At the end of each semester of applied study students are required to perform a Jury Examination before the faculty of the particular applied area. Juries are normally scheduled during final exams week. Please speak with your applied teacher(s) in order to prepare for juries.
Following the Jury Examination, the student and applied teacher will schedule a time for the jury comments to be read and discussed. The specific source of any jury comments will not be revealed by the applied teacher to the student.
Well in advance of the examination the student should be preparing the jury form, which is available from the applied teacher or the department secretary. For vocal juries, the completed form, a copy of which should be made for each faculty member who will hear the jury, must be given to the student's applied instructor one week prior to jury. If that date falls during a break from classes, the form must be submitted prior to the break. For instrumental juries, the completed forms should be brought to the jury. The jury comment sheets will be placed in the student's permanent file after the faculty member and student discuss them.
Performance Concentration: Students who wish to enter the performance concentration must perform a jury for the full faculty at the end of the second semester of applied study. This is a special audition to determine the student's readiness to continue at the applied study level of 3 credits required by that concentration
Three memorized selections, in at least two different languages, including Italian. Suggestions include works from Arie Antiche series which can be found in books such as the 24 Italian Songs and Arias. English-language suggestions include folk song arrangements such as Down by the Salley Gardens or the Water is Wide, and art songs by such composers as Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Willam Grant Still, Jake Heggie, Roger Quilter, Ned Rorem, George Frederic Handel or others.
All applied students enrolled in MUSC 282 (the fourth semester of applied study) will perform a special Sophomore Promotional Jury held at the end of that semester.
**Students will perform music from their list of repertoire as chosen by the jury for approximately ten minutes. Students will speak about the works/composers for approximately ten minutes.