NYSSMA Solo Festival Practice Tracks

Here is an updated list of practice recordings for anyone preparing a NYSSMA solo or duet to practice at home with.

All files are MP3s and are downloadable, so you can put them on any device for portable and easy listening and practicing!

And for anyone who would like to pursue studying voice privately, visit my studio page and contact me for a trial lesson anytime:

http://kristaeaston.wix.com/musiclessons

Guided Relaxation

For many years, people have asked me to record a guided relaxation exercise, like the ones we have sometimes done in theater or in the occasional chorus rehearsal. Here you go. Feel free to share, download, and repeat. Take good care of yourselves and build in time to relax now and again. Enjoy!

NYSSMA Solo Practice Files

Here is the link to my NYSSMA solo recordings for you to practice with at home.

I know that there are new solos that were added to the manual this year that I have not yet recorded and put on the playlist, but I will be busy starting to add those over the February break.

Please check back regularly to listen and work with your solo. Let me know if you have trouble downloading or listening to any of these files, and I can make you a practice CD instead. Happy singing!

Zone 3 AREA ALL STATE 2016

What a wonderful winter weekend (with no snow!) at Ithaca College for the NYSSMA Zone 3 Area All State Music Festival this year!

Both the Women's Chorus and the Mixed Chorus gave outstanding performances & we shared a weekend of music, love, and laughter. Congratulations, everyone! Bravo!

BEYOND MEASURE

BEYOND MEASURE
Spring Semester 2016


Soprano
Sydney Bishop
Tiffany Burgos
Cameron Park-Miller
Laura Piekunka
Molly Schmidt

Alto
Veronica Cator-Szymanski
Emily Gordon
Marita Miller
Alyssa Salerno
Kendra Walkuski

Tenor
Dominic Bisbee
Mark Dodici
Jeff Kucerak
Michael Lis

Bass
Ryan Harding
Matt Krebs
Elijah Speight
Toby Whitener


Congratulations, everyone!
Our first rehearsal of the semester will be from 3:00-5:00pm on Monday, February 1st

Beyond Measure Auditions: MONDAY, JANUARY 25th

New this year! There will be a second round of auditions for Beyond Measure for the 2016 Spring Semester.

Everyone and anyone in high school that is interested in being a member of this group can audition by coming to the auditorium at 3:00pm on Monday, January 25th

The audition requirement is to sing the Dryden Alma Mater in a quartet while maintaining your own part in an SATB voicing. Students do not need to memorize the material, but should be practicing and be prepared to sing with perfect tuning, diction, vowels, and balance to model their a cappella skills. Students may be asked to sing in more than one quartet and should plan on staying until at least 4pm.

There are practice files below for anyone to use. They are mp3 files, so they can also be easily downloaded on to a personal device for easy listening and practicing with headphones.

Happy singing, everybody! Looking forward to Monday!

STMEA All County Chorus Festival 2016

Congratulations to all of the Dryden singers who participated in this year's festival!

You worked hard, learned a lot, and gave a performance that had rave reviews from your audience members. Bravo!