Audition & Application

Audition Requirements

SINGERS

• Two arias or art songs - all in Italian, one aria with a recitative.
• If you would like to be considered for a role, please include an aria from the opera. Please send a video recording if you are unable to perform a live audition.

STRINGS

• one movement of an unaccompanied Bach sonata
• an exposition of a 20th or 21st century concerto or a sonata

WINDS and Brass

• A first movement of a classical sonata or concerto
• A selection of your choice from the 20th or 21st century

PIANISTS

• A work demonstrating the pianist's technical and musical development
• An operatic piano score excerpt
• A collaborative recording or performance with a singer and/or a selection of instrumental chamber music

RECORDED AUDITIONS

Recorded audition:  DVDs for singers, CD or DVD for pianists and instrumentalists, and all application materials must be received by February 10, 2010.

LIVE AUDITIONS
Application materials due December 1st; after this date, on a space-available basis.

Regional auditions are recorded by the Conservatory Office of Admissions. Please bring your own accompanist.

Oberlin audition (February 14) recorded and viewed by Italy voice faculty.

DATES   
Atlanta: February 11, 2010
Boston: February 3-4, 2010
Chicago: January 27, 2010
Denver: February 8, 2010
Houston: February 9, 2010
Interlochen: January 25, 2010
Los Angeles: January 12-14, 2010
Minneapolis: January 29, 2010
New York: January 18-22, 2010
Oberlin: February 14, 2010
Portland: January 8, 2010
San Francisco: January 10, 2010
Seattle: January 6, 2010
Washington, DC: February 1-2, 2010

Application

Please submit your application and fee no later than December 1, 2010 to secure a spot in our regional live auditions.
We will accommodate late requests for regional auditions as the schedule permits.

All other application materials to include recordings in lieu of a live audition must be submitted no later than February 10, 2010.

Please be sure to read the information on the required documents needed to travel and attend the program. These documents are the passport and student visa.

Should you have any questions, please contact:

Anna Hoffman
Oberlin in Italy Administrative Director
Office of Summer Programs
(440) 775 8044
email: ocitaly@oberlin.edu

Please print the pdf application and mail all materials, including a $50 check payable to Oberlin College to:

Oberlin in Italy
Conservatory of Music
77 West College Street
Oberlin, Ohio  44074