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Voice Audition Information

 

Prescreening portfolios are required of:

  • All Composition and Jazz Composition applicants

Prescreening video recordings are required of:

  • All Artist Diploma and DMA applicants, regardless of major
  • All undergraduate, MM, and GD applicants to:

Cello, Chamber Music, Clarinet, Collaborative Piano, Conducting, Contemporary Improvisation, Flute, French Horn, Harp (dual degree only), Jazz Composition, Jazz Performance, Oboe, Piano, Saxophone, Trombone (Tenor &Bass), Trumpet, Violin, Viola, Vocal Performance, Vocal Pedagogy

Voice Performance (BM)

An operatic aria is not required for undergraduate applicants; however, any undergraduate who wishes to include an aria in addition to the required repertoire on their prescreening and/or live audition may do so. The first piece presented at the live audition must be an art song.

Bachelor of Music and Tufts/NEC applicants should prepare the following:

  1. One art song in English
  2. One art song in Italian (pre-1800 from any early Italian anthology)
  3. One art song in a language of the applicant's choice
  4. Optional: one opera aria

Harvard/NEC and Undergraduate Transfer applicants should prepare the following:

  1. One art song in English
  2. One art song in Italian (pre-1800 from any early Italian anthology)
  3. One art song in German
  4. One art song in French
  5. Optional: one opera aria

 

Updated on 09/29/2018