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- Audition Procedures
- Audition Dates
- Audition Requirements
- Recorded Auditions
- Deadlines and Closed Programs
- Audition Day Itinerary
- Travel Information
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Voice Prescreening Procedures
Graduate Voice Performance applicants seeking a live audition (on- or off-campus) are required to submit a Prescreening Recording by December 1. Following faculty review, a select number of applicants will be invited to audition.
Other items due by December 1st:
- Submit an on-line Florida State University Application and $30 application fee.
- Submit the on-line College of Music Supplemental Application. The College of Music Application will ask you to select an audition date. However, please know that confirmation of this date will be emailed to you only after a successfull prescreening.
- Recordings should include one aria and one art song demonstrating two different languages chosen from Italian, German, French, and English.
- Doctoral applicants only: Submit one writing sample. This can be a graded paper from a class you took during your master's degree or a new composition outlining your goals and aspirations as a singer, two to three double-spaced pages in length.
Only audio recordings will be accepted. Please, no videos.
Prescreening Recordings will NOT be accepted after December 1st. If mailing your recording, please ensure that it will be received by December 1st.
There are two options for submitting your Prescreening Recording:
- Mail Prescreening CD's to the College of Music, 122 N Copeland Ave, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1180
- New: Submit your recording via our Digital Dropbox
- Save each track of your pre-screening recording with a descriptive file name. Include your name, the composer and the title.
- Go to https://dropbox.ucs.fsu.edu/dropoff.php and upload your files. In the “Recipient Email” field, enter musicadmissions@fsu.edu.
- You will receive an automatic email when we download your files. Please note that your Status Check page may take an additional 24 hours to reflect our receipt of your files.
Applicants planning to send a recorded audition in lieu of a live audition will not be prescreened. Please follow the complete audition requirements.
All prescreenings will be reviewed after December 1 and notifications will be emailed by December 15. Invited applicants must prepare a full audition. Material used for the prescreening recording may also be performed for the live audition.
