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Undergraduate Requirements and Dates
Choral Music Education
Instrumental Music Education
Audition Schedule and Application Deadline Dates
Principal Instruments (links to audition requirements)
General Undergraduate Audition and Interview Information
Choral Music Education
Prepare to audition in both piano and voice, although you will declare either piano or voice as your principal, with the other as a secondary instrument. An interview with a faculty member will also be scheduled on your audition day.
Piano Principal: For your piano audition, be prepared to play a work of J. S. Bach, a movement of a classical sonata and a romantic or contemporary work of your choice. Memorization is preferred. Sight-reading, harmonization, and transposition skills will be tested in order to determine your keyboard placement. For your voice audition, you should prepare two memorized songs. Upon request, an accompanist will be provided when auditioning in Ann Arbor. If you have no private voice teacher, we suggest that you ask your school or religious choir director for assistance in preparing for the audition. Aural skills may also be assessed at Ann Arbor auditions. Auditionees will hear several short phrases played at the keyboard and be asked to sing them.
Voice Principal: For your voice audition, you should prepare two memorized songs in any language. If requested in advance, an accompanist will be provided when auditioning in Ann Arbor. Aural skills may also be assessed at Ann Arbor auditions. Auditionees will hear several short phrases played at the keyboard and be asked to sing them. If you have no private voice teacher, we suggest that you ask your school or religious choir director for assistance in preparing for the audition. For your piano audition, be prepared to play a composition from the standard repertoire (such as Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Clementi, Chopin, Bartók, or Kabalevsky). Memorization of the piano piece is preferred. Sight-reading, harmonization, and transposition skills will be tested in order to determine your keyboard placement.
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Instrumental Music Education
Applicants must complete a performance audition following the specific instrument requirements listed under the appropriate department heading (see below). An interview with a faculty member will also be arranged on your audition day. Applicants whose principal instrument is piano will also be required to demonstrate proficiency on a band or orchestral instrument sufficient to fulfill the curriculum’s instrumental ensemble requirement. Indicate both piano and this second instrument on the applicaton.
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Audition Schedule and Application Deadline Dates
Audition Date |
Application Deadline |
Notes |
11/20/2009 |
10/01/2009 |
no flute, oboe, percussion |
01/15/2010 |
11/01/2009 |
only voice |
01/29/2010 |
11/01/2009 |
no strings |
02/05/2010 |
12/01/2009 |
only perc, piano, & voice |
02/12/2010 |
12/01/2009 |
only percussion, piano, strings, & voice |
02/19/2010 |
12/01/2009 |
no strings |
03/12/2010 |
12/01/2009 |
no percussion |
03/26/2010 |
01/15/2010 |
no euphonium, flute, french horn, percussion, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba |
02/15/2010 |
12/01/2009 |
Los Angeles, CA |
02/06/2010 |
12/01/2009 |
New York, NY |
02/06/2010 |
12/01/2009 |
Houston, TX |
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Principal Instruments
- Organ
- Piano
- Strings
- Cello
- Double Bass
- Harp
- Viola
- Violin
- Winds and Percussion
- Bassoon
- Clarinet
- Euphonium
- Flute
- French Horn
- Oboe
- Percussion
- Saxophone
- Trombone
- Trumpet
- Tuba
- Voice
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