Pre-Audition Screening Video Requirements - due by January 5.
Pre-screens are due by January 5 and must be uploaded to the "Edit Portfolio" section of your application portal after application submission.
Choose one of the following ballads: Prelude to a Kiss, Autumn Nocturne, Ruby my Dear, or Reflections
One medium or up-tempo swing tune (demonstrating a minimum of one chorus of scatting)
Blues for Alice (demonstrating melody and 2 choruses of scatting)
Audition Requirements
We encourage all applicants, if at all possible, to audition in-person.
- Live audition dates are scheduled during the weekends in February. Review list of audition dates by instrument here.
- Recorded video auditions are available by request and must be submitted by February 1 to your Blue Demon Domain (for undergraduates) or your application portal (for graduates/post-masters), in the “edit portfolio" section. To enable the recorded audition submission, contact musicadmissions@depaul.edu.
- One ballad
- One up-tempo swing tune (demonstrating a minimum of one chorus of scatting)
- One bossa nova or contemporary tune
- Choose one of the following tunes to play on the piano AND sing: All of Me, Bye Bye Blackbird, East of the Sun
- Sight-reading (will be provided at audition)
* We encourage auditionees, if invited to the second round of auditions, to choose different material from those in their pre-screen recordings.
Recorded Interview Questions (only applicable to those who select a recorded submission to audition)
Please upload a video that is no longer than 2-3 minutes and responds to the below questions:
- What is your musical background?
- Why are you applying to DePaul?