Granite Recording & Entertainment Arts Training (GREAT) Academy

Now YOU can be a part of our award-winning tradition!!!

If you would like the opportunity to be a part of our choir family, here’s what you can do…

EITHER STOP IN TO GRANITE HILLS H.S. (ROOM C411) TO GRAB AN AUDITION PACKET & SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION TIME, EMAIL MR. CHURCHILL AT shane_churchill@avusd.org (Chamber Singers) OR MRS. HINOJOSA AT camille_hinojosa@avusd.org (Encore!) TO HAVE ONE OF THEM SIGN YOU UP, OR SUBMIT AN ONLINE AUDITION AS DESCRIBED BELOW.

Live auditions consist of singing a verse and a chorus of a song with an instrumental track (about one minute) and singing back patterns that Mr. Churchill plays on a piano. INITIAL AUDITIONS WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON APRIL 29TH & APRIL 30TH (if you need to audition later, please contact one of the directors ASAP).

If you do not want to audition, no problem! Our Serenade and Bravo choirs are always looking for more people to have fun making music with. Just tell your counselor that you’d like to be in one of these groups and we’ll welcome you with open arms!

If you’re ready to take it to the next level and be a member of our advanced groups (but cannot make it to the GHHS campus), here’s how you make it happen, send us videos. ?
Here are the specific videos we would need to get from you…

—Send a video of you singing along with the 4 provided vocal exercises played on a piano. One is to see how high you can sing. Another is to see how low you can sing. The third is seeing if you can find a note in the middle of a harmony. The fourth is seeing if you can sing harmonies. Everything will be explained in the recording you will find in the LINK below. You would play them on one device (like a computer) and record yourself singing with them with another device (probably a phone).
—Send a video of yourself singing about 30 seconds-1 minute of a song of your choice (or a verse and chorus). Make it a song that shows off your voice and that you feel good about. While we can accept a cappella recordings, it would be even better if you can record yourself singing a song along with an instrumental that you can find on YouTube or a similar site playing from a different computer/device

Once you record the videos, come back to this page and click the BUTTON below. It will take you to an application form that you can fill out and submit the videos from (it will be even easier to click that button from the phone/device you recorded your videos from). After you fill-out and submit, you’re done!
We’re asking you to submit the application/videos as soon as you can, but definitely by MAY 3rd. If you need to ask for an extension or have a question, contact Mr. Churchill at the email from the bottom of this page.

Remember…
Click on the LINK below to access the videos that you can use along with your audition.

Click on the BUTTON below to fill out our application and to submit your videos.

We are SO excited to have the opportunity to see all of the wonderful new (and returning) students that want to make amazing music with us!!!