Voice Auditions
All vocal auditions are by invitation only . To secure and
invitation please send a pre-audition cassette tape or CD by December 15th.
All vocal applicants are required to
submit a pre-audition cassette tape or CD including two songs, one in English
and one in a foreign language. Please label the cassette tape or CD with your
name, voice category, address, phone number, e-mail, song #1 title and composer,
and song #2 title and composer and level of intended study ( undergraduate or
graduate). The deadline for submission is December 15th. Invitations for those
chosen to audition will be mailed by December 20th for auditions to be held in
February. Cassette tapes or CDs received after December 15th will be considered
based on the availability of audition times.
On Campus auditions for those invited to participate will be held in February:
Undergraduate and transfer voice applicants are asked to sing three selections: one song each in Italian and English and one in a language other than Italian or English (i.e. French, German, Spanish, etc.). Two of the songs may be the songs already presented on the pre-audition recording. All on campus auditions must be sung from memory and should demonstrate technical proficiency and musical understanding in a variety of styles. Students should also be prepared to sight-read. All songs should be classical in nature (opera arias, lieder, art songs, etc.); if you are unsure whether a selection is appropriate or not, please call our office at 773-325-7444. Selections should be accompanied when appropriate. An accompanist will be provided unless the student notifies us they will bring their own.
Graduate applicants are asked to sing one selection each in Italian, German, French, and English and include at least one opera or oratorio aria and one twentieth-century selection. Students should also be prepared to sight read and may be asked to read at sight texts in Italian, German, and French. Selections should be accompanied when appropriate. Accompanists will be provided unless students notify us they will bring their own. All auditions must be sung from memory and should demonstrate technical proficiency and musical understanding in a variety of styles.
