Audition process

1) Get in touch with us. Speak to a member, write us an email, visit our rehearsal!

2) Please send us a voice recording. The song is your choice, not necessarily barbershop, and

should demonstrate your ability to sing in tune, your chosen vocal range and your vocal

timbres, colours and expression. The recording will be reviewed by the No Borders Music

Team to make sure that you have a sufficient vocal ability level to reach the audition stage.

3) At the first rehearsal, the section leader or Musical Director (or appropriate delegate) will

listen to you and assess your voice with a small voice test. This will confirm the thoughts

about your voice recording, part choice and also give essential feedback to you as to what

you need to work on in terms of technique in order to help you with the quartet audition. It will

also be agreed at the first rehearsal which song will be the audition song. You can sing with

the chorus and you will also get the opportunity to sing the audition song with the audition

quartet.

4) At the second rehearsal we’ll hold your audition. The audition song will be sung a few times with the

audition quartet, with a member of the performance team in attendance, to practice before

calling the MD (or appropriate delegate) to listen. After the performance, the audition quartet and

performance team member will agree with the MD if the audition was successful or not.