Auditions
Audition
Acceptance to private study in the Conservatory is based on an audition prior to enrollment. Auditions are judged by the appropriate applied faculty and are arranged via the Conservatory’s supplemental application. Auditions are normally 10 minutes in length at the undergraduate level, 20 minutes at the master’s level, and 30 minutes at the doctoral level. Non-performance majors are required to perform a 10-minute audition in their applied area. For Fall admission, the deadline for receipt of all application and supplemental materials is December 15th. Audition dates will be assigned once an application has been submitted.
Audition Procedures
- All auditions must be completed by March 3, 2017 in order to be eligible for scholarship consideration.
- Audition times and schedules will be confirmed approximately 30 days prior to the scheduled audition.
- All applicants are very strongly advised to audition on campus. If scheduling difficulties or distances are insurmountable, applicants must request to audition via recording. Applicants not auditioning on the Kansas City campus are usually required to audition live, in person before final acceptance into the Conservatory. To request a recorded audition please contact Conservatory Admissions at cadmissions@umkc.edu.
- Auditions should be scheduled only in the major performing area. If a student is highly proficient in more than one instrument/voice, he/she may audition in more than one area. There is no audition fee.
- UMKC will provide staff accompanists for all voice auditions. Accompanists for orchestral instruments and classical guitar are not required and will not be provided. There is no fee for vocal accompanists.
- The auditioning committee will have the option of hearing as much of the prepared repertoire, in whole or in part, as it deems necessary to assess the applicant’s ability. Each applicant may choose the first piece to perform.
Audition Dates 2065-17
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 (for Spring 2017 admission)- Saturday, February 4, 2017 (all areas)
- Monday, February 20, 2016 (all areas)
- Friday, March 3, 2017 (all areas, except saxophone)
Suggested Repertoire
Repertoire for the admission audition should be selected from traditional solo literature. The following represents examples of acceptable audition repertoire as well as repertoire that may be studied while enrolled at the Conservatory; these pieces are intended as guidelines only, and are not specifically required works.
Undergraduate
| Arutunian: Concerto | Haydn: Concerto |
| Barat: Andante et Scherzo | Hummel: Concerto |
| Fitzgerald: English Suite | Kennan: Sonata |
| Goedicke: Concert Etude | White: Sonata |
Master’s level
| Arutunian: Concerto | Kennan: Sonata |
| Haydn: Concerto | Stevens: Sonata |
| Hummel: Concerto | Telemann: Concerto |
| Torreli: Concero | White: Sonata |
| Orchestral Excerpts | Charlier Etude No. 2 |
Doctoral level
| Arutunian: Concerto | Jolivet: Concertino |
| Haydn: Concerto | Tartini: Concerto |
| Hindemith: Sonata | Telemannn: Concerto |
| Hummel: Concerto | Tomasi: Concerto |
Orchestral Excerpts