Vocal auditions for roles with an extensive singing part will initially take place through student submission of a short video. Please read the instructions below.

Please video record your piece with or without backing track or piano accompaniment; it is entirely up to you. Feel free to adjust the speeds if you sing without backing track. The backing track doesn’t have to be audible on the video you submit. You can just have it playing into your headphones if you wish.

Please follow the tips below about making this recording so that it is as clearly audible as possible. 

Your video should be submitted by email to musicperfs@hillsroad.ac.uk by 12 noon on Friday 20 June.

If you have any questions about the vocal audition requirements, including the technical side, please email Mark Davis, Senior Music Technician, at mdavis@hillsroad.ac.uk.

Before recording, please make sure to follow the guidelines below to ensure you capture your performance in the best way possible.

• Please try to be somewhere relatively quiet (no TV on in the background etc!)
• Please record in landscape format, not portrait format, so wide and not tall. If you’re recording on a phone, set it sideways.
• Please do a test recording first, before submitting your video, to check for any distortion caused by singing too loudly/closely to your phone or computer mic. Standing a few metres back should help minimise the above issue.
• Ignore this if you don’t understand it: ideal settings are high quality, up to 1080p HD, please don’t go up to 4K as we’ll have to convert the file down again.
• When submitting your video, please remember to name your file appropriately, i.e., your name and Young Frankenstein upper / lower vocal, and submit it to the email address provided above.

Vocal auditions for roles with an extensive singing part will initially take place through student submission of a short video.

Video vocal auditions are only required if you are interested in a role with quite a bit of solo singing. Regardless of which character you might be interested in playing, please record yourself singing

EITHER

Listen to Your Heart 

if you are interested in an upper-range lead vocal part

OR

Together Again 

if you are interested in a lower range lead vocal part. You can sing up to page 34 of the score and if you want to continue further, you can choose to sing the Frederick or the Igor part, it's up to you!

Links to the backing tracks for each song and the sheet music are available below:

Please state your name clearly at the start of your video recording and then briefly outline your vocal experience by answering the questions below to camera. Young Frankenstein Vocal Audition prompt questions

1. What is your name, current school and which A Level courses are you intending to
follow at Hills Road?
2. What is your voice type (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass – or just say high/low if unsure)?
3. What vocal range is comfortable for you? eg G below middle C up to 2 octaves higher
4. Do you have a vocal teacher, and if so, for how long have you been having lessons?
5. What vocal experience do you have –eg school musical productions/choirs/singing exams
6. Are you more interested in a role with just a small amount of solo singing or ready to
brave a part with extensive solo singing?
7. Any other info you would like us to be aware of?

Your video should be submitted by email to musicperfs@hillsroad.ac.uk by 12 noon on Friday 20 June.

If you have any questions about the vocal audition requirements, including the technical side, please email Mr Mark Davis, Senior Music Technician via the button below.