Auditions
Pre-Screening in Voice
Undergraduate Voice
For undergraduate applicants intending to audition in person at Peabody, a pre-screening video with three selections must be uploaded to DecisionDesk. Of the three classical selections required, at least one should be in English and one in a foreign language. Selections must be memorized, and should show a variety of styles and tempi.
Graduate Voice
A short video of two arias and a song (one in English) is required to be uploaded to DecisionDesk for pre-screening. See the detailed audition requirements for each program listed below.
Bachelor of Music
THREE pieces are required.
- Please include one piece in English and one in a foreign language.
- Show a variety of styles and tempi.
- Must be memorized
*Please note the requirements below for the pianist/collaborator who will be playing for your audition.
Master of Music and Graduate Performance Diploma
TEN pieces are required.
- Please include three foreign languages and English in this audition.
- Please show a variety of styles and include operatic and/or oratorio arias and recitative.
- Must be memorized (except oratorio and/or complicated repertoire of the 20th/21st century.
- For the MM in Early Music, requirements follow those of the MM in Voice, except that four or five of the required ten selections must be written before 1800.
* Please note the requirements below for the pianist/collaborator who will be playing for the audition.
Graduate Performance Diploma in Opera
FIVE operatic arias and FIVE songs are required.
- Please show a variety of styles in three foreign languages and English.
- For Opera GPD, a video is required. Check the opera website for full information.
*Please note the requirements below for the pianist/collaborator who will be playing your audition.
Doctor of Musical Arts and Artist Diploma
A FULL RECITAL is required. (Approx. 50 minutes of music)
- This recital should demonstrate excellence in programming.
- Repertoire in three foreign languages and English are required.
- Repertoire should demonstrate a variety of styles.
* Please note the requirements below for the pianist/collaborator who will be playing your audition.
*The following is required by the voice department for our pianists/collaborators:
- Copies MUST be legible, with all notes on the page, lined up properly, and clear.
- No FAX copies.
- Xerox copies are permitted but must be in a binder (no loose pages)
- The pianist reserves the right to refuse to play if the above is not adhered to. The voice faculty may decide not to hear the balance of the audition as a result.
