CD/Video Audition Option

Self-prepared recorded auditions. All students (except voice students) auditioning for entrance into a DMA Performance Program may choose to audition by self-prepared recording. Recordings should have been made within the nine months prior to the application deadline. The applicant’s name, instrument, and degree program must be on the recording and the recording container. Applicants admitted on the basis of a recorded audition may be asked to perform for the faculty at the beginning of the first semester of enrollment to confirm the audition assessment. The appropriate applied faculty member must approve the audition repertoire.

Students who prefer to audition via recording will need to provide the following:

-Completed Audition Form

-Compact disc and a Video Recording:
CDs are the preferred medium for the audio portion of the recording. Both the CD and the CD container should be labelled with the applicant’s name, degree program, major, and instrument/voice as well as program information. The compact disc recording is the primary means by which applicants will be evaluated for admission to the program.

Guidelines for the CD are as follows:
-It must be a high fidelity CD playable on standard CD playing equipment.
-It must not have any editing or splicing.
-It must not have any verbal announcements.
-It must not be enhanced with added reverberation, compression or expansion.

Guidelines for the Video Recording are as follows:
-The video component is a short (10 minute) video recording and must be from the same performance as the CD.
-The video recording should be in VHS or DVD format.
-International applicants should be sure that the material is recorded on, or converted to, NTSC format. (We are not able to review tapes in other formats.)

Applicants should review both the audio and video recording in its entirety before mailing it, ensuring that it is clear and easily audible. All self-prepared recorded auditions must be submitted a list of the instrumental repertory found on the recording.