How Do You Audition For An Undergraduate Vocal Music Program?
Almost all music degree programs with a performance emphasis require an audition. This is an opportunity to earn scholarships and to get used to singing in front of a panel of professors. Prepare your first audition piece. This should include a selection from “24 Italian Songs and Arias from the 17th and 18th Centuries” (publ. Schirmer’s Library of Musical Classics). You can use this edition, but the newer one edited by John Glenn Paton is more helpful because the editor provides historical notes, translations of the texts and additional songs. Both versions come in different keys that range from Low to High and are appropriate for male and female singers. Sing through some of the songs to see if the version you have is in a comfortable key for your voice. Prepare your second audition piece. This should be in a contrasting style and language. If your first song was fast, this song should be slow. Since your first piece was in Italian, this should be in English, French, German or Latin.
