Music Audition Requirements for Summer Programs (Grades 6-8)

Please submit video recordings featuring two contrasting works: one demonstrating lyricism and another demonstrating technique. There is no required repertoire for intermediate applicants, and piano accompaniment is not required. Percussionists should demonstrate their skills on snare drum, mallet instruments, and timpani.

Upon acceptance, students will be placed into a performance ensemble, as appropriate (Orchestra or Wind Ensemble).

Pre-Arrival Placement Video

New and returning students who have been accepted into the Intermediate Orchestra or Intermediate Wind Symphony program will prepare Pre-Arrival Placement Videos prior to camp to determine ensemble (for Orchestra students) and seating placement (for Orchestra and Wind Symphony students). Students are asked to select up to five minutes of their choice of repertoire plus one scale of their choice in as many octaves as they are comfortable playing. Students must submit their videos between May 1 and May 23 through the Education Community. Camp faculty committees will review files to determine seating placement. 

Audition recordings should demonstrate both technical and lyrical playing. Piano accompaniment is preferred, but not required. Please submit video recordings of the following:

• A work from the appropriate repertoire list below
• An additional work on contrasting style
• Two scales

Violin Repertoire:

• Lalo - Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement
• Bruch - Violin Concerto in G minor, 1st movement
• Mozart - Violin Concerti no. 3 or 4, 1st movement, plus cadenza
• Bach - E major Partita, Predudio (1st movement)

Viola Repertoire:

• Hoffmeister - Concerto (any movement)
• Handel - Concerto (any movement)
• Bloch - Suite Hebraique (any movement)
• J. C. Bach - Concerto (any movement)

Cello Repertoire:

• Shostakovich - Sonata (any movement)
• Brahms - E Minor Sonata (any movement)
• Saint-Saens - Concerto No. 1 (any movement)
• Lalo - Concerto (any movement)

Pre-Arrival Placement Video

New and returning students who will play with the Intermediate Orchestra will prepare Pre-Arrival Placement Videos prior to camp to determine ensemble and seating placement. Students are asked to select up to five minutes of their choice of repertoire plus one scale of their choice in as many octaves as they are comfortable playing. Students must submit their videos between May 1 and May 23 through the Education Community. Camp faculty committees will review files to determine seating placement. 

Please submit video recordings of two contrasting works. Etudes and single movements may be used. While there is no required repertoire, suitable composers may include J.S Bach, Carcassi, Giuliani, Sor, Giuliani-Guglielmi, Sagreras, Tarrega, Brouwer, and Villa-Lobos.

Please submit video recordings featuring two solo works of contrasting style. There is no required repertoire, but the audition should demonstrate the applicant's overall ability. Piano accompaniment is optional. Ideas for suitable repertoire include:

• "La Gimblette," "Pieces d'Automne," "Epices" by Bernard Andres
• "Petite Suite" by Grandjany
• "Pieces d'Automne" by Renie
• Harp Olympics Book 4
• "Little Fountain" by Pratt

Please submit a video recording (can be one video or three separate videos) demonstrating skills on snare drum, mallet instruments, and timpani.

Please submit video recordings featuring two solo works of contrasting style. There is no required repertoire for intermediate applicants, but the audition should demonstrate the applicant's overall ability.

Please submit video recordings featuring two works from the classical, art song, or folk song vocal repertoire. There is no required repertoire for intermediate applicants; however, the audition recording should demonstrate both technical and lyrical singing. Live accompaniment is preferred, but not required. If you are using a recorded accompaniment, please adjust volume so that your performance is clearly discernible.

Instrumental Program Requirement

Please submit one to three video recordings of work that best represents you as an artist at this time. If you are performing in an ensemble, please make sure you are clearly highlighted.

Vocal Program Requirement

Please submit video recordings of the following:

• One chorus of a ballad
• Any melody sung a cappella in time, given just a starting pitch
• Optional: A jazz melody and improvised solo, with accompaniment (live or recorded)

Placement Video

New and returning students who have been accepted into the Intermediate Jazz Performance and Improvisation Program will prepare Pre-Arrival Placement Videos prior to camp to determine ensemble and seating placement. Specific requirements and repertoire will be noted in your Program Letter in the Education Community — we will notify you by email when this is ready for you to access. Students must submit their videos between May 1 and May 23 through the Education Community. Camp faculty committees will review files to determine ensemble and seating placement. 

Students in this program will work from chord charts. If you have no prior knowledge of reading music or charts, we still welcome you to apply. However, it's highly encouraged that you familiarize yourself with what chord charts are prior to camp.

Please submit one to three video recordings of work that best represents you as an artist at this time. You may play or sing along to a track, but be sure that the volume of your instrument is louder than the track. If you are performing in an ensemble, please make sure you are clearly highlighted.

Please submit both a video recording of a self-accompanied, personal performance of an original composition as well as a PDF file of the written lyrics.