Protocol: A Guide To The Collegiate Audition Process for Viola

Description

Viola — The purpose of this book is to provide high-school students, who may or may not study with aprivate teacher, with a comprehensive collection of materials that will satisfy the needs of mostcollege/university music auditions. This text includes the most frequently requested auditionrequirements from online websites at many universities, and if it is the only guide that youpurchase, you should be able to present a representative, well-balanced audition. Of course, it isnot possible to include every piece that may be required for every institution, so we recommendthat you check with your preferred institutions for a complete list of their specific auditionrequirements. Many schools have these requirements listed on their websites.The editors of this collection have drawn from experiences as college/university musicprofessors and from experiences supervising entrance auditions for large and small universitymusic programs. The outline we have designed here is based on actual auditions that we havewitnessed over the years; auditions that were poorly prepared, primarily because students eitherpresented themselves and their abilities in an unflattering manner or did not have access toadequate materials for preparation. The most obvious and persistent problem is that moststudents simply do not know what to expect at an audition for a school of music. We hope thatthis collection will aid students by exposing them to the expectations of the audition process,assisting their preparation for this process, and creating a comfort level that allows students topresent themselves in a familiar environment. Providing useful reference and audition material for college-bound string players, the Protocol series was created by college/university music educators and include the most frequently requested audition requirements from many universities. Not only does it help build a player’s repertoire, but it also exposes students to the expectations of the audition process, creating a comfort level that allows for the best audition possible. Students will go into their auditions completely prepared with help from this series.