BRASS:

1. Scales
   1. All Major and Minor Scales in as many octaves as possible 
   2. A Chromatic Scale that demonstrates your full range
2. Two prepared pieces of contrasting styles that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities.
   1. Should you need CU to provide an accompanist, please send copies of your music to laustin@cumberland.edu no later than one week prior to your audition date.
   2. Should you need a piece to perform, selected excerpts for some instruments can be found on the CU Music Website

WOODWINDS:

1. Scales
   1. All Major and Minor Scales in as many octaves as possible 
   2. A Chromatic Scale that demonstrates your full range
2. Two prepared pieces of contrasting styles that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities.
   1. Should you need CU to provide an accompanist, please send copies of your music to laustin@cumberland.edu no later than one week prior to your audition date.
   2. Should you need a piece to perform, selected excerpts for some instruments can be found on the CU Music Website

STRINGS:

1. Scales
   1. All Major and Minor Scales in as many octaves as possible 
   2. A Chromatic Scale that demonstrates your full range
2. Two prepared pieces of contrasting styles that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities.
   1. Should you need CU to provide an accompanist, please send copies of your music to laustin@cumberland.edu no later than one week prior to your audition date.

PERCUSSION:

1. Scales and Rudiments
   1. All Major and Minor Scales in as many octaves as possible 
   2. The 26 Standard Snare Drum Rudiments
2. One prepared Snare Drum solo
3. One prepared Timpani solo
4. One prepared Mallet solo
   1. Can be either 2-mallet or 4-mallet
   2. Should you need a piece to perform, selected excerpts for some instruments can be found on the CU Music Website

PIANO:

1. Scales
   1. Chromatic and all Major and Minor Scales in 4 octaves
2. Two prepared pieces of contrasting styles that demonstrate your lyrical and technical abilities.

Vocal Audition Requirements 

For all Music Majors/Minors/A.A.’s wishing to study voice, the audition includes: 

• Pitch matching exercises
• Range Assessment
• Musical Theatre Majors: One art song in English or Italian; Two 32 bar Musical Theatre cuts, one a Golden Age ballad, the second an upbeat style from the 2000’s forward
• All Others: Two Art Songs, one in Italian and the other in English. 

An accompanist will be provided upon request if music is emailed two weeks in advance to johnray@cumberland.edu.

Video Submissions are only accepted if the student is unable to attend an on-campus audition. Live piano-only accompaniment is preferred, but backing piano-only tracks without background vocals or melody lines are acceptable. The video must be a Youtube or other easily accessible link and must be audibly/visually clear or the audition will not be accepted. Include:

• Slate including name, age, titles of songs, composer(s), and name (s) of the show/work from which the song is drawn. 
• A vocal warmup routine singing major scales and demonstrating the full vocal range, low to high.
• Songs (as listed above)