What is Solo & Ensemble?
Solo and Ensemble Music Performance Assessment (S&E) is an assessment tool sponsored yearly by the Florida Vocal Association (FVA) for the purpose of promoting musical excellence in our choral programs. Students prepare 2 vocal solos with piano accompaniment and/or small group performances, which they perform in front of an FVA adjudicator (judge). This judge will assign them a rating based on a standards that encompass every aspect of musical performance. Sample adjudicator sheets are available here.
Who is eligible to participate?
Only students taking private voice lessons or the vocal techniques class are eligible to participate.
Song resources
- O cessate di piagarmi
- Performance
- Accompaniment: Medium High, Medium Low
- Diction
- Nina
- Performance
- Accompaniment: Medium High, Medium Low
- Diction
- Danza, danza, fanciulla
- Performance
- Accompaniment: Medium High, Medium Low
- Diction
- Alma del core
- Performance
- Accompaniment: Medium High & Medium Low
- Diction
- Giá il sole dal gange
- Performance
- Accompaniment: Medium High & Medium Low
- Diction
- Après un rêve
- Accompaniment (low)
- Accompaniment (high)
- Pronunciation – Recitation
- YouTube – Kiri Te Kanawa
- Au bord du l’eau
- YouTube – Someone
- Da unten im Tale –
- Accompaniment (High)
- Accompaniment (Low)
- YouTube performance
- Die Landlust
- Accompaniment (High)
- Accompaniment (Low)
- YouTube performance
- Die Nacht – R. Strauss
- Accompaniment (High)
- Accompaniment (Medium)
- Part Track (High)
- Part Track (Medium)
- Translation
- YouTube performance BETTER
- Gia il sole dal gange
- Accompaniment (High)
- Accompaniment (Low)
- Ich Liebe Dich
- Accompaniment (High)
- Accompaniment (Low)
- YouTube performance
- Les berceaux
- Accompaniment in C Minor (Highest)
- Accompaniment in B-Flat Minor (High/Original)
- Accompaniment in A Flat Minor (Low)
- Diction tutorial
- YouTube – Janet Baker
- Le secret
- Plaisir d’amour
- YouTube – Janet Baker
- Sonntag
- Accompaniment (High)
- Accompaniment (Low)
- YouTube performance
Miscellaneous Resources
- Piano accompaniment tracks (free) >> Just make sure you choose the one in your key: medium high or medium low.
- The Lied, Art Song, and Choral Texts Archive >> Translation of songs and arias