Audition Process
•Bullet: In-person auditions on scheduled dates or video audition accepted
•Bullet: Complete the Audition Form and submit it with your video or before your in-person audition
•Bullet: Video auditioners upload performance video to YouTube, set it to "unlisted", and include the URL in the audition form
Audition Expectations
•Bullet: Auditioners may provide their own accompanist
•Bullet: If using the departmental accompanist, submit music at least two weeks before the audition date
•Bullet: Instrumentalists: major scales up to four sharps and flats, chromatic scale for two octaves, and/or technical studies as appropriate for instrument
•Bullet: Instrumentalists: 3- to 5-minute prepared solo, preferably with accompaniment, plus a second contrasting selection
•Bullet: Vocalists: unaccompanied major scale on a neutral syllable, an art song or aria, and a second contrasting selection
•Bullet: Percussionists: mallet scales/technical studies, prepared solo or etude on snare drum, timpani, keyboard percussion, or drum set, and a second alternate-instrument selection
•Bullet: Drum set applicants demonstrate moderate swing, bossa nova, ballad, funk, and a four-bar fill
•Bullet: Percussion applicants audition in at least 2 of the 4 percussion disciplines
Decisions
•Bullet: Within 10 days of the audition, candidates will be notified
•Bullet: Outcomes: accepted, conditionally accepted, or not accepted
•Bullet: Conditionally accepted students may re-audition on another scheduled date
•Bullet: Students not accepted may audition once more or select music as a minor
