SFCM | San Francisco Conservatory of
Music
Voice
audition
AUDITION REQUIREMENTS: VOICE
Acceptance
into the voice program at SFCM requires pre-screening.
Live
auditions at the Conservatory are required of the following applicants:
- Anyone residing in California
- Graduate voice applicants residing in the
United States
- Postgraduate voice applicants
Regional
auditions are available for the following applicants:
- Applicants residing outside of California
- Undergraduate voice applicants
Final
audition recordings are accepted from the following applicants:
- Undergraduate applicants residing outside of
California
- Graduate applicants residing outside the
United States
- Final recordings must be submitted online
through the formal Application, found here, no later than December 1.
PRE-SCREENING
Applicants
must submit a pre-screening recording with the repertoire listed below. We
strongly recommend that the recording be audiovisual, but we will also accept
audio-only recordings.
Undergraduate
- An Italian aria or song such as those found
in the Anthology of Italian Song of the 17th and 18th Centuries
- One song originally written in English (not
a translation)
- A piece chosen by the applicant
Graduate
- An opera aria
- A contrasting art song
- A piece chosen by the applicant
Postgraduate
- An opera aria
- Two contrasting art songs
- A piece chosen by the applicant
FINAL AUDITION REPERTOIRE
Applicants
invited to audition in San Francisco may
bring their own accompanists or use one provided by the Conservatory for the
$30 fee processed when the application is submitted. (Those not invited will be
refunded the accompanist fee.)
Undergraduate
- An Italian aria or song such as those found
in the Anthology of Italian Song of the 17th and 18th Centuries
- One song in English (not a translation)
- A piece chosen by the applicant
- A reading of a short poem in English chosen
by the applicant. (This reading does not need to be memorized.)
Additionally,
at the faculty's discretion, applicants may be asked to sight-read a very short
musical passage.
Graduate
- Two opera arias in contrasting styles
- Three art songs in contrasting styles in
three different languages, one of which must be English. The arias and
songs must include pieces in German, French, and Italian.
- A piece chosen by the applicant
- A reading of a short poem in English chosen
by the applicant. (This reading does not need to be memorized.)
Additionally,
at the faculty's discretion, applicants may be asked to sight-read a very short
musical passage.
Postgraduate
- Three opera arias in contrasting styles
- Three art songs in contrasting styles in
three different languages, one of which must be English. The arias and songs
must include pieces in German, French, and Italian.
- A piece chosen by the applicant
- A reading of a short poem in English chosen
by the applicant. (This reading does not need to be memorized.)
Additionally,
at the faculty's discretion, applicants may be asked to sight-read a very short
musical passage.
Updated on 08/10/2018