Details of the repertoire requested for your in-person audition can be found below:
The panel are keen to hear you perform at your best, so choose music that suits your voice and enables you to show your individuality as a performer.
You should prepare:
- three pieces in contrasting styles and moods, at least one of which should be in English and one in a foreign language
- a short poetry or prose reading in English lasting no longer than 2 minutes
You will be asked to choose the first piece you wish to sing, the panel will then choose a further one or two pieces. A typical programme may include an English art song or Folksong setting, an Arie Antiche and a German Lied or French mélodie; and a short poem in English.
Candidates may be asked to respond to some simple aural skills tests, limited to:
- singing or clapping back a short melody
- singing an unaccompanied scale or arpeggio
We do not issue specimen aural tests prior to the audition.