Audition Requirements
Music Majors:
Voice:
Perform two art/folk songs in contrasting styles, in different languages (if possible).
Brass and Woodwinds:
Please prepare two contrasting solo works or etudes demonstrating your lyrical and technical styles. Be prepared to play a two-octave chromatic scale, and several major scales.
Percussion:
Please prepare a solo work or etude on mallets, snare, and timpani.
Keyboard:
For performance majors, prepare two pieces, classical in nature, from different musical eras. For minors, prepare two contrasting pieces.
Music Minors:
Voice:
Please prepare one solo piece, classical or broadway/pop.
Brass and Woodwinds:
Please prepare one solo work or etude demonstrating your lyrical and technical style. Be prepared to play a one-octave chromatic scale, and several major scales.
Percussion:
Please prepare a solo work or etude on one of the following: mallets, snare, or timpani.
Keyboard:
Please prepare two contrasting pieces.
For Academic Ensemble Participation
Please contact the appropriate conductor:
Concert Choir - Dr. John McDonald (jtmcdonald@mckendree.edu)
Concert Band or Jazz Ensemble - Dr. Jennifer Moder-Bell (jamoder-bell@mckendree.edu)