School of Music | College of Fine Arts - Boston University

Voice Audition Information

Prescreening

Applicants to the following programs and instruments need to submit a prescreening video recording or portfolio for review before they can be invited to a live audition or interview.

• Applicants to cello, double bass, flute, percussion, piano, trumpet, violin, or voice regardless of degree or program
• Graduate Composition majors
• All applicants to the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance
• All applicants to the Artist Diploma

Prescreening recordings and portfolios are due by December 1. Applicants will be notified of prescreening results in early January.

Bachelor of Music (BM)

BM Repertoire

The repertoire for the prescreening and live audition is the same.

Applicants must prepare three songs from memory from the classical art song repertoire.  Of the three selections, one must be in Italian and one in English.  The third selection may be in Italian, English, German or French and should be chosen from the art song literature in those languages.

The auditioning faculty is interested in vocal quality, musicality, musicianship and expression. Sight-singing will be included in live auditions.

Accompanist

Accompanists are provided for voice auditions in Boston. Applicants should bring legible and easily managed piano scores to the audition. This can be from a book, a separately bound copy, or double-sided music in a binder. It is not necessary to send scores in advance.

Updated on 09/24/2018