AUDITION REPERTOIRE AND PROCEDURES

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AUDITION REQUESTS must be received IN WRITING via the supplemental application form 30 days in advance of the audition date requested. Please do not email or phone in audition requests. You will receive written confirmation of your date and time approximately 4 weeks prior to your scheduled audition.

AUDITION DATES FOR 2010 ADMISSIONS

AUDITION REQUESTS must be received IN WRITING 30 days in advance of the audition date requested

Voice, Piano, Instrumental, Dance Auditions
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010 (March 5, 2010 is the last scheduled audition day for scholarship consideration)
Saturday, March 20, 2010

Dance Auditions
Live auditions are strongly recommended. Dance applicants may submit a high quality DVD with audition request if scheduling or distances are insurmountable; a live audition will be necessary later for full admission. Auditions after March 5, 2010 are not considered for scholarships.

Music Theater Auditions
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010 (Last date for Music Theater scholarship consideration)

Ph. D. Music Education Interviews
Monday, February 8, 2010

Choral Conducting Auditions
Monday, February 8, 2010

Orchestral and Wind Conducting Auditions Orchestral and Wind conducting auditions are scheduled on an individual basis. Conducting Auditions may be scheduled by contacting:

Dr. Robert Olson, Orchestral: 816-235-5208 or olsonrh@umkc.edu
Dr. Steven Davis, Wind: 816-235-2952 or davisst@umkc.edu

UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE AUDITION AND INTERVIEW PROCEDURES

Please read carefully:

1. To assure adequate scheduling and notification procedures, all Conservatory application materials must be received at least thirty days prior to the requested audition date.
   Audition dates and rooms will be confirmed approximately four weeks prior to the scheduled audition.
   
   Auditions must be completed by March 5, 2010 in order to be eligible for scholarship consideration. (March 6, 2010 for Music Theater)
    
2. All applicants are advised to audition on campus. If scheduling difficulties or distances are insurmountable, applicants should request to audition by tape or CD. Your tape or CD MUST accompany your audition request. Any recorded materials received become property of the Conservatory. Applicants not auditioning on the Kansas City campus may be required to audition live, in person before final acceptance into the Conservatory.
    
3. Auditions should be scheduled only in the major performing area. If a student is highly proficient in more than one instrument/voice, he/she may audition in more than one area. An additional audition requires a separate audition request, which must be entered on the Conservatory supplemental application or applications. There is no audition fee.
    
4. UMKC will provide staff accompanists for all voice auditions. Accompanists for orchestral instruments and classical guitar are not required and will not be provided.
   There is no fee for vocal accompanists.
    
5. The auditioning committee will have the option of hearing as much of the prepared repertoire, in whole or in part, as it deems necessary to assess the applicant's ability.  Each applicant may choose the first piece to be performed.

Applicants will perform an audition consisting of works from the standard repertoire. Scales and sight-reading may be requested. More detailed information and suggestions are available from: http://conservatory.umkc.edu/students/repertoire.aspx

Non-performance majors are required to perform a 10-minute audition in their applied area.

CLICK HERE FOR A LIST OF THE REPERTOIRE SHEETS FOR 2010-2011

For more information on UMKC and Conservatory courses, please refer to the online catalog.

To request an information packet be mailed to you, please fill out this information request form.

For Additional Information Contact:

Conservatory of Music and Dance Admissions
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5227 Holmes Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2229
816-235-2900
816-235-5264 (fax)
cadmissions@umkc.edu