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Auditions and Audition Requirements
Before being accepted as a music or music education major, a student must successfully complete an entrance audition (personal or solo performance recording) and a theory placement examination. For further information, please contact us.Undergraduate Woodwind and Brass Major Audition Requirements
All woodwind and brass players wishing to pursue a music degree at ULM are required to audition for admission, and should begin by contacting the band director at 318-342-1594 or the appropriate applied teacher. You may also call the music office at 318-342-1570. The student should be prepared to schedule a time to visit the campus, meet with the band director and/or applied teacher, and play an audition. (It is not necessary to do all of these in one visit.)
Generally, each instrumentalist should be prepared to play:
- all major scales
- chromatic scale
- arpeggios
- two selections of contrasting style from the etude or solo repertoire
Sightreading will also be included in the audition.
If you would like more specific information about any aspect of your audition, please feel free to contact any of the individual instructors.
Transfer, graduate, and students returning after an extended absence should expect more advanced criteria in audition materials and must contact the appropriate instrumental instructor for complete requirements.
Undergraduate String Major Audition Requirements
Students auditioning for admission into a music degree curriculum as a string major should be prepared to perform, at acceptable standards, repertoire at the representative level of difficulty as indicated by the following:
Violin:
- an etude of Kreutzer
- demonstrated fluency in 3-octave scales and arpeggios in all keys
- a sonata of Handel
- two contrasting movements of a concerto of Mozart
Viola:
- an etude of Campagnola
- two contrasting movements of the Telemann Concerto
- 3-octave scales and arpeggios
Cello:
- An etude of Popper
- two contrasting movements of a Sammartini sonata
- 3-octave scales and arpeggios
String Bass:
- An etude of Simandl
- two contrasting movements of a Marcello sonata
- 2-octave scales and arpeggios.
Major/harmonic minor scales and arpeggios, parallel motion, 4 octaves.
Two memorized pieces in contrasting style from standard keyboard literature. The following examples may be used as a guideline:
- Baroque: J.S. Bach - WTC Prelude and Fugue
- Classical: a movement from a sonata by Mozart, Haydn, or Beethoven Romantic: a work of Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, etc.
- Impressionistic or Contemporary: a work of Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Prokofiev, etc.
Sight-reading (to be considered for a keyboard talent grant in accompanying).
(live or taped audition acceptable)
Performance of a prepared etude or piece demonstrating proficiency in at least one of the following areas: snare drum, keyboard percussion (2 or 4 mallets), timpani.
Performance of selected rudiments and/or scales.
Sight-reading related particularly to the percussion instrument(s) from your prepared piece or pieces.
Any additional percussion performance areas desired by the applicant.
To enter the undergraduate vocal music program at ULM, an interested person should prepare an audition with the vocal faculty. The literature should be songs in English or a foreign language that will present the voice at its best.
Please contact a member of the vocal faculty for more information.
Scholarships and Assistantships
The ULM Scholarship Competition is open to wind, brass, and percussion players who are high school seniors (grade 12) at the time of the competition. The Grand Prize winner will receive a scholarship to ULM worth up to $4000/year. Applications are due February 15th, 2008. Click here for more information. For a printable brochure, click here.
Talent grants are awarded for participation in ULM instrumental and vocal ensembles.
Students must audition in order to be considered for a talent grant. Talent grant amounts range from $250 to the full cost of attendance per semester and are renewable on a yearly basis.
Students whose permanent residence is outside of Louisiana may be awarded an out-of-state tuition waiver, which is currently valued at almost $3,000 per semester.
Graduate Assistantships are awarded to full-time graduate music students. These assistantships waive tuition costs and pay an annual stipend of up to $5,500. Click here for information.
Click here for Low Brass Graduate Assistantship information.
Click here for Trumpet Graduate Assistantship information.
Theory Placement Examinations
New students in the ULM Division of Music, both undergraduate and graduate, will be given examinations to determine the theory courses in which they should be placed and, in the case of graduate students, if remediation is needed. Information on these exams can be found below. Questions should be directed to Dr. Mel Mobley, head of music theory.