The Music Department at Morningside College offers significant scholarship
funding for talented students of all majors who are involved in musical
ensembles.
Celebration of Excellence Award Information
Music
talent grants alone are available in amounts up to $4000.00 per
year, renewable for all four years of a degree program.
For more information on scholarships at Morningside, please see our Celebration
of Excellence information.
An audition is required (Please contact the Admissions Department)
Audition Days for entrance in the fall of 2009 are:
1. January 16-17, 2009
2. January 30-31, 2009
3. February 13-14, 2009
4. Februray 24-25, 2009: Performing Arts Events
5. March 13-14, 2009
6. By individual appointment. Contact the Admissions Department
Audition Requirements
Brass or Woodwind:
Two
contrasting musical selections:
one showing lyrical abilities,
the other showing technical abilities.
(These selections may come from the same composition.)
A chromatic scale covering full range of the instrument
All major scales
Sight-reading (majors only)
Percussion:
An excerpt (30-60 seconds) of a solo or etude on as many of the following instruments as possible:
:: Snare drum
:: Timpani
:: Keyboard instrument
:: Multiple percussion
A chromatic scale on a keyboard instrument
All major scales (keyboard instrument)
40 snare drum rudiments (majors only)
Sight-reading on snare drum and marimba (majors only)
Piano:
Two works, or movements of larger works, from different periods from the standard classical repertoire. (Preferably memorized.)
Sight-reading (majors only)
Strings:
Two
contrasting musical selections which demonstrate your strengths as an instrumentalist, including your technical ability, your tone, and your musicianship.
All majors scales (memorized)
Sight-reading
Voice:
Two
songs performed from memory:
One art song or aria in a foreign language (memorized)
One art song in English (memorized)
Sight-reading (majors only)
