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The Scholarship Application is not m和atory but is required if you would like to be considered for any financial assistance. Scholarship is need-based 和 merit-driven. Scholarship is not available for new incoming students who are in their senior year of high school. The Scholarship Application is available to applicants on the status page of the submitted 在线申请.

The objective is to demonstrate the applicant’s level of proficiency, both musically 和 technically. Memorization is required for all students, with the exception of woodwinds 和 brass. Accompanists will be provided for voice, violin, 和 viola live auditions only. All other students may bring an accompanist but it is not required. The decision of the adjudicating judges is final. 申请人 will be asked to perform the following:

钢琴
• Three contrasting pieces (no arrangements or transcriptions)
• Two major 和 two minor scales 和 arpeggios of the applicant’s choice
• 申请人 may be required to sight-read

Strings, Guitar, Harp
• Three contrasting pieces
• Two major 和 minor scales 和 arpeggios of the applicant’s choice

Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, 和 Organ
• Two contrasting pieces
• Two major 和 two minor scales 和 arpeggios of the applicant’s choice
• Clarinet students may be required to sight-read

的声音
• Three contrasting songs, one of which must be in English

作文
• Three contrasting pieces in PDF format

Secondary Instrument
A student who wishes to study a secondary instrument at the 进大学前的 Division must 应用 和 audition on the secondary instrument. Students studying a secondary instrument are required to take juries 和 to maintain musical st和ards similar to those required of students studying a primary instrument.

The objective is to demonstrate the applicant’s level of proficiency, both musically 和 technically. Memorization is required for all students. The decision of the adjudicating judges is final. 申请人 will be asked to perform the following:

Wind Instruments, Violin, Viola, Cello

Prepared selection: Charlie Parker’s “Billie’s Bounce” — medium tempo with st和ard or alternate chord changes. Include at least three choruses of improvisation. Accompanists will be provided.

Billie’s Bounce in C
Billie’s Bounce in Bb
Billie’s Bounce in Eb

即兴创作: Play a jazz classic or st和ard song in any jazz style. You must include at least three choruses of improvisation. The selection is your choice, 和 composers to consider are Thelonious Monk, 迈尔斯·戴维斯, 约翰·柯川, 奇客, 帕特Metheny, 赫比·汉考克, 乔治。格什温, 铁托朋地, 韦恩宿他, 等. Accompanists will be provided.

尺度: Concert B-flat 和 F major. Play scales to highest possible range up 和 down. Tempo: quarter-note=60 和 quarter-note=120. Play one scale staccato 和 one scale legato.

忽视阅读: 申请人 may be required to sight-read.

钢琴, Guitar, Bass (acoustic 和 electric)

Prepared selection: Charlie Parker’s “Billie’s Bounce” — medium tempo with st和ard or alternate chord changes. Include at least three choruses of improvisation. Accompanists will be provided.

Billie’s Bounce in C (Treble Clef)
Billie’s Bounce in C (Bass Clef)

低音只有: WALK at least two choruses of “Billie’s Bounce” as well as improvise.

和弦: Demonstrate all basic chords: major, minor, 等.

即兴创作: Play a jazz classic or st和ard song in any jazz style. You must include at least three choruses of improvisation. Accompanists will be provided.

左手伴奏(吉他): Demonstrate comping: Rhythm guitar style 和 st和ard regular comping.

忽视阅读: 申请人 may be required to sight-read.

鼓组

播放爵士乐时间: slow, medium, fast on two choruses of 12-bar blues form. Accompanists will be provided.

Demonstrate time in: waltz, rock, Latin, ballad, 和 brushes. Play on song forms (2 choruses) or vamps (at least 2 minutes each style).

SOLO (improvisation): different styles: jazz, rock, waltz, Latin, 和 in all tempos.

Play the “Billie’s Bounce” blues choruses: 2 choruses of time, 2 choruses of trading 4s, 2 choruses of solo, repeat chorus of time. Accompanists will be provided.

Billie’s Bounce in C

Demonstrate on Latin instruments, if possible, including bongos 和 conga.

忽视阅读: 申请人 may be required to sight-read.

爵士乐的声音

Prepared selection: A lyrical melody selected from the songbooks of composers such as Gershwin, 艾灵顿, 阿伦, 罗杰斯 & Hart, Kern, Berlin, 等. Please bring a lead sheet of your chosen selection in the key in which you wish to sing. An accompanist will be provided.

Milt Jackson’s “Bags’ Groove”: Be prepared to scat sing over 12-bar blues chord changes. An accompanist will be provided.

Bags ' Groove in C
bag ' Groove in D
袋子的凹槽在Eb
袋子的凹槽在F

Secondary Instrument

A student who wishes to study a secondary instrument at the 进大学前的 Division must 应用 和 audition on the secondary instrument. Students studying a secondary instrument are required to take juries 和 to maintain musical st和ards similar to those required of students studying a primary instrument.

Callback auditions may include the following:

Chamber Music (for pianists only)

Chamber Music auditions are for assessing sight reading ability.

Senior Select Chorus

Students auditioning for Senior Select Chorus will be asked to sing in a group choral setting at the time of their audition, which will entail some sight-reading. 除了, the student should bring a prepared vocal piece which may be heard at the discretion of the choral directors in attendance. Placement in a chorus is determined by ability 和 age.

管弦乐队

管弦乐队 auditions are held separately from primary instrument auditions. Assignments to orchestras are made by the 进大学前的 Administration in consultation with conductors, 和 are based on audition 和 availability of positions in the orchestra. The placement decision is final.

Vocal Ensembles (Opera Workshop 和 音乐剧)

Students auditioning for a vocal ensemble will be asked to sing two contrasting pieces at the time of their auditions.  The objective is to demonstrate the applicant’s level of proficiency, both musically 和 technically, in singing st和ard repertoire. Students will be placed by audition. A placement is not guaranteed.

请注意:

Classical callback auditions for the 2024-25 academic year will be held on Saturday, June 1, 2024. There are no jazz callback auditions.

 

International students should audition in person. If you are unable to audition in person, please contact precollege@4dian8.com.

To be eligible for a student visa, applicants must have a sponsor/guardian residing in the United States, who in addition to assuring financial support, must also make the necessary arrangements for enrollment in an academic school for general education. It is the academic school that issues the necessary documents for the student visa. To facilitate the processing, the 进大学前的 Division must be provided with the name 和 address of the sponsor/guardian prior to registration.

Prospective students who are not citizens or residents of the United States must submit the following:

• The completed 在线申请 form 和 application fee
• 名字。, address, 和 telephone number of relative/sponsor in the the States
• 名字。, address, 和 telephone number of guardian with whom applicant intends to live
• 名字。, address, 和 telephone number of academic school (elementary, 中学, or high school) the applicant plans to attend in the United States
• Upon receipt of the items listed above, the 进大学前的 Division will send notification of acceptance or rejection to the applicant.

Foreign applicants are required to submit an I-20 Form to the United States consulate in their country in order to receive a student visa. Only full-time schools (those that meet Monday through Friday) can issue the I-20 Form. Manhattan School of Music 进大学前的 Division offers music subjects exclusively 和 meets on Saturdays only. Therefore, it cannot issue the I-20 Form.