IncomingStudentAuditions

Music Performance Scholarships for Incoming Students (2010)



Auditions for Prospective Music Majors, Music Minors, and Other Talented Music Performers



The Music Department, which is a member of the National Asociation of Schols of Music, offers accredited

curricula leading to either a Bachelor of Science in Music Education, or a Bachelor of Arts in Music. Students in

the latter degree program may elect an emphasis in performance, church music leadership, music history, or

composition & arranging. Six ful-time faculty and nineteen part-time faculty provide studio and class instruction in

the music department to both majors and non-majors. Students wishing to major or minor in music and talented

non-majors desiring consideration for Music Performance Scholarships are required to complete an entrance

audition. For music majors and minors, successfuly passing the entrance audition wil ensure admitance to the

music program through the sophomore level, at which time a second audition wil determine eligibility for

uperclassman standing. Al auditioned students who are awarded Music Performance Scholarships can renew

these scholarships up to four years, as long as the student maintains the scholarship requirements.



Entrance auditions wil be held during the visit weekends sponsored by the Asbury Colege Admisions Office. In

the 209-2010 schol year, on-campus auditions wil be held on the folowing dates:

? Friday, November 13, 209: Fall Visit Day [Open House at 2 pm]

? Friday, November 20, 209: Al-Star Band Clinic Weekend

? Friday, January 29, 2010: Winter Visit Day [Open House at 2 pm]

? Friday, February 12, 2010: Scholarship Weekend I

? Friday, February 26, 2010: Scholarship eekend II

? Friday, April 23, 2010: Spring Visit Day [Open House at 2 pm]



If you would like to schedule an on-campus audition during one of these weekends, please notify the Admisions

Office at least three weeks prior to the audition. This deadline is essential for the scheduling of appropriate music

faculty members and accompanists, if applicable to your performing area. (Vocal students must have

accompaniments sent at least two weeks prior to the audition.) If you are unable to schedule an audition on

campus, you may send a video recording (VHS, VHS-C, or DVD) to the folowing address: Asbury Colege Music

Department, One Macklem Drive, Wilmore KY 40390. Note, however, that piano and vocal students also must

complete a sight-singing audition as part of the videotaping process. (Further information folows in the Piano &

Vocal sections below.) Auditions (live or recorded) completed by March 1

st

have greatest advantage in

consideration for music scholarships for the folowing year, but all auditions evaluated before the start of classes

wil receive consideration if funds are available. The Music Performance Scholarship Aplication must also be

completed and received before a music scholarship can be awarded. Acceptance by the Music Department is not

related, however, to acceptance by the colege as a whole—that is determined entirely through the Admisions

Office.



An on-campus audition consists of the folowing:

1. Selected scales (instrumentalists and keyboardists only)

2. A brief sight-reading (instrumentalists/keyboardists) or sight-singing excerpt (vocalists)

3. Performance of prepared solo literature in the classic tradition of Western music. This portion of the audition

wil be videotaped. Guidelines for the selection of appropriate audition materials are outlined below.



INSTRUMENTAL (For more information, please contact Dr. Glen Flanigan at [e-mail] or ext.

2308)

Wind Instruments

Students should be prepared to perform major scales through four sharps and four flats, chromatic scales

covering the entire range of the instrument, and selected solos representing at least two styles of music (ex.:

Baroque, Classic, Romantic, Twentieth Century). Students wil perform a short sight-reading excerpt.



String Instruments

Students should be prepared to perform major scales through four sharps and four flats and selected solos

representing at least two styles of music (ex.: Baroque, Classic, Romantic, Twentieth Century). Students wil

perform a short sight-reading excerpt.



Percusion Instruments

The percusion audition wil be in two parts. On the snare drum, the student wil play a solo (rudimental or

orchestral), a long rol (crescendo and diminuendo) and rudiments. On a melody percusion instrument (bells,

marimba or xylophone), the student wil play all scales through three flats and three sharps and a solo

demonstrating at least two-mallet technique. Students are also welcome to include timpani literature in

auditions. Students wil perform a short sight-reading excerpt.

