Request for Choral/Vocal Audition
2011 - 2012 (for students entering in Fall 2012 or Spring 2013)

Completed admissions application, teacher and counselor evaluations must be postmarked no later than December 15 in order to be considered for any undergraduate ACADEMIC scholarship awards. MUSIC scholarships will be considered by audition through the spring semester.

Students who choose not to participate in or who were not chosen for the Nordan Auditions are encouraged to audition February 4, February 25, or March 10, 2012.

We will provide an accompanist for the audition (music should be submitted no later than ten days prior to the audition), or you may bring your own if you wish.

Texas Christian University
Division of Vocal Studies
Audition Repertoire Requirements

BM, BME, BA

1. One selection in English
2. One selection in a foreign language
3. One selection may be an aria from an opera or oratorio, please include the recitative if applicable

Nordan Scholarship

1. One selection in English
2. Two selections in a foreign language
3. One selection should be an aria from an opera or oratorio, please include the recitative if applicable
4. The screening DVD must contain all three selections

MM

1. One selection in English
2. Four additional selections in at least three different languages and styles
3. Two selections should be arias from opera or oratorio, please include the recitative if applicable
4. One selection should have been written since 1960

DMA

1. Five arias selected from opera and oratorio in contrasting languages and styles, please include the recitative if applicable.
2. A fifty-minute Recital program consisting of selections representing at least four different stylistic periods and languages.  One language should be English.  One group should have been written since 1960.
3. The screening DVD, submitted at the time of application, should contain a twenty-minute sample of the above repertoire.

Artist Diploma

1. Five arias selected from opera and oratorio in contrasting languages and styles, please include the recitative if applicable.
2. A fifty-minute Recital program consisting of selections representing at least four different stylistic periods and languages.  One language should be English.  One group should have been written since 1960.

NOTES

1. All selections must be performed from memory.
2. All screening recordings and any audition not performed in person must be in DVD format.

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