auditions

Vocal

1. Vocalization to determine range
2. Singing of one prepared solo piece (2-3 minutes in length) such as an operatic aria, spiritual, art song in any language, traditional or patriotic hymn such as The Star Spangled Banner; America the Beautiful, etc.).
3. Sight-singing (a short excerpt from a large choral work or a sight reading exercise)
4. Testing of tonal memory
5. Brief interview with hearing panel

Piano

1. All major scales (Performance majors: 4 octaves, all other tracks: 2 octaves)
2. Sight reading simple pieces such as those found in the Bach “Anna Magdalena Notebook” or Bartok “Mikrokosmos” Book 2 and 3
3. Repertoire:
   Performance: Two contrasting pieces of a level equivalent to Bach Three Part Inventions, Beethoven Op. 49 or early Haydn, Mozart sonatas
   
   Other tracks: Two contrasting pieces of a level equivalent to Bach Two Part Inventions, Mozart Viennese Sonatinas, Clementi or Kuhlau Sonatinas

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