House Music is an new annual competition. Each house needs to provide the following performances:

• An instrumental piece

  • This can be any combination of instruments or a solo

  • This should not use a backing track

• A choral piece

  • This should involve as many singers as possible!

  • This can use a backing track or have a live accompaniment of any instrument

  • Students can sing in unison or in harmony

• A free choice piece

  • Any combination of instruments or voices in any style

  • This could use a backing track or use live instruments

JUDGING CRITERIA

All performances will be judged on:

• Accuracy - Are the correct notes being played? Is it in tune?

• Ensemble - How well students perform together

• Deportment - How well students get on and off stage, manage bows and how they present themselves on stage

Extra credit will be considered for large numbers of students, consideration of props and costume and choreography, though anyone dancing would need to also be singing or playing an instrument.

Please note, we would encourage singing performances which use harmonies, however a performance without harmonies which is performed accurately will rate higher than a performance with harmies that are not sung in tune.