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Band Auditions
Take your first step toward serving with your musical gifts
Audition Information
We want the path to becoming a team member to be clear and straightforward. We've selected songs for each instrument that highlight vital skills needed to sing/play in a leadership capacity. We've also outlined clear expectations for what we'll look for during each audition. Please thoroughly read through this section and begin preparing.
We evaluate all auditions based on the following criteria:
- Knowledge: clear evidence of knowing the music
- Confidence: boldness in singing/playing to be ready to lead others on stage
- Technic: *timing, pitch, rhythm, tone, stage presence
- Humility: teachable spirit and desire to serve the church
*Our team plays with a metronome on every song. To join the team, all team members must be able to play/sing in time with the metronome. In-person auditions are conducted with the metronome.
At 1:00pm on Sunday, October 20, after the second service ends and we set up the stage, we’ll gather and welcome everyone into the Worship Center and pray for our time. Then, we will ask everyone to shift to the Lobby so we can audition people one at a time. We’d like to ask for your patience as we will move as quickly as possible through the list of people. Plan on being at the church at least until 3:30pm.
Auditions will take place on the stage with 2-4 of our leaders observing and evaluating sitting out in the center section.
For all auditions, you will be plugged in for sound amplification and for your own monitoring. Accompaniment tracks will be played for you to perform over. We will assist in creating a very basic in-ear mix for you. Expect to hear yourself, some of the backing track, a metronome, and arrangement guide cues (verse, chorus, etc).
After you have an in-ear mix and are plugged in, we will conduct the audition with the track from the arrangement of the song we asked you to prepare.
Our team will listen and evaluate and may ask for specific parts to be repeated. When you’ve finished, we will dismiss you and move to the next person. Feedback and next-step decisions will not be made on the day of auditions. One of our leaders will contact you either by email or by phone on Tuesday, October 22.
Please prepare the following song according to the instrument(s) you want to audition for. If you will audition for more than one part, please prepare the assigned songs accordingly.
- Drums, Bass, Electric Guitar, Female Vocals – “Story to Tell” by Worship Together
- Male Vocals – “House of the Lord” by Phil Wickham
- Piano – “Because of Christ” by The Belonging Co
- Strings – “My Worth Is Not In What I Own” by Shane & Shane
- Acoustic Guitar – “His Glory and My Good” by CityAlight
For vocal parts, adjust the key to comfortably fit your voice. For instrumental parts, please prepare to play the original key of the recording.
Leaders
Lead servants with a heart to resource teams and the church
Worship Environments
Current opportunities for serving with music and production
A full band leads our Sunday morning worship gatherings every week from the stage in the Worship Center. This band typically consists of three to four vocalists, drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, and keys. A Production Team includes two audio engineers (front-of-house and broadcast), a media operator, a video director, and a camera operator. Pastor Mike leads this team directly,
A band of primarily students (middle school to high school) leads our weekly Wednesday night student gatherings from the stage in the Worship Center. A student-led Production Team includes an audio engineer and a media operator. TJ Petito leads this team.
Ana Gomez-Istoc leads a team of kids’ worship leaders who make singing to Jesus fun and engaging for kids of all ages. Don’t be afraid to jump around and get the room’s energy up so kids will connect and lean in to freely worshipping their Savior!
During the Spring and Fall Women’s Bible Study seasons, women lead other women in simple, more intimate worship experiences. Worship is scheduled on average twice per semester in the morning (9:30 – 11:30am) and evening (6:30 – 8:30pm). The leaders of these events are current team members who we’ve earned trust and have been responsible serving on our other teams.
This new but growing opportunity is led by a small, hand-picked group of leaders who go to the assisted living facility down the street from the church and invite our brothers and sisters to worship Jesus through song.