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Audition Requirements Note: All prospective music majors must audition for acceptance to the department even if not auditioning for a scholarship.

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Audition as soon as possible for entrance into the department. All prospective music majors MUST audition for acceptance into the department even if you don't audition for a scholarship. Call the Music Department at (618) 650-3900 for details. Ensemble auditions are separate from entrance auditions and are usually given in the Fall.

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Instrumental

Prospective majors who wish to make a string, woodwind, or brass instrument the principal area of applied music must audition for the Department of Music. Following are the requirements:

Prospective majors who wish to make percussion instruments the principal area of applied music must audition for the Department of Music. Following are the requirements:

Each candidate must perform creditably on snare and one additional category as follows:

I. Snare Drum
A. One solo or etude of moderate difficulty.
B. Demonstrate control of the sustained roll at all dynamic levels.
C. Sight reading at a moderately difficult level.
II. Marimba, Xylophone, or Vibraphone
A. One solo or etude of moderate difficulty.
B. Major scales and arpeggios through four sharps and four flats and the chromatic scale performed from memory.
C. Sight reading at a moderately difficult level.
III. Timpani
A. Perform a solo or etude of moderate difficulty.
B. Demonstrate control of the sustained roll at all dynamic levels
C. Demonstration of accurate tuning.
D. Sight reading at a moderately difficult level.
IV. The candidate may perform a Multiple Percussion solo or etude in lieu of one of the above requirements.
VOICE
Two contrasting selections from the appropriate volume of the The Young Singer (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) published by R. D. Row, or similar standard classical songs or arias. To audition as a transfer student with upper class standing, the student should select more advanced repertoire and demonstrate a proficiency in foreign languages (i.e., Italian, French, and German).
MUSICAL THEATER
One selection from the appropriate volume of The Young Singer (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)published by R.D. Row, or similar standard classical song or aria; and one selection from a musical theater show; one monologue reading from a musical production. To audition as a transfer student with upper class standing, the student should select more advance repertoire.
INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ
Perform one jazz selection (any jazz etude, standard tune, transcription, rock tune, original composition, or standard classical piece). Prospective students will be asked to improvise (any jazz standard, blues, or rock piece). Rhythm instrument players should be prepared to demonstrate accompanying techniques (comping chord changes). Drummers should be prepared to demonstrate the following rhythm feels: (l) swing, (2) rock, (3)latin-samba, (4)bossa nova.
CLASSICAL GUITAR
Perform one piece (or single movement) from either composer in each group below:
A. J.S. Bach or S.L.Weiss
B. F. Sor or M. Giuliani
C. H. Villa-Lobos or A. Lauro
The overall audition should demonstrate melodic and arpeggio style playing.
HARP
Perform as listed below:
A. Naderman: Book of Seven Progressive Sonatas, Op. 92 (Select any sonata)
B.Grandjany: Petite Suite Classique (Select any two movements)
ORGAN
Perform as listed below:
J.S. Bach: Any Choral Prelude or Prelude and Fugue
Brahms: Any Chorale Prelude from Op. l22
Langlais: Organ Book (No. l-Prelude, No. 5-Musette, or No. l0-Pasticcio)
PIANO
I. Performance Majors:
A. Perform at least two pieces from memory from two different periods. Selections should equal the difficulty of:
  1. Baroque: Bach Inventions, Preludes and Fugues, French Suites, Scarlatti Sonatas
  2. Classical: one movement of a Mozart, Haydn, or early Beethoven sonata
  3. Romantic: Chopin Mazurkas or Preludes, Short works of Brahms or Schumann
  4. Contemporary: Bartok Hungarian Folk Songs or Sonatina; Kabablevsky Preludes
B. Technical
  1. Scales-four octaves, major and minor, hands together
  2. Arpeggios-four octaves, major and minor, hands together
II. Music Education Majors:
A. Perform one piece from memory and one with the music from two different periods. Selections should equal the difficulty of such pieces as:
  1. Baroque: Bach, Inventions or Little Preludes
  2. Classical: one movement of a Clementi Sonatina or the Beethoven Sonata, Op. 49
  3. Romantic: the more difficult pieces from the Album for the Young by Schumann, Chopin Mazurkas, Grieg Lyric Pieces, or Brahms Waltzes
  4. Contemporary: Prokofieff, Children's Pieces, or Bartok, Mikrokosmos III
B. Technical
  1. l. Scales-two octaves, major and minor, hands together
  2. 2. Arpeggios-two octaves, major and minor, hands together

 

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Last update: 10/27/06 by dcoan@siue.edu