Auditions

Highbridge Voices will be holding its annual fall auditions in a number of local schools in the Highbridge community.  All interested fourth and fifth graders that either attend school or live in the Highbridge community of the South Bronx are invited to audition.

Highbridge Voices staff will be visiting the classrooms of participating schools to give students a more in-depth description of our programs and to answer any questions that the students may have.  At these presentations, students will be invited to take a permission slip home to their parent or guardian that, when signed, would grant that student permission to audition for Highbridge Voices when the staff returns to their school on their specified audition day.

Highbridge Voices' auditions are relatively short in length and consist of a few exercises to gauge a child's true interest in the program, their ability to follow directions, and their natural talent in pitch matching, rhythm, and overall singing.  If selected by Highbridge Voices, their name will be submitted to a school administrator to review their academic standing and evaluate whether the Highbridge Voices musical and academic programs would be a good and long-term fit for the selected student.

All students who have auditioned will receive written notification of the result of their audition/interview within two weeks.  If accepted, they will be asked to bring an adult representative of their family to a meeting at Highbridge Voices to enroll them in the program.  If they were not selected in this semester's auditions, students are strongly encouraged to reaudition when Highbridge Voices holds auditions at their school again.

The Fall 2010 Presentation/Audition Schedule:

September 14th

PS 11 Presentations

PS 204 Presentations

PS 73 Presentations

September 15th

Sacred Heart School Presentations

September 16th

PS 204 Auditions

PS 73 Auditions

September 17th

PS 11 Auditions

September 18th

Auditions at Highbridge Voices

1360 Merriam Avenue

10:00AM-1:00PM

September 20th

Sacred Heart School Auditions

Highbridge Voices is an amazing academic, musical, and social experience for its participants.  We look forward to seeing you at our presentations in your school and hearing you at an upcoming audition.

Resumption of Programs

The Highbridge Voices programs will resume with the annual Parent Meeting for all returning students on September 20th at 6:30PM.  This meeting, for both Highbridge Voices students and an adult representative from their family, is an opportunity for families to register their children in the program and for Highbridge Voices to share some upcoming events and the exciting changes that have happened within the program since the end of last semester.

Following the parent meeting, Highbridge Voices classes and tutoring/homework will resume on September 21st at 3:15PM with Concert Choir rehearsal beginning for returning students on September 22nd at 3:15PM.  Returning Chamber Choir members should note that there will be no Chamber Choir rehearsals until the new Fall 2010 Chamber Choir is announced at the end of September.  The first Fall 2010 Chamber Choir rehearsal will be held on Saturday, October 2nd from 12:30-3:00PM.

We look forward to seeing all of our returning students again and hearing about their summer adventures.  Don't forget the meeting on September 20th at 6:30PM and we'll see all returning students at classes on September 21st for the beginning of an amazing new semester!

For a glimpse at the Fall 2010 calendar, click here.

Highbridge Voices is located in the South Bronx community of Highbridge in a space provided by the Highbridge Community Development Corporation.  Along with the Highbridge Community Development Corporation, Highbridge Voices' supporters include The Riversville Foundation, The Ann M. Martin Foundation, The Bronx Council on the Arts, The MetLife Foundation, The New Yankee Stadium Community Benefit Fund, Inc., The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The New York State Department of Education, The New York Yankees Foundation, The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation, and The Verni Foundation as well as numerous individual donors.

To help support the work of Highbridge Voices with the youth of the Highbridge community, please call 718-293-8759, ext. 13, or email us at info@highbridgevoices.org.