School of Church Music and Worship Auditions

• Prospective bachelor’s and master’s students in worship studies or worship leadership should prepare two contrasting pieces representing their highest level of achievement.
• Prospective bachelor’s students in performance areas should prepare two contrasting pieces representing their highest level of achievement (for voice concentrations, one of the two pieces should be in a language other than English).
• Prospective master’s students in performance areas should prepare three contrasting pieces representing their highest level of achievement (for voice concentrations, two of the three pieces should be in a language other than English).
• Doctor of Musical Arts candidates have enhanced requirements:

  • The applicant for the guitar concentration will be required to play a thirty- to forty-minute entrance audition. The repertoire should represent a contrast of styles and should reflect a level of achievement equivalent to a master’s degree recital. The selections should represent the major periods of music history from the Renaissance to the present.

  • The applicant for the piano concentration will be required to play a thirty- to forty-minute entrance audition. The repertoire should represent a contrast of styles and should reflect a level of achievement equivalent to a master’s degree recital.

  • The applicant for the voice concentration should arrive on campus in time to confer with an accompanist before the audition. The audition material will consist of six songs from memory: four art songs (one each in German, Italian, French, and English), one opera aria in its original language, and one oratorio aria in English. The selections should represent the major periods of music history, including the modern era. If approval is granted, a thirty-minute jury performance at the end of the first semester will qualify the student for continuation in the voice concentration on the D.M.A. degree.

Fill out the application in the Auditions Application Portal

No. All prospective students who audition are automatically considered for talent scholarships and assistantships. No additional application or audition is necessary.

You may audition for more than one area but no more than two areas.

The School of Church Music and Worship will contact you if a phone interview is necessary.

Prospective students are encouraged to complete their application and video submission by December 1 for January matriculation and April 1 for August matriculation. Students may submit applications and videos after the deadlines; however, priority consideration is given to students who complete their application and video submission by the dates indicated above.

• Please ensure that the video recording is of the highest quality possible. Your video recording should include:
  • Your name
  • A brief description of yourself
  • The degree you wish to pursue
  • Your contact information
  • The name of the selections you will be presenting
  • Appropriate number of contrasting pieces representing your highest level of achievement
• Upload your video recording(s) to YouTube or Vimeo and email the link(s) to [email protected] (include your name and degree you wish to pursue in your email). YouTube videos may be Public or Unlisted but not Private.