Note: On occasion, students wish to audition on multiple instruments to demonstrate proficiency on more

than one instrument. Students with such skils are welcome to perform auditions on multiple instruments.



ORGAN (For more information, please contact Dr. Mark Schell at [e-mail] or ext. 2124)

Students who wish to be admited to the study of organ may or may not have had previous organ lessons. For

those who have, the folowing are sugested as sample audition pieces: (a) a prelude and fugue from Eight

Litle Preludes and Fugues by J.S. Bach, (b) a chorale prelude from The Liturgical Year by J.S. Bach. For

those who have not studied organ, the student should demonstrate proficiency on the piano in at least two

stylistic periods (ex.: Baroque, Classic, Romantic, Twentieth Century) with levels of difficulty equal to the

folowing: (a) A two-part invention by J.S. Bach, (b) a standard sonata by Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven, (c) a

waltz by Chopin, (d) a piano composition by Bartok, Kabalevsky, etc.



PIANO (For more information, please contact Dr. Donald Zent at [e-mail] or ext. 251)

Be prepared to perform several major scales (hands together, four octaves) and solo piano literature

representing two stylistic periods. The literature should equal or exceed the level of challenge presented in the

sample works listed: (a) Baroque Period: J.S. Bach, Two-Part Invention No. 13 in A Minor, (b) Classic Period:

Beethoven, Sonata in C Minor, Op. 13, Movement III, (c) Romantic Period: Brahms, Rhapsody in G Minor,

Op. 79, No. 2, (d) Twentieth Century: Debusy, Arabesque No. 1 in E Major. Other appropriate literature

might be found in anthologies such as the folowing: (1) Volume 47, Early Advanced Classics to Moderns,

New York: Consolidated Music Publishers, 1969; (2) Recital Winers, Volume Two, Van Nuys, CA: Alfred

Publishing, 193; (3) Aplause, Book Two, Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing, 1986.



VOCAL (For more information, please contact Dr. Beatrice Holz at [e-mail] or ext. 252)

Be prepared to sing art songs in the classic tradition representing two contrasting styles of music (ex. Baroque,

Classic, Romantic, Twentieth Century). For scholarship consideration, selections should be presented in both

English and a foreign language. An accompanist wil be provided, though students may bring his or her own if

desired. Pre-recorded accompaniments are not acceptable. Copies of vocal accompaniments must be received

no later than two weeks prior to the audition date. Send to: Asbury Colege Music Department, One Macklem

Drive, Wilmore KY 40390. Please be sure when making photocopies of accompaniments that all lines of the

piano parts appear on the photocopy. (Overly large pages may need to be reduced slightly.) Students who wish

to submit a video must request the sight-singing portion be sent to someone who wil be present to administer

this at the videotaped audition.



Auditions for Performing Ensembles at Asbury Colege

Membership in Asbury Colege music ensembles is open to all students on campus regardless of major. Students

who wish to participate in the ensembles of the Asbury Colege Music Department, but who do not wish to be

considered for scholarships, do not need to audition for those groups until they arrive on campus. Auditions for the

performing ensembles are usually held in the first two weeks of each semester. Al ensemble registrations are

tentative until auditions are held. After arriving on campus, check the loby of the McCreless Fine Arts Building

for a schedule of audition times and dates for the various music ensembles. Ensembles offered at Asbury Colege

include: Chorale, Concert Band, Handbell Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Men’s Glee Club, Orchestra, Women’s Choir, and

a variety of Chamber Ensembles—offered according to student interest—under the name "Colegium Musicum"

(Flute Choir, Percusion Ensemble, String Quartet, Trumpet Choir, etc.). [For more information regarding

ensembles, please contact Dr. Mark Schell, at [e-mail] or ext. 2124]