Divisional Musical Theatre Audition Song and Script

Practicing singing the Divisional Musical Theatre song with the music and voice. Click on the link:

Green Eggs and Ham with Voice

Now try it with only the instruments.  Can you come in at the right time? Can you march and sing? Can you do the box step at the end of the song. Click on the link:

Green Eggs and Ham with Only Instruments

Try practicing the script with expression and actions.

Script 8: Wickersham Brothers, Bird Girls, The Whos, Jungle Creatures,Vlad, Yertle the Turtle
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, children and creatures! Come old and young, come one and all!
To the Circus McGurkus!
The world’s greatest show!
On the face of the earth, or wherever you go! 

Divisional Choir Audition Song

If you would like to practice the divisional children's choir audition song, click on the following link:

O Canada

Now try practicing without the words or music. 


Students will also need to sing Row Your Boat, Frere Jacque or To Stop the Train in canon. Try practicing with another person.

Divisional Children's Choir

Divisional Children’s Choir

This upcoming season, the Children’s Choir is open to students who will be in Grades 5 and 6 in the 2017-2018 school year. The Children’s Choir is an enrichment group that performs at a high level. Membership in this choir gives children the opportunity to develop excellent choral singing skills and to meet with other talented musicians from throughout the school division.  In addition to having fun singing together, this choir also works very hard.  Since we only meet once a week and our singers are from different schools, regular attendance at all practices and performances is required.  Extra practices will not be scheduled. 

Weekly rehearsals will be held on Wednesdays from 4:15 until 5:45 p.m., beginning on Wednesday, September 6^th and ending in mid-May, 2017.  The location of the practices will be Heritage School. A three-day choir camp has been planned for September 20 – September 22 at Camp Manitou, just west of Winnipeg.  This camp experience allows the choir to learn many of the songs for the year, get to know one another and bond as a choir. Students must be attending a school in the St. James-Assiniboia School Division, and must also be members of their school choirs, sharing their exemplary choral skills and providing leadership in their school choral programs.  They must also be willing to commit to participation for the entire season, ending in mid-May, and make every effort to attend all performances.

If you are interested in receiving an audition time for the Divisional Children’s Choir, please contact Ms. Goertzen to set up a Crestview audition time during a Tuesday, Thursday or Friday lunch hour in the music room.

The criteria that Ms. Goertzen is looking for in the auditions are:

1. Musical talent (in-tune singing,)/ Preparation

2. Expression / Voice projection

3. Following directions

4. Stage presence / Confidence

5. Excellent behaviour / Student leader

6. Parental commitment

For the audition with Ms. Goertzen, have your parent help you learn:

1. O Canada

2. Row, Row, Row Your Boat, Frere Jacques or To Stop the Train. They will be required to sing this is in a canon with me during their audition. They will be marked on tuning, voice quality, projection and expression.

3. No preparation is necessary for the rest of the audition, which involves singing and/or clapping various phrases and scales to assess pitch sense and rhythm. 

If you are selected from Crestview, parents must do the following:

1. Fill out the application form given to you by Ms. Goertzen and bring it to your audition.

2. Sign up for an audition time on line. Link is on the letter sent home.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at agoertzen@sjsd.net.