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Spring 2012 Auditions

CCRI Applied Music Auditions for Spring 2012 are scheduled for Friday, January 27th from 1:00pm-2:30pm.  Speak with Pam Forleo for further information and to schedule an audition.  Please review the materials at Advising & Documents for more information and necessary forms.  Mrs. Forleo can be reached at paforleo@ccri.edu or by phone at 401-825-2168.  You may also contact Professor Cheri Markward, Department Chair, at cmarkward@ccri.edu or by phone 401-825-2167 with further questions.

Interested candidates should prepare materials from the standard studies and repertoire for their instrument or voice part.  These choices should demonstrate a variety of styles within their classical or jazz idiom and their current level of technical accomplishment.  Candidates should also be prepared to demonstrate their current knowledge of major and minor scales and arpeggios over the standard range of their instrument.  A brief excerpt for sight reading, supplied by the department, will additionally be required.  Please contact the members of the department faculty for further advising.  Note that no accompaniment is necessary, but candidates should arrive to their juries on time, warmed-up and prepared to play with multiple copies of their materials for the faculty, and dressed in an appropriate manner.