Music

Voice

Two contrasting songs of your choice:

• Song #1 - One Hymn or a sacred classic like "The Lord's Prayer" by Malotte, Ave Maria, or a similar song. (If the student has had formal vocal lessons, a song from Classical repertoire or a selection from Musical Theatre repertoire would also be an option for the hymn or sacred classic.)
• Song #2 - One Worship/Christian Contemporary song in a contrasting style from the selected hymn or sacred classic.

Instrumental

Guitar, Brass, Strings, Woodwinds, Percussion/Drum Set

Two contrasting pieces of your choice (drawn from a sheet music publication or fake book/chart rendition).

• At least one piece in:
  • Modern Worship/Christian Contemporary
  • Rock
  • Folk, or country style
• A classical piece would also be an option

In addition, demonstrate skills according to the choice of the auditioning instrumentalist among the following:

• Scales and Arpeggios
• Improvising Over Charts
• Composition/Songwriting
• Media production with a component featuring their instrument

Piano

Two contrasting pieces from the following categories (either derived from a fake book or chord chart rendition):

• At least one piece in:
  • Christian Contemporary/Worship
  • Jazz
  • Rock/Pop
  • Country
  • Blues
  • Gospel/R&B work
• A Baroque, Classical, Romantic, 20th century classical work or virtuosic hymn arrangement could be an acceptable second audition work

Skills according to the choice of the auditioning pianist among the following:

• Scales and Arpeggios
• Chord Progressions
• Improvising Over Charts
• Composition/Songwriting/Media Production with a component featuring piano or synth (a synth keyboard must be provided by the auditioning student when doing a live audition).