Voice

John Avey

Nadia Boucher – Lyric Diction

Laurence Ewashko – Art Song Interpretation

Julien Leblanc – Vocal Repertoire

Allyson McHardy

Christiane Riel – Sector Head of Voice

Undergraduate candidates should prepare, from memory:

• one aria / song of the Baroque period;
• one mélodie française (in original language);
• one German lied (in original language);
• one of candidate's own choice.

The audition will include some sight singing, and may include a short aural skills test.

Students applying to the Bachelor of Music (B. Mus.) or to the combined Bachelor of Music and Science (B. Mus./B. Sc.) must demonstrate an advanced level of technical proficiency and performance ability.

For graduate candidates, a thirty (30) minute audition program performed from memory is required, which should include:

• *two operatic arias;
• *one oratorio or cantata aria;
• a selection from songs, mélodies, and/or lieder;
• one work composed after 1960.

*at least one of the three requested arias must have a significant recitative

The major musical periods, and the following languages: English, French, Italian and German should be represented in the audition program.

For more information, please contact Professor Christiane Riel, Head of the Vocal Sector.

Note that the School of Music does not provide accompanists for the auditions. Candidates are responsible for securing their own accompanist. You can hire an accompanist from our list or anyone else of your choosing. A cappella auditions are not accepted, nor or pre-recorded back-up tracks.