The screening auditions for the All-East clinic will be held at the new Hardin Valley Academy (click here to go to google maps, or just use the directions below). Check-in begins at 4:00 pm, auditions begin at 4:30.
Once you get there, you’ll get your audition time and an “excerpt page” which will detail the start/stop measures in the pieces you’ll be singing. It’s a good idea to go ahead and mark your music with this information so there’s no confusion once you’re in the room with the judges.
The judges will be listening for 80% accuracy on the music–it doesn’t have to be perfect, but you do have to show that you’ve been working on the music and can get it with at least 80% accuracy.
Be prepared to stay late. If the judges feel that you don’t know your music with 80% accuracy, you may be recalled toward the end of the evening. I’ve been told that we may be there as late as 8 pm.
Directions to HVA
- From Sevier County/Knoxville: Take I-40 W to Pellessippi Parkway (to Oak Ridge). Take the Hardin Valley Road exit. At the stop light turn left. You will pass Pellessippi Community College and the Hardin Valley will come up on your right. As you pull into the school take your first left and park at the top. The auditorium is straight ahead through the entrance.
- From Blount County: Take Pellessippi Parkway (to Oak Ridge). Take the Hardin Valley Road exit. At the stop light turn left. You will pass Pellessippi Community College and the Hardin Valley will come up on your right. As you pull into the school take your first left and park at the top. The auditorium is straight ahead through the entrance.
