Longhorn Singers

OU Weekend!

2010-09-29T22:28:00.000-07:00

Hey Texas fans! Come hang out with us as we spread UT Pride around Dallas this weekend! Here's our schedule:

Friday October 1:

8:00 Turn your radios up, because we'll be performing on the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show!

2:00 Galleria

3:30 North Park Mall (We will be in the “North Court” area which is located directly in between Nordstrom and Macy’s on the 1^st level!)

8:00 Texas Exes Bash Before the Clash at the Iron Cactus

8:45 West End

Saturday October 2:

12:00 State Fair of Texas

2:30 Texas/OU Kickoff!

Check us out on Twitter (@LonghornSingers) to get updates of where we are and what we're doing this weekend! Thanks and Hook 'Em!

NUGIs Fall 2010

2010-09-15T10:27:00.000-07:00

After a long and grueling audition process, the Longhorn Singers are so excited to welcome their Fall 2010 NUGIs!

Jen Bailey

Lee Caffee

Ezequiel Calderon

Liz Culpepper

Arun Joshi

Andi Leacock-Williams

Brittany McCrea

Cameron Mousighi

Katy Parrott

Megan Provost

Jennica Scott

Coleman Yates

Congratulations, NUGIs, welcome to our family!

SHOW WEEK: BANDANA MONDAY!

2010-03-22T11:23:00.000-07:00

(...my webmail wouldn't let me send this out to you, so I posted it instead.)

IT'S BANDANA MONDAY! Be really really excited!

If you need inspiration, check out these examples provided by LHS baby pictures! (Notice how the Choreographers are sporting matching bandana leg-warmers...):

Austin Hart:

Cham:
Maranda:

Kaila:
AYO:

Cara:

Trevor:

Tucker:

Swanners:

Kyra:

Liz:

Scott:

I LOVE YOU! I hope you're having a great day!
See you tonight! :) :) :)
Hales

Seize the Day!

2010-03-11T11:55:00.000-08:00

Come check out the Longhorn Singers Spring 2010 Show!

2 Performances:
Friday, March 26, and Saturday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m.
McCullough Theatre
$10 at the door

“Seize the Day” features a variety of Broadway favorites and popular radio tunes, such as selections from Young Frankenstein, Newsies, Tarzan, Imogen Heap, A Chorus Line, Frank Sinatra, Miley Cirus and Owl City, all accompanied with coordinated, stellar dance moves.

You don’t want to miss it!

Sponsored by the Event Co-Sponsorhip Committee

Spring 2010 NUGIS!

2010-01-30T12:22:00.000-08:00

We are so excited to finally have our Spring 2010 NUGIs! Congratulations to:

Tucker Campbell
Alysse Fisher
Trevor Heim
Brad Kurz
Thomas Maples
David Payne
Robert Reed

Welcome to our family! :)

Spring 2010 Auditions!

2010-01-13T20:01:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone, it’s that time again! That’s right, auditions are coming up!

Unfortunately, this semester Longhorn Singers is only looking to fill male voice parts. Usually a few spots open up in the Spring for women because of graduation, current members having class conflicts, etc., however this semester that isn’t the case so we don’t have any spots that need to be filled. But if you are a girl, please come try out in the Fall! We hope to see you there!

Men, here are the details for the audition:

The vocal audition will be held in our director Tim's office. It is room 2.116B, which is an office inside the "Choral and Orchestral Ensemble's Office" (which is room 2.116) in the MRH building. Don't worry about finding the office though because we will be checking you in at a desk in the hallway and we should be easy to find.

Auditions will take place on the Tuesday/Wednesday of the first week of classes (that’s the 19th and 20th of January) during the following times.

Tuesday
10 AM - 10:50 AM
1 PM - 3:30 PM
7 PM - 9:00 PM

Wednesday
10 AM - 11:30 AM
2:30 - 5:00 PM

You will need to sign up for a 10 minute slot by sending an email to utlonghornsingers@gmail.com . The sooner you reply, the better chance you have of getting a time slot that works well with your schedule. Either Haley Vincent, the Longhorn Singers president, or myself will confirm your audition time when we get your e-mail. If you choose a slot that is already filled we will get back to you and work to find one that will work.

