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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. Choose either piano or voice as your principal instrument, with the other as secondary. An interview with a faculty member of the Department of Music Education is also required and will be scheduled on your audition day.
Piano Principal
For your piano principal 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, prepare two memorized songs. If you have no private voice teacher, we suggest that you ask your school or church 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. Upon request, an accompanist will be provided when auditioning in Ann Arbor.
Voice Principal
For your voice principal audition, prepare two memorized songs in any language. 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 back. Upon request , an accompanist will be provided when auditioning in Ann Arbor.
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 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 from the Department of Music Education will also be arranged. 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 Request for Audition/Interview form.
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Audition Schedule and Application Deadline Dates
Audition Date |
Application Deadline |
Notes |
11/21/2008 |
09/15/2008 |
no flute, oboe, percussion |
01/09/2009 |
11/01/2008 |
only voice |
01/16/2009 |
11/01/2008 |
no bassoon, clarinet, oboe, percussion |
01/30/2009 |
12/01/2008 |
only clarinet, oboe, piano, strings, & voice |
02/06/2009 |
12/01/2008 |
only percussion, piano, strings, & voice |
02/13/2009 |
12/01/2008 |
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03/06/2009 |
12/01/2008 |
no percussion |
03/27/2009 |
01/15/2009 |
no euphonium, french horn, percussion, saxophone, trombone, trumpet, tuba |
02/01/2009 |
12/01/2008 |
Los Angeles, CA |
02/07/2009 |
12/01/2008 |
New York, NY |
02/08/2009 |
12/01/2008 |
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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