Question about the app

<p>It asks you to list your repetoire for the audition, is this required? because I want to send in my application soon but I have kow idea what I am doing for my audition.</p>

<p>Yes - the repertoire list is definitely required as part of the application - but this is not a list of what you will sing at the audition. It is a list of all the songs you know and/or have performed. It is pretty detailed and they are specific about how they want it to be written. I know there is information about it in the School of Music handbook - and maybe also on their website?</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

<p>this is an often disputed question... many say that a repertoire list of all songs you've performed is to be submitted, though the actual application itself does not ask for one. the application DOES ask for the specific repertoire you will be using. I wrote two songs that I was thinking of doing but will not necessarily be performing for my audition... I'm going to call and ask what the policy is on changing songs. I doubt the auditors have the request for audition in front of them during the audition, though I could be wrong. Who knows?</p>

<p>Babygiraffeboots
I believe if you do not know which songs or monologues you will be doing yet, you can call them at least two weeks before the audition date and let them know. Probably you could just note in the spaces on the application that you would call with that information at a later date. You might want to check with UM about whether that is the policy this year, but I'm pretty sure it was in past years. I'm not sure what happens if you put down songs/monologues and then change your mind later. Maybe you could ask about that too?</p>

<p>Kenmarksnj
A reperoire list IS required for application to the school of Music, Theatre and Dance at UM. A very detailed resume is also required. The instructions are on the website and in the viewbook that you probably recieved if you are on their mailing list. It also states this on the application, in the fine print above where you are supposed to put the songs/monologues/piano piece you are performing at the audition. The repertoire list is quite detailed, and requires you to alphabetize by composer, separate into categories (classical, MT, piano) as well as code each song to indicate whether the piece was memorized and/or performed. Hope this helps! :)</p>

<p>We sat in an information session with Laura Strozeski when we visited UMich and discussed the repertoire list at length. It is definitely required for admission. It is detailed on their website as well as in their handbook. </p>

<p>Here is the info from their website:</p>

<p>Section III - Repertoire List</p>

<p>Applicants to all performance programs, Composition, Music Education, Musicology, Music Theory, Musical Theatre, Jazz and Contemplative Studies, Jazz and Improvisational Studies, Jazz Studies, and Media and Music Technology Curriculum A are required to submit a comprehensive list of repertoire studied on their principal instrument. This requirement does not apply to applicants in Dance and Theatre and is optional for those applying to the B.F.A. and B.S. programs in Media and Music Technology. Include the following information on this list:</p>

<pre><code>* All major works you have studied on your principal instrument listed in alphabetical order by composer. You may also include any major works you have studied on a secondary or related instrument.
* Musical Theatre applicants should list all vocal work studied, including both classical and musical theatre repertoire. You may also include any piano works studied, however, a piano test is included as part of the audition to determine your level of proficiency.
* Include ensemble pieces in which you had featured solos.
* Label those pieces you have performed from memory with “M” following the title, and “P” if you performed the piece in public.
* Focus on those pieces studied during high school and college (when applicable), although you may include earlier works if they represent significant milestones in your artistic development.
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<p>Babygiraffe --</p>

<p>Maybe we misunderstood the application, but I really don't you need to specify your audition material. On the hard copy (pdf) version of the application, on the blank for audition repertoire (not to be confused with the resume/repertoire list), the instructions say "Musical Theatre applicants specify repertoire as 'voice, monologue, piano'." Since they put quotes around it, I think that's what they want you to write down -- at least that's a fair interpretation.</p>

<p>There are two different things being discussed on this thread. One it the REQUIRED REPERTOIRE LIST on the APPLICATION as outlined above by MTMama and NYDanceMom. </p>

<p>Then there is the question about which material an applicant plans to present at their live audition. When my D applied, you were allowed to not specify your audition material on the app, but had to submit it at least two weeks ahead of your audition date. My D filed her app to UMich in Sept. since it was a rolling admissions school and also since this program requires academic review and an invitation to audition. At that time, she had not decided on her audition material. She submitted IN WRITING, her song, monologue and piano choices in Dec. for her mid Jan. audition. </p>

<p>The repertoire list (previously studied, NOT for the BFA audition) went in with the application and is described above. It was a document that took a lot of preparation to create and was not needed at any other college (or at least not that part of it). </p>

<p>So, Manuelo, your child does need to specificy her audition material for UMich but can write on the app that she will send it along at least two weeks prior to her audition appt. Very few schools require the applicant to specify their audition material choices in advance, but UMich DOES. Chapman does too.</p>

<p>Soozie--</p>

<p>Right. I am aware of both requirements and have sent in the application with the required repertoire list. I was responding to the specific question regarding specifying audition material. On the hard copy application form itself, the question asking the applicant to list audition material instructs Musical Theatre applicants "to specify repertoire as 'voice, monologue, piano.'" There is definitely not enough space on the hard copy application form to identify two vocal pieces, two monologues and the piano selection. I presume this is why they have given the direction above. Interestingly, the application form instructs dance auditioners to specify their solo "if they know it." I think we have to remember that the form is for all music, theatre, and dance majors, not just MTs. </p>

<p>I did not see any direction in the application materials or on the website about sending in the precise materials two weeks in advance. Perhaps this direction is found in a viewbook that I do not have. Do you have this link, or some other reference. I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks a lot.</p>

<p>Manuelo, I don't have the precise link and would have to research it for you. It might be easier if someone like NYDanceMom who has all of this year's materials can direct you to where this requirement is stated. I was sharing the procedure from two years ago (and of course it is always good to check if the situation is the same this year, but based on what some current applicants are saying here, it appears to be). Two years ago, I recall the paperwork asking which songs, monologues and piano pieces the applicant would be presenting at the audition. If the student wasn't ready to stipulate such information at the time of the application (which was the case with my D who applied early due to rolling admissions and the whole academic review procedure to be invited to audition), then the applicant was required to notify the department at least two weeks ahead of their audition date, with the chosen audition materials. </p>

<p>Based on this statement of yours (and I am not looking at any forms but just reading what you wrote):</p>

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I was responding to the specific question regarding specifying audition material. On the hard copy application form itself, the question asking the applicant to list audition material instructs Musical Theatre applicants "to specify repertoire as 'voice, monologue, piano."

