Vanderbilt Music Questions

dfbmd1
Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:42:35 +0000

EmJN15, what you describe is not at all out of the ordinary and not a cause for concern. My daughter, an undergrad voice performance applicant, auditioned at 7 schools and was never asked to sing all of her prepared songs except at the one school that required only 2 songs. At the other schools, if they asked for 3 prepared songs they had her sing 2 of them and if they required 4 songs they had her sing 3 (at one school) or only 2 (at the other 2 schools). This was the case for all of the other voice auditionees that we spoke to at those schools so it was standard procedure. At two of her auditions they had her sing one song all the way through and the second only partially. While she found that disconcerting, she found out from talking to others that they were doing this with all of them. So you definitely have no reason to worry. Usually they let you choose which song to sing first, so you should always pick your best one first. After that, the panel chooses which other song(s) they want you to sing and as noted above you may not get to sing all of your songs, so if there is one that you really want to be sure they hear you should sing that one first when you get to choose. I hope you find this information reassuring. Perhaps others have had different experiences.