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Audition Overview
Students should audition as early
as possible, as January and February audition
dates fill up quickly.
Arrangements to schedule auditions must be made
at least two weeks in advance of the desired date.
To schedule an audition, contact:
Troy Centofanto
Director of Music Admissions
412.396.5983
Applicants should plan to spend at least half
a day at the School of Music to complete the audition.
Parents or guardians are invited to attend concurrent
informational sessions while auditions and tests
are conducted. A schedule of the day's events
will be distributed on the audition day, with
specific times designated for the performance
audition, the theory test and the musicianship
test.
Performance
Students will have 12 minutes to perform for a
faculty committee. A repertoire sheet should be
presented at this time. This form will be mailed
to applicants prior to the audition. In addition
to prepared works, students should be ready to
demonstrate technical studies and/or scales. Students
wishing to have accompaniment should provide their
own pianists. (The
School of Music does not provide accompanists
unless arrangements are made at least two weeks
in advance. There is a nominal fee for this service.
Taped accompaniment is not acceptable.)
Jazz Auditions
Students with any jazz abilities should also schedule
an additional 15-minute jazz
audition to occur on the same day as the classical
audition. It will consist of two required components
and one optional one. For jazz drum set
auditions, please see Percussion.
Theory
A written test will be administered. All applicants
should bring two sharpened pencils. Material covered
will include scales, intervals, triads, key signatures,
time signatures, and treble and bass clefs. A
suggested preparation text is Harder and Steinke's
Basic Materials in Music
Theory.
Musicianship
Applicants are evaluated on their abilities and
potential in the following areas:
- Pitch matching (singing),
- Vocal repetition of given melodic patterns
and phrases,
- Singing requested intervals (i.e., perfect
5th, minor 3rd),
- Singing arpeggiated major, minor, diminished
and augmented triads with correct intonation,
- Sight-singing a simple diatonic melody (students
may use "do-re-mi" syllables, letter
names, numbers or neutral syllables),
- Identification of melodic and harmonic intervals
(up to an octave),
- Identification of the four types of triads,
- Sight-reading of six to eight-bar rhythms
in standard meters (2/4, 3/4, 6/8 etc.).
Arrangements to schedule auditions must be made at least two weeks in advance of the desired date.
To schedule an audition, contact:
Troy Centofanto
Director of Music Admissions
412.396.5983 |
