试镜 & 奖学金

An audition is required for admittance into the music major or minor, 考虑到奖学金. All students are asked to first submit an application to the 招生办公室 安排试镜前. In-person auditions are held on scheduled audition dates before a panel of two or more music faculty members. Students unable to attend the scheduled audition dates may email finearts@joyerianicaragua.com to discuss the possibility of an alternate audition date. 海选每年二月举行.

To apply for a scholarship, students must 报名参加试镜. A confirmation email with details about the audition will be sent once the application form is received and processed. 学生应该加上 finearts@joyerianicaragua.com to their contacts to ensure they receive all of the information. The confirmation email will be sent within seven days of receiving your application. The confirmation will have details about your audition, so please read and keep this correspondence. 

未来的音乐专业, 未成年人, 和非专业 must complete an audition in a primary performance area. In-person, on-campus auditions are encouraged for the best scholarship consideration. An accompanist will be provided for all vocal auditions and is available upon request for instrumental auditions.

试镜 for admittance into the major or minor, 考虑到奖学金, are competitive. 因此, students should prepare music from the standard repertoire that clearly demonstrates their highest level of musical and technical ability, as well as the potential for excellence in music. 

If you cannot meet on the listed days or times, please explain your situation at the bottom of the application form in the “How Did You Find Out 关于 Us” section. We will work on an alternate appointment over email. 学生应该加上 finearts@joyerianicaragua.com to their contacts to ensure they receive all of the information.

如果2019冠状病毒病卷土重来, masks and social distancing measures will be implemented at the in-person auditions. Details will be communicated via email in either the application confirmation or in a separate message.

BRASS, STRINGS, AND WOODWINDS REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJORS, MINORS, AND NON-MAJORS

• Two selections in a contrasting style from the standard solo repertoire. Two contrasting movements of a sonata or concerto or an advanced etude may be performed in place of one of the contrasting solos.
• Major scales commensurate with the range of your instrument (four scales will be selected at the audition).
• There will be a sight-reading exercise at the audition.

Please bring the following items to your audition:

• A resume noting both your musical and academic accomplishments. 
• A copy of your music for yourself to perform.
• 给评委会准备一份你的音乐.
• Let us know on the application form if you’ll need an accompanist. 我们会在现场安排一名伴奏. Bring a copy of your music on the day of your audition for the accompanist to use. 
• 两封推荐信. The letters may also be emailed directly to finearts@joyerianicaragua.com. We prefer to receive the letters before or at your audition, but will accept them until Feb. 17. 

键盘的需求

All keyboard pieces are to be performed from memory. All applicants will be asked to sight-read a portion from the standard repertoire. The sight-reading excerpts will be selected according to the applicant’s skill level.

Please bring the following items to your audition:

• A resume noting both your musical and academic accomplishments.
• 给评委会准备一份你的音乐.
• A list of piano repertoire you have played.
• 两封推荐信. The letters may also be emailed directly to finearts@joyerianicaragua.com. We prefer to receive the letters before or at your audition, but will accept them until Feb. 17.

 Keyboard students interested in majoring or minoring in music should prepare two memorized selections in a contrasting style from the standard classical solo repertoire. (例如, you could play a two-part invention by Bach and a movement from a piano sonata by Mozart. In another example, you could play a nocturne by Chopin and a work by Rachmaninoff.)

Non-majors should be prepared to play at least one work (three to five minutes) from the standard classical repertoire (Baroque, 经典, 或浪漫主义时代). Applicants are welcome to play additional pieces from the standard classical repertoire, as well as scales and arpeggios as part of their audition if they so choose. Keyboard non-majors may play with a score for the audition, but playing from memory is preferred for the best scholarship consideration.

PERCUSSION REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJORS, MINORS, AND NON-MAJORS

• Two selections in a contrasting style from the standard solo repertoire.
• Choose TWO of the following areas for your audition: Snare Drum, Keyboard Percussion, or Timpani. (Students with experience in drum set may choose this as a third area in addition to the two required areas).
• Marimba: Major scales in two octaves (four scales will be selected at the audition).
• There will be a sight-reading exercise at the audition appropriate to your selected areas.

Please bring the following items to your audition:

• A resume noting both your musical and academic accomplishments.
• A copy of your music for yourself to perform.
• 给评委会准备一份你的音乐.
• 两封推荐信. The letters may also be emailed directly to finearts@joyerianicaragua.com. We prefer to receive the letters before or at your audition, but will accept them until Feb. 17.

VOICE REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJORS, MINORS, AND NON-MAJORS

All pieces are to be performed by memory.

• Two memorized selections in a contrasting style from the standard solo repertoire are required.
• A sight-reading exercise will be part of the audition.

Please bring the following items to your audition:

• A resume noting both your musical and academic accomplishments.
• A copy of your music for the accompanist
• 给评委会准备一份你的音乐.
• 两封推荐信. The letters may also be emailed directly to finearts@joyerianicaragua.com. We prefer to receive the letters before or at your audition, but will accept them until Feb. 17.

REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJORS INTERESTED IN THE MUSIC COMPOSITION EMPHASIS

All students interested in adding a composition emphasis must audition on their primary instrument/voice for entry into the music major. The audition requirements can be found in the “In-Person Audition Requirements by Performance Area” section.

After you have scheduled your primary instrument/voice audition, please follow these steps in order to be considered for the composition emphasis:

• 提交 a recording (performed live or MIDI) and .pdf files of two notated original compositions at least two weeks before your scheduled audition. 欢迎以mp3格式录音. 请将您的材料发邮件至 finearts@joyerianicaragua.com 博士和. 马克·彼得林(mpetering@joyerianicaragua.com).
• 博士联系. Petering to schedule a meeting (preferably on the same day as your audition). This meeting is required in addition to your primary audition for acceptance into the emphasis.
• Successfully perform your primary instrumental/voice audition.
• Note: if you do not currently have a portfolio but are interested in the composition emphasis, 你还是可以试音的. 请联系博士. Petering to set up a time to meet on the day of your audition.

音乐剧要求

There is a separate application form and list of audition requirements on the 音乐剧网站.

Students may audition in a secondary performance area if desired. 我在两个地区试镜, please prepare one selection for your secondary instrument/voice in addition to the two selections for your primary instrument/voice. Students are eligible to receive a music scholarship in one area. A limited number of scholarships are available to students who excel in more than one area.

海选在剧院举行. F. 约翰逊美术中心(JAC). 这座建筑位于A. F. Siebert教堂. The South Upper parking lot is directly south of the JAC. There are two sets of doors on the south side of the building that face the parking lot. Please enter through the southwest set of doors and head straight down the hallway to our check-in desk. Our staff will check you in and direct you to a practice room. 查看校园地图

If you need to cancel or change your music audition, please email finearts@joyerianicaragua.com 尽快. This is especially important for cancellations as there may be students on the waiting list who could benefit.