The audition will consist of a few things. You will need to have a well prepared 30 second blurb of a pop or broadway song in which you can belt (singing out loudly--an example of a bad song would be "Banana Pancakes" by Jack Johnson. A good example could be something like "Wait For You" by Elliot Yamin . The end of that song is definitely a belt.) Some of you may be saying...oh no! I don't have a belt voice! Well, don't worry. Tim just wants to hear how your voice sounds in that situation.

In addition to performing your song acapella for Tim, be prepared to vocalize in a legitimate classical tone. This just means doing scales or similar exercises using classical vowels and sound. He will also have you sight read, do rhythm exercises, and tonal memory exercises (where he plays a few notes on the piano and then you have to sing them back).

After you do all of this, Tim will immediately let you know if you are invited to come back to the dance callback.

Dance Callback:

This will take place in the main choir room, which is very close to the location of the vocal auditions. If you get a callback, just show up where you did your vocal audition and you will see a big group of us waiting.

The dance callback will take place Wednesday January 20th at 8 pm.

Our choreographer will teach you one dance, lasting about 30 seconds. You will have about 30 minutes to learn it before we actually start critiquing. If you think you are the worst dancer in the world, don't worry about it. Come and try your hardest, put a big smile on your face, and sell what you've got. We are more looking for performers because we can work a lot on dance ability with you later.

Questions?
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask us. We're trying to make this process as painless as possible!

So, remember: sign up for a slot, practice your song, and get excited!

Good luck,

Scott Saunders
Vice President of Longhorn Singers

*****Also, please note that Longhorn Singers is a 1 hour credit class taken through the Butler School of Music. We meet TTH from 4-5:30. Please make sure to keep your schedules open during this time if you plan on auditioning.

Dancing Through Life

2009-10-27T19:23:00.001-07:00

It's that time of year again! Clear your calendars for Friday, November 13 and Saturday, November 14. The UT Longhorn Singers will be presenting their 2009 fall show, "Dancing Through Life," featuring selections from Hairspray, The Beatles, Natasha Bedingfield, and Wicked. Prepare yourself for a spectacular showcase of talent as UT's official show choir sings, dances, and performs Broadway and contemporary songs from some of music's biggest names.

Shows are at 7:30 pm on both days in the McCollough Theatre on the UT campus. Tickets are $10 at the door. We will also be selling show t-shirts, so be excited!

Come see our Fall 2009 NUGIs in their LHS debut and support your favorite OLGIs as they return to the stage. We've been working hard and are expecting to have a great show! Hope to see you all there!

Kidd Kraddick in the Morning!

2009-10-16T22:06:00.000-07:00

Longhorn Singers was featured on the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show this morning!

We are currently in Dallas for our annual Texas/OU Weekend tour. We stopped by the studio and got some sweet air time! For now, you can check us out on their website at www.kiddlive.com . They are going to email us the audio files, so I'll see if I can post them soon!

Longhorn Singers on Sports Illustrated!

2009-09-23T17:07:00.000-07:00

Check out the Longhorn Singers on Sports Illustrated!

www.si.com/75heismantour

Click Austin on the map and go watch the video!

Fall 2009 NUGIs

2009-08-30T13:17:00.000-07:00

After many auditions and hard decisions, we finally have our NUGI's. Thanks to everyone who auditioned this semester, we saw a lot of really talented students!

Congratulations to the newest members of the

University of Texas Longhorn Singers:

Alyssa Barnes

Elizabeth Bernabe

Celeste Castillo

Joseph Crowley

Liz Deily

Kyra Kim

Chris Lanier

Dean Leake

Anjali Nambiar

Andrew Nguyen

David Nguyen

Andrew Suen

Michael Swan

Welcome to the family! :)

Luis Miguel Makes Us Proud

2009-07-28T11:56:00.001-07:00

Hello all! This blog is going to be used for a number of reasons. We will post information about auditions, shows, social gatherings and other sorts of information like that, but it will also be used to celebrate our members. Longhorn Singers have all sorts of talents outside of our choir and we will honor those talents on this blog. The first story is about Luis.

One of our long time members, Luis Miguel Ramirez, had an internship at KXAN in Austin this summer. He has had a tremendous amount of success and one of his stories got published on the internet and reached national news! We are so proud of you, Luis!

If you'd like to read the story, follow the following link:

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/mobile/Brick_with_racial_note_thrown_into_home

Way to go Luis!

