Audition Process
•Bullet: Honors Music Scholarship audition is for scholarship consideration only
•Bullet: Audition is not required for program admission
•Bullet: Audition is performed on the applicant's primary applied instrument or voice
•Bullet: A video audition is accepted for applicants living a great distance away; arrangements must be made with the Department of Music
Audition Expectations
•Bullet: Honors Music Scholarship auditions are held in O. Max Gardner Hall
•Bullet: Total audition time is roughly one hour, including 30 minutes to warm up and/or rehearse with the staff accompanist and 30 minutes for the audition
•Bullet: Voice: two contrasting selections — one aria, art song, or classical musical theater selection, and one art song in English; both memorized
•Bullet: Band/Orchestra: two contrasting works, such as a sonata, concerto movement, or Grade 5-6 contest solo; major, minor, and chromatic scales; percussionists prepare a contest-level solo plus snare rudiments and mallet scales
•Bullet: Piano: two contrasting pieces from different periods, with at least one memorized; major and minor scales with arpeggios plus a chromatic scale
•Bullet: Guitar: two contrasting pieces from different periods, with at least one memorized; two major scales and an arpeggio study by Giuliani, Sor, Carcassi, or Carulli
•Bullet: Organ: a work of J.S. Bach, a Romantic or 20th/21st-century work, and a hymn; major and minor scales with arpeggios plus a chromatic scale
•Bullet: Additional elements: voice auditions include vocalizing, pitch-matching, and sight-reading; band/orchestra, piano, guitar, and organ auditions include sight-reading and pitch-matching
Contact
•Bullet: Department of Music: gwumusic@gardner-webb.edu or (704) 406-4448
