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Auditions
All applicants to the School of Music are required to prepare and present an entrance audition. These auditions are designed to give studio faculty opportunity to meet each applicant and to assess strengths and potential for success in collegiate music studies.
The completed music application, as well as two teacher recommendation forms must be submitted prior to scheduling an audition. We strongly recommend, for fullest consideration regarding admission & scholarship, that auditions be completed on or before March 11, 2011.
Audition Dates, 2010-2011
Auditions after March 11 may be arranged by contacting the Greatbatch School at
800.777.2556, x4000.
Click here for information on visiting Houghton College.
Download our current auditions brochure (PDF, 133KB) and audition request form.
You may also apply online.
Audition Requirements
Instrumental Majors
Perform two solo pieces or movements demonstrating both a slow, tonal and a faster, technical style.
- Play one etude demonstrating technical skill.
- Play major scales and arpeggios (also minor, if possible)
- Sightread one or two short excerpts provided by the instrumental faculty in the audition.
Organ Majors
Students interested in organ my audition on either organ or piano, depending on which will best demonstrate the student's abilities. If auditioning on piano, requirements for Piano Auditions above should be followed.
- Perform two or three selections from contrasting style periods, with at least one from the Baroque.
- Play a hymn of the student's choice in a manner suitable for leading a congregation..
- Scales & arpeggios may be requested.
- Sight-read one or two short chorale preludes selected by faculty in the audition.
Piano Majors
- Perform two or three pieces or movements from contrasting style periods (Baroque, Classic, Romantic, 20th Century). Please limit any fold, hymn, or contemporary arrangements to one.
- Perform from memory, if possible.
- Sight-read one or two short excerpts selected by the faculty in the audition.
Theory/Composition Majors
In addition to an audition on the major instrument or voice, applicants will have an interview with the Theory/Composition faculty.
- If possible, scores and/or tapes of original compositions should be brought to this interview. Prior development of keyboard skills is strongly encouraged.
Voice Majors
- Sing two selections in contrasting styles, demonstrating both a slow, lyric style and a faster, more technical style.
- If prior voice study has included foreign languages, sing in the foreign language, if possible.
- When possible, select literature from the standard repertoire of easy English and Italian Art Songs.
- Learn and be prepared to sing an arrangement of "The Ash Grove" (mailed to you with your application materials , or download here). Two different keys will provided; select the one which best fits your voice range.
- Applicants with prior choral experience, but no formal voice study, are encouraged to audition with solos selected and prepared with the guidance of their choral director.
New in 2011 - Junior Mock Audition Days
Especially for High School Juniors in 2010-11
Friday, April 8 and Saturday, May 21, 2011
Visit us on one of the days set aside just for high school juniors thinking about a music major in college.
Have a one-on-one session with a music professor in your area: perform a selection you've prepared as a possible audition piece, and receive feedback and tips for getting even better.
Receive guidance from a college theory teacher about preparing for theory placement exams, tips for growing your theory knowledge as you go through your senior year.
Hear what's involved in college music study from the director of the Greatbatch School of Music; look over sample major programs and semester-by-semester class schedules.
Interested? We'd love to have you!
Simply contact the music office at Houghton College by phone or e-mail to start the ball rolling.
800.777.2556, ext. 4000
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