Music for Unifieds

kitkatt565
Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:02:05 +0000

Sorry I know I’ve been posting a ridiculous amount of questions lately, but I just want to make sure I’m not overlooking anything! I’m auditioning for Otterbein, Hartt, Webster, Ithaca, CMU, CCM, Emerson and possibly OU at the Chicago Unifieds next week!

I know I need to bring my sheet music in a binder, but should I have 16-bar, 32-bar and full song copies of each song in there separately, or just have the cuts marked within the music?
Should I hand them my sheet music when I walk in the room or should I wait for them to ask for it?
Is it safer to use a CD and boombox or an amplified ipod? (I’m bringing both in case something malfunctions!)
If I put the songs on a CD, should I put each song on a different track or just dead space between each song on the same track? Should I put each song on separate CDs completely? And how much time should I allow before the music actually begins?
When I walk in the room, should I expect to plug in my boombox/amplified ipod myself and then be expected to start and stop it myself and then head to the spot they want me to sing at (therefore needing more silence at the beginning?) Or do they want you to let them handle that, and they’ll start and stop it for you?
On my 32 bar song, I’m only singing 32 bars, but I have a two measure intro and a two measure ending, making it 36 bars total… will any school be against this? Also on my ipod, my minute long songs say that they last 1:15 because there is a five second intro of silence, and a ten second ending of silence, do any schools want the track to specifically be a minute to ensure I’m not going overtime?
On some schools (such as Otterbein) they say that your two song selections and monologue should not exceed three minutes… does this include transition time?
Do these schools expect you to automatically transition from song to song to monologue without them asking? Or will they ask for things and discuss them with between each selection?


I know I’m being nitpicky, I just want to make sure I’m as well prepared as possible!
Thanks to everyone so much, you have no idea how much I appreciate it!