Voice

Area director for voice auditions (contact for additional info): Hein Jung

Voice

Area director for voice auditions (contact for additional info): Hein Jung

Voice: two contrasting songs (both memorized), one must be an art song or aria; pianist provided for on-campus auditions, CD player provided if recorded accompaniment is preferred

Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion

Area director for woodwind, brass percussion auditions (contact for additional info): Brandon McDannald

Woodwinds and Brass: etudes or a solo demonstrating contrasting musical styles (accompanist not required); major scales

Percussion: solos and/or etudes demonstrating proficiency in snare drum, timpani and mallet percussion; major scales on mallets

Orchestral Strings, Harp, Classical Guitar

Area director for orchestral strings, harp, classical guitar auditions (contact for additional info): Grigorios Zamparas

Orchestral Strings: major scales (one octave); one etude or one movement of a solo sonata/concerto

Harp: arpeggios (four octaves) in fluent tempo; one standard harp solo work originally written for harp

Classical Guitar: on a nylon-string classical guitar, perform major and minor scales; one standard classical guitar solo work

Piano, Organ

Area director for piano, organ auditions (contact for additional info): Grigorios Zamparas

Piano: two contrasting pieces from two of the following categories: a work from the Baroque period (for example, a prelude and fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier by J.S. Bach or a sonata by D. Scarlatti); a movement from a classical sonata or concerto (Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven); a 19th-century piece (Schubert, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, etc.); an Impressionistic piece (Debussy or Ravel) or representative 20th-century piece

Organ: two pieces of contrasting style, one of which is by J.S. Bach

Contemporary (Jazz/Pop/World)

Area director for contemporary auditions (contact for additional info): Bradford Blackburn

Electric Guitar (Contemporary Guitar): melody and comping (playing chords) for a 12-bar blues standard; improvised solo or original composition (in your preferred style); for music scholarship consideration include: simple sight reading in treble clef, including melody, chord symbols, and rhythm

Keyboard/Synthesizer (Contemporary Keyboard): right hand melody and left hand comping (playing chords) for a 12-bar blues standard; improvised solo or original composition (in your preferred style); for music scholarship consideration include: simple sight reading in treble and bass clef, including melody, chord symbols, and rhythm

Electric Bass (Contemporary Bass): melody and walking bass line for a 12-bar blues standard; improvised solo or original composition (in your preferred style); for music scholarship consideration include: simple sight reading in bass clef, including bass line, chord symbols, and rhythm

Drum Set (Contemporary Percussion): perform accompaniment patterns in several different styles: jazz, Latin, rock, funk, reggae, etc.; improvised solo or original composition (in your preferred style); for music scholarship consideration include: simple sight reading from drum notation

Live Technology - Laptop, Controller, etc. (Contemporary Technology): perform an original song, arrangement, and/or remix using your live technology setup; discuss and demonstrate your ability to change/trigger musical parameters in real-time including pitch, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, and timbre; for music scholarship consideration include: simple sight reading in treble and bass clef, including melody, chord symbols, and rhythm, and/or live improvisation with an audio file or MIDI sequence (provided during audition)

Prospective students have separate musical theatre audition requirements from classical voice majors.

Prospective students have separate theatre audition requirements.

Prospective students have separate dance audition requirements.