<p>Hi, I just posted this on the Hopkins board but realized that this might be a better spot. Question: If a voice student is not asked to sight sing at a Peabody audition, is this a sure sign that the student will not be accepted? Thanks!</p>
<p>I think you just need to wait until April 1. Last year when my D did an instrument audition, there was no sight reading or anything beyond the specified audition requirements. Unless you are aware that most of the other voices were asked to do sight, I would not be concerned. Auditions were different at some other conservatories. Some included sight playing. Some did call backs with the best applicants getting a more in depth evaluation. I think Peabody tried to use the same procedure for each auditioner and also tried to avoid any indications of approval or rejection.</p>
<p>When daughter auditioned on double bass at Peabody, it was kind of chaotic. First you had to find a room where they were handing out packets of information, including the map that might have helped you find the room. It was very crowded and finding locations in various parts of the building with a bass in tow took on certain aspects of a road rally. </p>
<p>Included in her packet were time assignments for warmups, auditions, a theory test and a sightsinging test. I believe the sightsinging evaluations were held in a separate room from the auditions, even for voice majors. The papers with theory and sightsinging appointments were buried amid a bunch of other other stuff and would have been easy to miss, particularly for someone very focused on an audition. </p>
<p>The rooms for theory tests and sightsinging did not seem as crowded as everyplace else, so either some people did not realize they had to go to a different area for those tests or the school decided ahead of time to exempt some applicants.</p>
<p>Thanks edad and BassDad. It certainly was a bit chaotic, although all of the people we encountered were extremely nice and helpful. D did do the theory and the brief sight reading tests, but we are aware of another excellent singer who was asked to sight sing at the audition itself and were concerned that D was not asked to do so.</p>
<p>The sight singing (ear training) test is different that being asked to sight sing during a vocal audition. Everyone is scheduled for ear and theory tests.</p>
<p>Edad - Exactly. Hence the worry about a singer not being asked to do additional sight singing during the singing audition, when other singers were asked to do so.</p>
<p>It might relate to level of musical maturity displayed in audition pieces. Perhaps the repertory offered did not provide enough information. Is it possible the other singer was vocalized for range rather than asked to sight read? Did your daughter sing musically difficult pieces? Had your daughter previously rehearsed with pianist and did she show good ensemble skills? There are lots of reasons why this might have happened, which would not signify anything negative about your daughter. Good luck! Lorelei</p>
<p>A panel sometimes asks for sight-reading when the applicant's technical level is in doubt based on the prepared pieces. It could be a GOOD thing that she didn't have to sight-read.</p>
<p>Thanks Lorelei and fiddlefrog! I have the feeling that we're just going to have to wait it out until April to be able to interpret what it all meant, but it's great to know that there are some interpretations that are not catastrophic.</p>