Pulse Alive – participants – principal vocalist

How to apply

Nominations are now open for individual students to nominate to be a principal vocalist in Pulse Alive 2027.

Please complete the principal vocalist nomination form by Friday 18 September 2026 (Term 3 Week 9).

Please note, this year all auditions for principal vocalists will be live auditions. Once you have completed the nomination form, you will be emailed a link to book a live audition slot. Live auditions will be held at The Arts Unit, Lewisham on Friday 9, Saturday 10 or Sunday 11 October and, from this audition, the final team of principal vocalists will be selected.

The live audition will take approximately 3 hours. At the live audition, students will be required to:

Participate in a group part-singing workshop. Repertoire to prepare for this workshop will be emailed out once the nomination form has been completed.
Perform two contrasting songs of their own choice. Please note, the panel many not be able to hear each song in it's entirety.
Learn and perform short excerpts from the repertoire for Pulse Alive 2027. These excerpts will be emailed out once the nomination form has been completed.

We strongly encourage all students to attend the live audition if possible. An online audition option will be made available in exceptional circumstances. Information around making this request will be distributed via email once the nomination form has been completed.

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Eligibility and selection

Nominations are open to students in Years 5 to 12 in 2027 who will be enrolled at a NSW public school.

Vocalists selected via the audition process will be formed into various combinations for items throughout the show.

Please note, this category is only open to individual performers.

Successful students will require the endorsement of their school principal to participate. Students are encouraged to discuss their nomination with a teacher at their school prior to submission.

Students participating in this category will be supervised by members of the Pulse Alive team. Schools will not be expected to provide a teacher for the duty of care of these students.

Priority within the audition and selection process will be given to students who are not participating as featured artists in the 2026 Schools Spectacular.

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Key dates

Date	Term/week	Details	Venue
Fri 18 Sep 2026	Term 3 Week 9	Nominations close
Fri 9 to Sun 11 Oct 2026	School Holidays	Live auditions	The Arts Unit, Lewisham
Mon 19 Oct 2026	Term 4 Week 2	Notification of audition results
Fri 29 Jan to Sun 31 Jan 2027	Term 1 Week 1	Principal vocalist rehearsals	The Arts Unit, Lewisham
Sat 13 and Sun 14 Feb 2027	Term 1 Week 3	Principal vocalist rehearsals	The Arts Unit, Lewisham
Sat 27 and Sun 28 Feb 2027	Term 1 Week 5	Principal vocalist rehearsals	The Arts Unit, Lewisham
Sat 6 Mar 2027	Term 1 Week 6	Principal performer dress rehearsal	TBC
Sun 7 Mar 2027	Term 1 Week 6	Sitzprobe	The Arts Unit, Lewisham
Sat 13 Mar 2027	Term 1 Week 7	Sound checks	Ken Rosewall Arena
Sun 14 Mar 2027	Term 1 Week 7	Dress rehearsal	Ken Rosewall Arena
Mon 15 to Fri 19 Mar 2027	Term 1 Week 8	Performances	Ken Rosewall Arena

Commitment

Students selected as principal vocalists must be available for all rehearsal and performance dates. A medical certificate must be supplied for each missed rehearsal; otherwise students will forfeit their place as a principal vocalist. No refunds of student resource fees will be given in this circumstance. Due to the limited number of rehearsals for principal vocalists, any rehearsal missed due to illness (with a medical certificate) will result in the student's role being modified or reduced.

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Costume

The costume for all items will include multiple coloured Pulse Alive t-shirts, included within your student resource fee.

Principal vocalists will be asked to supply a pair of blue denim jeans, white socks and white sneakers to go with your Pulse Alive t-shirts.

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Resource fee

There will be a resource fee of $240 per student (GST inclusive).

The resource fee assists with the costs involved in the conductors, choreographers and tutors working with the students, supports a number of music clearance costs and includes a Pulse Alive t-shirt, which will be worn by all performers as their costume during the event.

Principal vocalists will be required to pay the resource fee through The Arts Unit student payment portal on acceptance into the show.