Audition Prep Day
This annual workshop provides prospective music students with tips and skills to successfully audition for the Desautels Faculty of Music, or any other university-level music program.
If you're planning to audition for a university-level music program, join us for Audition Prep Day, a day of workshops, lectures, masterclasses, and concerts designed to teach student musicians how to prepare for a university music program audition!
Next Audition Prep Day: January 13, 2024
Learn from the experts
Desautels Faculty of Music professors and instructors guide students through the process of auditioning for a university-level music program.
Audition Prep Day schedule
TIME | SESSION | PRESENTER(S) | ROOM |
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9:30 AM |
Registrant check-in |
Louella Yambot, Admissions Coordinator | T2-166 |
10:00 AM | Welcome and General audition | Fabio Ragnelli and Jacquie Dawson, Professors | T2-166 |
Applications | Louella Yambot, Admissions Coordinator | ||
10:50 AM | Break | ||
11:00 AM | Theory Entrance Exam Prep (TEEP) | Donnalynn Grills, Prep Studies Coordinator | T2-166 |
Theory Mock test | David Byrne, Professor | ||
Musicianship Prep | Karly Epp, Jazz area head | ||
12:00 PM | Pizza lunch | T2-145 | |
12:30 PM | Mini-Concert | DFOM Students | T2-145 |
1:00 PM | Area audition prep / Masterclass (various locations): | ||
Piano | David Moroz, Piano area head | T226 | |
Strings | Minna Rose Chung, Strings area head | T231 | |
Jazz | Jazz faculty | T2-272 | |
Composition | Gordon Fitzell, Composition area head | T421 | |
Voice | Mel Braun, Voice area head | T223 | |
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion |
Allen Harrington, Woodwind area head Victoria Sparks, Percussion area head Paul Jeffrey, Trumpet sessional instructor Breakout sessions:
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T2-145 | |
2:30 PM | Q+A and tour | Louella Yambot and Faculty of Music Student Association (FMSA) | T2-145 |
2:55 PM | Wrap up | Fabio Ragnelli and Jacquie Dawson, Professors | T2-145 |