
3. Sight Read an 8 measure unison line.  Practice sightreading exercises may be found HERE.

Click the links below for music and practice tracks.

• Soprano: Music / Practice Track
• ‍Alto: Music / Practice Track
• ‍Tenor: Music / Practice Track
• ‍Bass: Music / Practice Track3

First, you will need to sign-up for choir on your course registration form. Second, all students must complete the Audition Form found HERE. Finally, your virtual audition recording must be submitted by 11:59 pm, Friday, May 5th. See section below for audition details, practice audio tracks, audition audio tracks, and music.​

Current choir students will submit your recording on the Schoology MHS Choir-Video Audition/Evaluation Assignment found in the 6th Six Weeks folder. Students not currently enrolled in choir must upload their video to Google Drive and email a Shared Google link of your video to midwayhspantherchoir@gmail.com.

Please watch these 2 videos for an example of an audition and some tips for your recording process.

• ‍10th, 11th, and 12th Grade Audition Example‍
• ‍10th, 11th, and 12th Grade Audition Video Tips‍

‍‍Audition Details:​​

During the audition you will be asked to:

1) Sing your voice part to The Lord Bless You and Keep You. Music can be found HERE. Practice recordings can be found HERE.

2) Sing 4 scales. Major, Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor, and Melodic Minor. Music is HERE. Click the links below for practice tracks.

• Soprano: Practice Track
• ‍Alto: Practice Track
• ‍Tenor: Practice Track
• ‍Bass: Practice Track​

3) Sing the Star Spangled Banner a cappella (without accompaniment).  

Click the links below for music and practice tracks.

• Soprano: Music / Practice Track
• ‍Alto: Music / Practice Track
• ‍Tenor: Music / Practice Track
• ‍Bass: Music / Practice Track

‍4) Sight Read an 8 measure unison line. Examples for practice may be found HERE. This part of the audition will be submitted as a class assignment in Sight Reading Factory. www.sightreadingfactory.com ***if you are not currently enrolled in choir, please contact a Director for separate instructions to submit your sight reading requirements. ‍

‍Audition Audio Tracks  (use these tracks for your video)

• ‍‍‍​Soprano Guided Track‍
• ‍Alto Guided Track‍
• ‍Tenor Guided Track‍
• ‍‍‍​Bass Guided Track

Chamber Singer Audition:

Chamber Singer auditions are Monday May 8th, 6:30pm in the choir room. Please fill out the Chamber Singers audition form HERE. Complete all the requirements above to audition for Meistersingers. In order to be selected for Chamber Singers, you must make Meistersingers and have chosen Chamber Singers as a 2nd choir class.

If You Are New To Midway...‍

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If you are coming to Midway from another school district the same audition material still applies. However, your audition will be at some point after you officially register with Midway ISD. We are happy to answer any questions you may have or help you prepare for your audition. Welcome to Midway!

Midway ISD Fine Arts Private Lesson Program

Supplemental individual private lessons are offered as enrichment to classroom instruction and are designed to utilize the broad scope of characteristic literature available for every instrument, voice or actor.  Rather than stress the singular goal of competition preparation, the emphasis instead is on nurturing the independent thinking and individual performance skills critical to the development of the maturing performer. Music private lessons focus on acquiring refined levels of sight-reading and technical proficiency in tandem with the attainment of an advanced sense of musical instinct and interpretation. Theatre private lessons give students an opportunity to build on fundamental acting skills and techniques while also working toward building a repertoire of monologues ready for auditions.  

• STUDENT & PARENT PACKET for MISD Private Lesson Program
• TEACHER PACKET for MISD Private Lesson Program