Audition and Musicianship Test
Audition Requirements
Live auditions
Applicants should prepare 3 pieces demonstrating their skill on the instrument they wish to study. The pieces should be of contrasting styles and periods, and the audition program should be no longer than 20 minutes. Works should be chosen from the classical repertoire (except for electric guitar and electric bass). A sample program might include works from the Baroque, Romantic and Twentieth Century repertoires. Applicants may also be asked to demonstrate some technical work. Auditions will run for approximately 15 minutes. The audition panel will not hear all of the program and will make its own selection from the works prepared.
Repertoire presented at AMEB Grade 7 standard for instrumentalists and Grade 5 for singers, generally makes for a competitive audition. These standards are given as an indication only, to guide your choice of audition repertoire. AMEB examinations are not a pre-requisite requirement for entry to the BMus.
Recorded auditions
International, interstate and regional Victorian applicants may submit a recorded audition. (Regional Victoria is defined, for the purpose of recorded auditions, as any area further than 100kms from metro Melbourne.) Musical requirements as for live auditions. Recordings should be made in one take, must be unedited and should be submitted in CD-Audio or DVD format. Recordings will not be returned and are the property of the School of Music.
Musicianship Test
All students applying for entry into the Bachelor of Music are required to sit the Musicianship Test. The test is held on 3 dates during the audition period. Applicants can attend any test date and it is not necessary to book. International, interstate or regional Victorian students who audition via recording and are successful in gaining a place in the Bachelor of Music will be required to sit the test in Orientation Week, prior to the commencement of classes.