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(312)996-2939
UIC Department of Performing Arts
College of Architecture and the Arts
EPASW Bldg. 1040 W. Harrison St. MC-255
Chicago, IL 60607
phone 312-996-2977 | fax 312-996-0954
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Audition Schedule
2008 Music Audition Schedule for the Music Majors and Financial Aid:
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Tuesday |
January 29, 2008 |
3:00-6:00 p.m. |
All students |
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Monday |
February 11, 2008 |
4:00-8:00 p.m. |
All students |
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Sunday |
February 17, 2008 |
1:00-4:00 p.m. |
All students |
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Monday |
March 17, 2008 |
4:00-8:00 p.m. |
New students only! |
Auditions will be conducted in room L060 of the Education, Performing Arts, and Social Work (EPASW) Building, 1040 West Harrison Street, Chicago, (312) 996-8746.
Arranging an
Audition
| 1. |
Audition
Application |
This form is in PDF format and can be viewed and/or printed using
Adobe Acrobat Reader. A free copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader can be
downloaded from Adobe's
web site. |
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New student |
New students must also begin an online application at http://www.uic.edu/depts/oar/applyonline
by January 15. Transfer and re-admit students must apply by March
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Schedule |
Auditions are by appointment only. Please contact us to arrange
a time and date.
Audition Committee
Tel: +1(312)996-8746
Fax: +1(312)996-0954
Email: Vocal Auditions, gjc@uic.edu |
Audition Criteria
Voice:
(Audition Application)
- 6 minutes prepared solo literature (from contrasting art songs, arias, lieder,
etc.)
- Bring 3 copies of your music for the committee and accompanist.Vocalizing for range, color, and flexibility.
- Sight Reading.
Woodwinds and Strings:
(Audition Application)
- 4 minutes prepared solo literature. Bring 2 copies of your music
for the committee.
- Major Scales: f, b-flat, e-flat, g, d, a; Two or three octaves
as possible.
- Chromatic Scale: 3 octave range, saxes to high f. (woodwinds only)
- Sight Reading.
Brass:
(Audition Application)
- 4 minutes prepared solo literature. Bring 2 copies of your music
for the committee.
- Major Scales: F, B-flat, G, D. one or two octaves as possible.
- Chromatic Scale, two octave range.
- Sight Reading
Classical Guitar:
(Audition Application)
- Scales, with position shifts: C major, 2 octaves
G major, 3 octaves
E major, 3 octaves
- Technique Studies: Choose one of the following: any of the 25 Progressive
Studies by Matteo Carcassi, or any of the 20 Studies, Segovia edition
by Fernando Sor.
Jazz Guitar:
(Audition Application)
General Requirements:
- Ability to improvise in the jazz idiom
- Familiarity with basic jazz chords ("Freddie Green").
- Basic music literacy.
Specific Requirements:
- Candidates will be expected to perform the following:
- Major scales through four sharps and four flats (2 octaves) in at
least two positions.
- Sigh-tread a moderately simple melody in the jazz idiom.
- Jazz blues: theme, improvisation, accompaniment (Example: Blue Monk,
Tenor Madness).
- Jazz standard: theme, improvisation, accompaniment (Example: Autumn
Leaves, Just Friends).
- Solo arrangement of a jazz ballad (Example: Misty, Polkadots and
Moonbeams.
Piano:
(Audition Application)
- All major and minor scales in 4 octaves as well as arpeggios.
- Prelude and Fugue Bach.
- A fast movement from a classical sonata (Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven).
- A 19th century romantic piece or a 20th century selection.
- All selections by memory
Percussion:
(Audition Application)
- 2 minutes prepared snare drum solo.
- Bring 2 copies of your music
for the committee.
- One minute prepared timpani and/or two minutes prepared mallet
solo.
- Jazz drummers should bring 2-3 minutes of prepared drum set music
as well
- Sight reading.
Strings:
(Audition Application)
- Three minutes of prepared solo work, preferable music from two contrasting movements.
- Major scales through three flats and three sharps will also be asked.
- Sight reading.
Call the office of the UIC audition office
for more information, audition dates or to make an appointment at (312)
996-8746.
Additional information: UIC
Choirs, Concert
Band, Pep Band, Jazz Ensemble
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