Sight Reading Assessment

The sight reading is part of the assessment score at the BCPS Choral Festival:

• Yes
• No

When does the sight reading portion of the assessment take place?

• Before the performance
• During the performance
• After the performance
• None of the above

In the sight reading room you must sit in:

• any order you wish
• alphabetical order
• your assigned voice part
• None of the above

What is the noise level when you enter the sight reading room?

• 0 ( no sound)
• 1 (some talking)
• 2 (talking that could easily be heard over)
• None of the above

When the judge in the sight reading room hands you the packet you may:

• Go ahead and start studying the music
• Start humming the pitches
• NOT LOOK AT EXAMPLE OR TURN IT OVER
• Start clapping the rhythms

During the study period you may:

• Study the example very quietly
• Loudly say the rhythm syllables
• Clap the rhythm syllables
• Discuss the example with your neighbor

For the rhythm section of the assessment, there will be a metronome playing the beat in the background.

• True
• False

During the melodic section you may say the solfege syllables.

• True
• False

During the melodic section you may softly sing the solfege syllables.

• True
• False

Once you have sung the melodic section through as a warm up, how many minutes does Mr. Permenter have to work with you before you sing it for a score?

• 2 minutes
• 3 minutes
• 4 minutes
• 5 minutes