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Undergraduate Audition Form
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PLEASE CIRCLE
your 2008-09 audition date choice below:
November 7
(for Spring '09 enrollment)
February 6
(for Fall '09 enrollment)
February 20
(for Fall '09 enrollment)
March 13 (for
Fall '09 enrollment)
You must audition
in November, February, or March to ensure entrance
and scholarship consideration. Instrumental
and vocal studios are limited in the number
of students that may be accepted. Admission
is highly competitive. Students may audition
a maximum of two (2) times for any studio.
Please circle
one date, complete this form, and mail EARLY
(must be received two weeks prior to desired
audition date); audition slots are filled on
a first-come-first-served basis. Your exact
time will appear on a schedule which you will
receive at the registration desk between 9:00
and 9:30 a.m. on that date.
Return this completed
application to:
School
of Music Undergraduate Advisor
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5434
Name (first, middle, last): ____________________________________________
Home Address:
Street _______________________________________________
City _____________________
State ______ Zip ___________
Home Phone: Area
Code(____)____________ Date of birth ______________
E-mail Address_______________________________________
Instrument or Vocal Part in which you intend
to audition:___________________
Check One: ____
Beginning Student ____ Transfer Student ____ Presently
Enrolled
Previous School_________________________________________________
Check the date indicating when you intend to
enter the WMU School of Music: (Please add the year.)
____ September of _______
____ January of _______
Check the major(s) in music you are considering:
____ Composition
____ Jazz Studies
____ Music Education
____ Music Therapy
____ Music Performance
Check if applicable:
____ In addition to my entrance audition, I would like
to play or sing an audition for the Jazz Area
Faculty for scholarship consideration. I am
prepared to play or sing: (1) a piece of
your choice in 12-bar blues form (such as Billie's Bounce
or Straight, No Chaser) with two or three improvised choruses
to follow; (2) a jazz standard of your choice (such as Autumn Leaves,
All the Things You Are, Oleo) with improvised choruses to follow;
(3) sight reading of jazz pieces. As a jazz drummer, I am prepared to:
play swing time at various tempos; demonstrate knowledge of 12-bar blues
and 32-bar AABA (rhythm changes) song forms; trade 4s, 8s and choruses
with a rhythm section over these forms; demonstrate Latin rhythms,
straight-eighth or funk grooves; and demonstrate time with brushes.
PLEASE NOTE: The
auditions listed above are for acceptance as
a music major. Ensemble auditions (band, choir,
etc.) will occur once a student is enrolled.
Audition Confirmation forms can be filled out and saved as a "Word" document, then e-mailed as an attachment to the School of Music Advisor Margaret Hamilton (margaret.hamilton@wmich.edu).
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