Auditions Carnegie Mellon University School of Music

Voice Audition Information

Voice (BM)

Please note that the Musical Theatre program is a part of the School of Drama and not the School of Music.  Application to one program does not provide 

consideration for the other.

Voice applicants are required to submit a prescreening video-recorded audition.

PRE-SCREENING REQUIREMENTS:

- One song or aria in English

- One song or aria in Italian

- One song or aria in a language of your choice:

ü  All selections must be performed from memory and may be from the art song repertoire or a combination of art songs and an aria 

   from an opera, operetta, or oratorio. (Arias are NOT required.  No more than ONE selection may be an aria.)

ü  Music should be selected from a variety of stylistic periods. 

ü  Musical Theater, Jazz, "CCM" (Contemporary Commercial Music), and original compositions will not be accepted.

ü  Piano accompaniment is required.

Please see Pre-screening Instructions for details on how to submit your pre-screening videos. Videos must be uploaded to the School of Music 

online application by December 1. Do not mail recorded audition videos to the Office of Undergraduate Admission.

LIVE AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Candidates who proceed to the live audition phase are expected to prepare the following audition repertoire: 

l  One song or aria in English

l  One song or aria in Italian

l  One song or aria in a language of your choice

Applicants needn’t perform the same repertoire for both rounds of auditions, provided all repertoire performed meets the requirements listed 

above.

A collaborative pianist is provided only for on-campus voice auditions. If your audition selections are outside the standard repertoire, please email a PDF of your music to music-admissions@andrew.cmu.edu clearly indicating your name and birth date. 

At the live audition, all applicants are expected to present their Carnegie Mellon School of Music appointed collaborative pianist with clean, double-sided copies of their repertoire in a 3-ring binder.  Please do not present music in plastic sheet protectors.

All performance candidates are required to complete an audition. A live audition is preferred. These auditions are scheduled on campus or at a regional site (not available for all studios). 

Recorded auditions may also be accepted but must be received by January 10. Pre-screening applicants will be notified in early January if they are granted a live audition or interview. Auditions will be confirmed at least two weeks prior to your audition date. School of Music audition materials should not be sent to the Office of Undergraduate Admission.

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