Peabody Institute - Johns Hopkins University

Voice Audition Information

Pre-Screening Requirements

A short video of two arias and a song (one in English) is required to be uploaded to the Peabody application for pre-screening. See the detailed audition requirements for each program listed below.

Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma

TEN pieces are required.

• Please include three foreign languages and English in this audition.
• Please show a variety of styles and include operatic and/or oratorio arias and recitative.
• Must be memorized (except oratorio and/or complicated repertoire of the 20th/21st century.
• For the MM in Early Music, requirements follow those of the MM in Voice, except that four or five of the required ten selections must be written before 1800.

* Please note the requirements below for the pianist/collaborator who will be playing for the audition.

Doctor of Musical Arts and Artist Diploma

A FULL RECITAL is required. (Approx. 50 minutes of music for DMA, 70 minutes for AD)

• This recital should demonstrate excellence in programming.
• Repertoire in three foreign languages and English are required.
• Repertoire should demonstrate a variety of styles.

* Please note the requirements below for the pianist/collaborator who will be playing your audition.

*The following is required by the voice department for our pianists/collaborators:

• Copies MUST be legible, with all notes on the page, lined up properly, and clear.
• No FAX copies.
• Xerox copies are permitted but must be in a binder (no loose pages)
• The pianist reserves the right to refuse to play if the above is not adhered to. The voice faculty may decide not to hear the balance of the audition as a result.

Updated on 09/15/2018