Audition Expectations
•Principal voice performance (three prepared songs)
•Piano placement examination
•Perform a piece demonstrating current skill level
•Scales, arpeggios, cadences, and sight reading
•Music theory examination
•Key signatures, intervals, chords, scales, Roman numeral analysis
•Rhythmic patterns, time signatures, melody dictation
•Aural skills evaluation
•Ear training aptitude assessment
•Sing a simple folk song, carol, hymn, or patriotic song
•In-person audition at Bloomsburg or Mansfield campus
•Virtual audition (video/Zoom) available for those 200+ miles away
•Recording must be unedited with minimum two contrasting works
•Sight reading, theory, and aural skills completed via Zoom
•Contact Dr. Eun-Joo Kwak (ekwak@commonwealthu.edu) for Mansfield
•Contact Dr. Charisse Baldoria (cbaldori@commonwealthu.edu) for Bloomsburg
Decisions
•November/December auditions: notified by January 31
•January–March auditions: notified by March 31
•After March 31: contacted within 2 weeks
