I have my Music Ed audition for NYU Steinhardt on Saturday, and was just wondering what to expect besides singing what I’ve prepared and handing in my essay. I’m really kinda freaking out so pls help!!
"Required Repertoire
Undergraduate
Please bring a 300 to 500 word essay to the audition. In the essay, discuss a significant issue in music education as it relates to one or more of the following:
- the values of music education in/for society
- educating the whole child
- the characteristics of excellent teachers/teaching
- the role of popular music in music education
- the role of music technology in music education
…
Voice: two pieces in contrasting styles; choose from two different periods or two different languages, one of the contrasting styles could include a music theater piece"
This is what the NYU website said to have prepared for music education voice auditions. If what you prepared musically matches the requirements, you have everything good to go already. I doubt NYU would make it difficult for students to gather information on audition requirements. I have a few friends going into voice/dance/piano majors (they didn’t apply to NYU) and many of them who already finished their auditions said that their judges were very understanding and recognized that people get nervous, so as long as you try your hardest, I’m sure you’ll do great. Good luck!
Source:
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/m/music/education/auditions
Thank you!! But I was really wondering what it’s like. I read somewhere else that the person was also interviewed and asked a lot of questions, and that some auditions have 1 auditor vs a panel. How do Music Ed auditions compare?
Keep in mind that I’m not a prospective music/performing arts major. As far as I can see and recall from precollege auditions I did when I was serious about pursuing piano (a few years ago, and a dumb dream in my circumstance), judges really look for the same things for all musical programs within the same university, so others’ experiences shouldn’t be too far from what you will encounter, even if they’re doing classical piano and you’re doing voice education.
As for questions during the audition, I’m really not sure. I’ve never seen a performing arts major say they were requested to have a Skype interview, so perhaps those people are just marked off to have a face-to-face interview at the audition to kill two birds with one stone in a sense. If this is the case, it would be somewhat rare, though not impossible to have questions asked. Although no one has complained about tough interview questions, so you shouldn’t be worried regardless.