-Becca Blanda

audition for fall '09

2009-07-28T11:44:00.000-07:00

Hello all! This is all of the information you may need to audition for Longhorn Singers Fall '09!

Auditions for the fall semester will be held on Tuesday August 25: 9 am-12:30, 2:30-3, and 4-6:30 (the last time slot can go longer if need be) and on Wednesday August 26: 9am-12 and 2-6. Please email utlonghornsingers@gmail.com to set up your 10 minute audition time.

If Tim (our director) invites you back for the dance call back that will be held at 8 pm on Wednesday August 26 in the main choir room as of right now. And if and when you make it into Longhorn Singers our first class day is Thursday.

To audition: You will need to prepare 30 seconds of a pop/broadway song. Make sure it shows off your voice well. Tim will also ask you to do some rhythm exercises and some sight singing (he'll give you a starting note so breathe easy if you've never done sight singing before.) These auditions will be held in MRH 2.116B which is the "choral and orchestral ensemble office. The dance callback consists of our choreographer teaching 2 routines and then all of the auditioners will perform the dances for Tim and the rest of us as we cheer you on :)

My advice: during your singing audition, be very outgoing and personable. We're a very close group and Tim wants people who will blend well with us as well as good singers/dancers. And just go for it. If you mess up, mess up with style. For the dance auditions, trust me not everyone in Longhorn Singers is going to make it into the American Ballet Company or anything. Just smile and go for it! Ham it up!

Longhorn singers is also a class. You get an hour of credit for it and you need to sign up. So if you are chosen to be in Longhorn Singers, please please please remember to sign up for ENS 109P. We meet on Tuesday and Thursday from 4-5:30 and on Sunday evenings from 5-8 for choreography rehearsal. Attendance is required.

Lastly, if you plan to audition, join our Facebook group: Audition for Longhorn Singers Fall 2009 so we can get to know your pretty faces before you audition! I'm very excited about this semester! And break a leg to everyone!

-Becca Blanda - Historian for Longhorn Singers

New Website INFO!

2009-02-18T17:06:00.000-08:00

Check out the new events stuff and new profile pages on the website!

Winter Concert/ Website Down

2008-12-03T13:19:00.000-08:00

Well currently, due to mis-communication, our website is down. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Please check out the Ensembles Holiday Concert on Saturday. 8pm!

Post Show Post

2008-11-19T13:36:00.000-08:00

This is a picture form our title song from the show. Amazing costumes, Luis!
If you are interested in seeing more photos check out our website!

Post (after) Show Post:
The Fall 2008 Show was amazing! We had a great turnout and a successful performance. Thanks to all who came out and saw the show, and to those who were not able to see it; there is always next semester. AND- the best thing about the show is that it did not close out the semester for the Longhorn Singers.

If you are in the mood for Holiday music, and you like the Longhorn Singers, you are in luck! The Longhorn Singers will be performing with the other ensembles in the HOLIDAY CHORAL CONCERT on Saturday December 6th! (That is, the Saturday after the LAST DAY OF CLASSES for the Fall 2008 Semester).

For more information please check out the official information page on the concert:
http://www.music.utexas.edu/calendar/details.aspx?id=10026

If you are itching for some holiday Music before this, please be on the lookout for the combined choral ensembles on the West Mall toward the last few days of class for our carol singing, lead by Dr. James Morrow.

Stay tuned for more updates on the Longhorn Singers!

First Post!

2008-10-29T00:19:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Longhorn Singers blog page!
This will be a place for fans of all ages to learn a little bit more about what the Longhorn Singers are doing. Find out about upcoming events (including the Fall Show!), and past events.

So to set the record straight, our FALL SHOW will be on November 15, 2008 in the McCullough at 2:00 and 8:00 Theater at the University of Texas at Austin.

Our show is called Feeling Good, and the admission price is $10. While in the past you may have been able to reserve tickets in advanced, this year you must purchase tickets at the door. Show up early so you do not miss the begining of the show.

On Sunday, the Longhorn Singers sang at the Longhorn Halloween at the Erwin Center. We sang a few songs from our OU weekend selection including "The Yellow Rose of Texas" and "If You're Gonna Play In Texas." We also brought several songs back from past semesters including "Time Warp" and "Footloose."

Stay Tuned for more information on our upcoming shows.