Surround Sound, Wright State University’s show choir, will be holding auditions for the 2019-2020 school year Sept. 9-12. Auditionees will audition for a small panel of around four people.
Students of all majors are welcome to audition.
“I’m there to better you and your skills as a musician even if it’s not something you want to do as your career,” said Rett Genatempo, Surround Sound’s founder and director. “If you’re looking to get more into music programs but you aren’t necessarily just into singing and you want to do some dancing, that’s literally in our description.”
Here are the need to know dates:
Dance auditions – September 9:
There will be two groups: one from 5-6pm and another from 7-8pm. Auditionees will learn around 12 eight-counts of choreography then will be split into small groups to perform the routine.
Vocal auditions – September 10 & 11:
Auditionees will choose a 5-minute audition slot between 5:30-8pm on either day to perform 2-3 minutes of a Broadway song in professional attire. The song must be memorized and they need to either play the soundtrack on a phone or have a guitarist or pianist accompany them; there will be no a cappella auditions.
Combo auditions – September 12:
Auditionees will perform a set piece of music, which can be found on Surround Sound’s website, during an audition slot from 7-8:30pm. The sheet music can be used during the audition.
Current members will be re-auditioning with new auditionees.
“We are an extremely welcoming community that’s always looking for new people,” said Genatempo. “It’s a completely new community that you get to be a part of and actually build yourself.”
Surround Sound is looking to perform a preview of their show at this year’s Raiderthon. They will be performing at Loveland High School’s competition and most likely at Ross High School’s competition in the winter.
For more information, visit Surround Sound’s website and Engage page.