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<p>MY interpretation of those instructions are that the MT applicant, when listing their audition repertoire, needs to specify which pieces are for voice, which are for monologues and which are for piano. It isn't asking you to just write: "voice, piano, monologues" as that is already implied. I believe they are asking the applicant to specify their audition repertoire choices and if they are not ready, to indicate that they will send in their choices at least two weeks prior to their audition date. I'd have to look at the materials but that is how I interpret what you stated and how I recall it all from two years ago. A current applicant may be able to tell you where they have read such instructions, etc.</p>

<p>Manuelo, </p>

<p>You perked my curiousity so I just looked at my D's folder from UMich two years ago. ON the application for the School of Music, under Part A, General Information, question 14, it states: "List the works you will perform for your audition. .....MT specify repertoire as "voice, monologue, piano" meaning to specify for each piece listed, if you are singing it, acting it or playing it on piano. So, in other words, don't just give titles. I agree the space is small but that is what they want. The fact that the space was so small wasn't an issue for my D as she let them know she'd be submitting the titles two weeks prior to audition as required, so she wasn't listing them on the application but that IS what they are asking for there. </p>

<p>I also see in my D's folder, a letter dated Dec. 20 to the Audition Coordinator, specifying her actual repertoire for the audition (indicating which are songs, monologues, and piano pieces). Her audition was Jan. 14. She sent it as an email and they confirmed receipt of her letter. I do not recall WHERE we learned that the applicant can do this but perhaps I learned it on CC, lol, or we had called at the time and were told the applicant can send that later if not ready to stipulate the audition material choices when submitting the actual application, but to get it in two weeks ahead of the audition. I just don't know where and if it is stated in any brochures or written directions. You could call and ask. It sounds like you did NOT fill in the audition material choices so indeed you do need to let them know the choices because the application asked for the choices. So, please do send in the choices ahead of the audition, at least two weeks.</p>

<p>Soozie - </p>

<p>OK, now I get it. That additional instruction -- that they want you to specify which piece is voice, etc. clarifies the instruction for me. That was helpful. Thanks, and we will definitely call them to let them know that the precise audition choices will be coming.</p>

<p>Manuelo</p>

<p>Manuelo, I'm glad that helped. I wasn't sure my post was clear, nor do I have a kid or a student applying there this year. But the question on the app seems to be the same as the one in my D's year and I think you may have misunderstood it. I do agree the space is too small to list all that! :D</p>

<p>You'll be fine as long as your child submits her audition choices in a timely way. Also, once she is invited to audition, there are some comprehensive emails that she will receive. </p>

<p>Fingers crossed for you and all the other kids in this year's cycle.</p>

<p>Just to set the record straight, I just called the UM School of M, T and D admissions office. You do NOT have to specify on your audition form, but you can if you know your selections, as everyone here as already said. And as already been pointed out, you DO have to specify your selections FOUR WEEKS BEFORE THE AUDITION. This is a CHANGE from previous years.</p>

<p>That's why it is ALWAYS imperative to check and not rely just on the message board because the requirements change YEAR to YEAR. Thanks for letting everyone know that it is FOUR weeks ahead this year, not two. </p>

<p>For instance, apparently this year, at UMich, one song must be pre-1965, whereas in my D's year, it was pre-1960. In my D's year at BOCO, there was no dance audition and now there is. In my D's year at NYU/Tisch, there was an optionn for an advanced dance audtion and now that is no longer offered. In my D's year, one song for Syracuse had to be pre-1960 and now the two songs must merely contrast in time period. </p>

<p>I'm glad this discussion at least made you aware of the general requirement about specifying audition repertoire at UMich and what the application was asking for and the general procedure, and that you then checked on the specfics directly!</p>

<p>Yes, I have been following the board for a long time, and while the information is tremendously helpful, this is a great reminder to check specifics. I think my organization skills are pretty good, but this application process has been truly challenging for both myself and my daughter. Not only are the requirements not all written in one place, sometimes some documents are at odds with others. A call to the admissions office is always a good idea.</p>

<p>I agree...this board is very helpful and informative. Even so, this stuff is complicated and varies from school to school and year to year and you've gotta be a major secretary to keep it all straight. As you can see, a call to admissions is always the best to do in case. But the board itself is a great starting point as there is a lot of information here and some first hand experiences as well. It can't replace the direct source, as you can see!
(I think it sounds like you are doing an amazing job. Believe me, many of us have walked in your shoes and it was challenging at the time)</p>

<p>Soozie --</p>

<p>Thanks for the morale booster. Tonight is one of those nights when I really needed it!</p>

<p>Manuelo, I look forward to April when I can welcome you to "the other side", LOL. YOU WILL GET THROUGH THIS! And believe it or not, your daughter will likely end up some place where she will be very happy next fall.</p>

<p>Soozie -- Can't wait for that moment in April, along with tons of others on this site. That will be a beautiful moment, indeed, and we are keeping our fingers crossed for everyone who is going through this process!</p>

<p>So supposing one had decided that the repetoire list and audition matierial didn't apply to him and sent off his application without them, what would I, I mean, he do? (Hypothetically, of course, not that I'd be dumb enough to do that)</p>