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Music Scholarship Audition Guidelines
The following guidelines should be followed in preparing for a music scholarship audition.
Keyboard: Applicants should prepare two pieces by memory from contrasting periods (Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic, or Contemporary). Be prepared to sight-read.
Winds: Applicants should prepare two pieces of contrasting style, and be prepared to sight-read.
Strings: Applicants should prepare two pieces of contrasting style, and be prepared to sight-read.
Percussion: Applicants should prepare two pieces, one with snare drum and one with mallets (or tympani), and be prepared to sight-read. Drum set can be a third option on request.
Voice: Applicants should prepare two art songs, preferably from different style periods such as Early Italian, Old English, German, French, or 20th-Century British or American (example: one Early Italian and one German art song). Selections should be memorized. An aria from the opera or oratorio repertory may be substituted as one of the selections. Original language of the composition is preferred but not mandatory. Be prepared to sight-read and demonstrate tonal memory.
Contact the Department of Music office at music@lipscomb.edu or 1-800-333-4358 for further information.