College of Saint Rose Audition Information for Music Industry Program Applicants

All Music Industry Applicants (except and electric bass) There are two auditions occurring on the same day for applicants for the Music Industry Program. Both are required for acceptance into the Music Industry Program at Saint Rose. 1. College of Saint Rose Music Department Audition 2. Music Industry Program Audition

See below for specific information for each audition and instrumental or vocal discipline.

Note: Guitar and Electric Bass applicants will only take one audition. See below for specific information.

Music Industry Program Auditions Occurring immediately after the Music Department Auditions, there will be an additional audition for Music Industry Program applicants. The Music Industry Program Audition will provide a space for students to demonstrate additional talents (songwriting/composing, alternate instruments, commercial or jazz styles). The applicant should choose ONE of the following options for the audition:

• Singers: Sing a song from the list below. Accompaniment will be provided. Or, you may sing/play a any song that you accompany yourself on with acoustic guitar or piano. No recordings or backing tracks. • Songwriters: Play/sing a song you wrote • Composers or producers: Present a score or recording of some of your music you have composed or produced. • Jazz or Rock/Pop Instrumentalists: Select material from the following list below. • Non-classical traditional instrumentalists (Americana, Fiddle Traditions, etc): Play a traditional song. • Classical Instrumentalists or Vocalists: if none of the above options describe you, repeat a selection from your Music Department audition.

Please note: The Music Industry Program Audition will take place in Jack's Place and the St. Rose Recording Studios which are located in the Hearst CCIM building at 996 Madison Ave (next to the Massry Center).

Jazz or Rock/Pop Instrumentalist List Jazz Instrumentalists (all instruments): Play One: - 1. Billie's Bounce - 2. All the Things You Are (with Charlie Parker Intro)

Rock/Pop Rhythm Section Instrumentalists: Drums: Play One: - 1. 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon - 2. Good Times Bad Times - Led Zeppelin

Piano: Play one: - "Tiny Dancer" Elton John - "Love Song" Sara Bareilles

Music Industry Program Audition - Singers

Singers: Sing a song from the following list. Accompaniment will be provided. Or, you may sing/play a song that you accompany yourself on with acoustic guitar or piano. No recordings or backing tracks.

Choose ONE song that fits your vocal range: Sopranos and Mezzo Sopranos: - "Oh, What a Day" Ingrid Michaelson - "I Will Always Love You" (either Dolly Parton or Whitney Houston versions) - "My Immortal" Evanescence

Mezzo Sopranos and Contraltos: - "Turning Tables" Adele - "City" Sara Bareilles - "At Last" Etta James - "Landslide" Fleetwood Mac

Tenors: - "Come Home" OneRepublic - "Still Crazy After All These Years" Paul Simon - "Overjoyed" Stevie Wonder

Baritones or Bass Baritones: - "Can't Help Falling in Love" Elvis Presley - “All of Me” John Legend

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All voice types: You may sing choose to sing one of the following in any key: - "Someone to Watch Over Me" George and Ira Gershwin - "My Romance" Rogers/Hart - "The Way You Look Tonight" Kern/Fields

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Steel String Guitar, and Electric Bass Electric and electric bassists have the option of presenting material in a jazz idiom or a popular music idiom. The audition should include two pieces total, but one can be selected from either category. For each example in a jazz idiom, play the melody and improvise a solo over the chord changes. Applicants are also permitted to play one chorus of a transcribed solo, but it is not required. Bass players should be able to demonstrate walking over the chord changes in any selection from the jazz list. Guitarists may choose one Electric example and one Acoustic Steel String example, or one jazz example and one popular music example. Electric Bassists may also choose one popular music example and one jazz example. The audition will also consist of a sight-reading example. In addition to the required two pieces, Electric Guitarists and Electric Bassists may also demonstrate an optional example from the Music Industry Program Audition list (see above).

Jazz Examples: (If playing two jazz examples, select one from each list below) (Choose One) Billie's Bounce Now's the Time Thing Ain't What They Used to Be

(Choose One) Autumn Leaves All the Things You Are Stella by Starlight Softly as a Morning Sunrise

Popular Music Examples:

Electric Guitar: Scuttle Buttin’ – Stevie Ray Vaughn Eruption - Van Halen Mister Sandman - Chet Atkins (First guitar) Cliffs of Dover – Satch Boogie –

Acoustic Steel String Guitar: When She Cries - Andy McKee Bourree in E Minor (BWV 996) - J.S. Bach Crazy On You – Heart (Beginning to :59, Acoustic Guitar part only) Ragamuffin –

Electric Bass: Donna Lee - Jaco Pastorius (play transcribed Jaco solo or improvise a solo over the chord changes) Portrait of Tracy - Jaco Pastorius U Can’t Hold No Groove - Victor Wooten Overjoyed – Victor Wooten

Please note: The Music Industry Program Audition will take place in Jack's Place and the St. Rose Recording Studios which are located in the Hearst CCIM building at 996 Madison Ave (next to the Massry Center).