Baroque Violin, Baroque Cello, Lute, Harpsichord, Baroque Oboe, etc.)
If accompanied by other musicians, video audition files must be clearly focused on the applicant and the audio must be live (no digital enhancement or dubbing of the live audio is permitted). Selection may be an original song or chosen from existing popular music repertoire from contemporary pop/rock, folk rock, R&B/Urban, country, Latin/Salsa/Samba, or from the “Great American Songbook.” Demonstrate knowledge of major and minor pentatonic scales and the “blues” scale (knowledge of basic major and minor scales and arpeggios expected).2 pieces of contrasting style (the chosen repertoire must include a lyrical selection as well as one that demonstrates technical ability).
Popular Music (Electric/Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass) (baroque, classical, romantic, jazz, contemporary, pop arrangement, original composition)
Drum-set ( optional): Demonstrate 2 selections (one must be a ballad) in different jazz styles, moods, and tempos.Carroll, Delecluse, Freise, Goodman, etc.) Mallets: Both a 2 and 4 mallet solo either on the marimba, vibraphone or xylophone (your choice) Knowledge of major/minor scales and arpeggios.Cirone, Delecluse, Peters, Pratt, Wilcoxon, etc.) (Note: Drum Set specialists, please follow the guidelines listed under Drum Set)ĭemonstration of all three instruments required: Optional: One piece of choice from any time period, style, genre, etc.When possible, select works representing different musical periods.Three contrasting pieces or movements of pieces, one may be an etude demonstrating technique, musical sensitivity, range, tonal quality, articulations, and general musicianship.(Note: Electric Bass players, please follow the guidelines listed under GUITAR) (examples: one or two contrasting movements of a Bach cello suite or violin sonata/partita, contemporary/modern, jazz, pop arrangement, orchestral excerpt, etc.) Optional: One piece from any time period, style, genre, etc.One movement of a Concerto, Sonata, or other representative solo work.Prepare 3 works from contrasting historical periods (pre-Classical, preferably a work by Johann Sebastian Bach, Romantic, and Contemporary) and style (balancing virtuosic works with at least one expressive piece). 740), Chopin, Debussy, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Moszkowski, Ligeti, Bartok Substantial work from the 19th, 20th or 21st centuries.One or more movements from a Classical Sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert.One must be from a Classical Sonata by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert.Audition Requirements by Primary Instrument or Voiceģ works representing different style periods (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th or 21st century): Review our Undergraduate Application Procedures carefully and allow enough time to meet the established deadlines. Submissions on secondary instruments, original compositions, or traditional repertoire on non-western instruments are optional and are not accepted as a substitution. The Music Arts Supplement (portfolio in the area of music) is submitted with the Common Application via the applicant status portal during the application process. All materials are evaluated for the music major and for music scholarship, and must be submitted in fulfillment of the audition requirements on the primary instrument or voice.