The 2023 music scholarship audition online application deadline closed February 1st. If you are interested in applying for a music scholarship starting in the Fall of 2023, we may still be able to process your request! Please contact us at fparts@nwmissouri.edu, or 660.562.1326 for more information. We look forward to hearing from you.
Date | Location | Application Deadline |
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Monday, February 20, 2023 | Northwest Campus | Feb. 1, 2023 |
Friday, February 24, 2023 | Northwest Campus | Feb. 1, 2023 |
Saturday, February 25, 2023 | Northwest Campus or Park Hill High School | Feb. 1, 2023 |
Music scholarship auditions are held every year in February, across multiple dates. Students are required to register for auditions via the online form that is made available on this page every Fall; once the registration is completed, we will contact you via email to share your audition date and time. Your audition can take place on campus or via Zoom on the designated days. Each person will be contacted, once an application has been received, to confirm the date/time of the audition and to send a Zoom link if applicable. Those auditioning may also choose to video record the audition, but the recording should be received by February 25, 2023. Please send links (YouTube, Dropbox, etc.) to fparts@nwmissouri.edu for each audition area, appropriately labeled/identified. If recordings are mailed or delivered, they should also be clearly identified and will not be returned. Scholarship auditions can be scheduled after February 25, but the availability of scholarships may be limited.
It is preferred that students audition in person on the Northwest campus (if possible), and take advantage of the opportunity to tour campus, rehearse with our ensembles, and meet current students and faculty. All on-campus auditions will be held in the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building on the Northwest campus.
To organize a campus tour, please call our Admissions Office at 800.633.1175 or visit our campus tour site.
Any student, regardless of major, is eligible to audition. Admittance to the university is required before we can offer music scholarship funds. If you have not applied for admission, call 800.633.1175 to request admission information and an application, or apply online at nwmissouri.edu/admissions/apply
Northwest currently does not support a string program
Two contest-type songs which demonstrate range, tone quality and flexibility
*An accompanist will not be provided for on-campus auditions. You may bring your own accompanist (please organize the scheduling) or media (device and connecting cords, etc.) that can be connected to speakers.
Percussionists should prepare a minimum of two solo works or etudes for at least two different percussion instruments. All State audition etudes are welcome, or applicants are encouraged to perform one work for the following instruments:
Snare Drum
Suggested Repertoire*
Garwood Whaley — Musical Studies for the Intermediate Snare Drummer
Anthony Cirone — Portraits in Rhythm
John Pratt — 14 Modern Contest Solos
Mitchell Peters — Intermediate Snare Drum Studies, or Advanced Snare Drum Studies
Timpani
Suggested Repertoire*
Vic Firth — The Solo Timpanist: 26 Etudes for Timpani
Saul Goodman — Modern Method for Tympani
John Beck — Sonata for Timpani (movement III)
Mitchell Peters — Fundamental Method for Timpani (etudes)
Keyboard Percussion (Two or four-mallets; applicants may use marimba, xylophone, or vibraphone)
Suggested Repertoire*
Julia Gaines — Sequential Studies for Four-Mallet Marimba
Alice Gomez — Rain Dance
Garwood Whaley — Musical Studies for the Intermediate Mallet Player
Drum Set (optional)
Jazz swing (medium tempo)
Jazz waltz
Funk
Bossa Nova
Students with notable abilities on percussion instruments that are not listed above are encouraged to include these in their audition.
*For questions about percussion auditions and repertoire selection; please email Dr. Pickering at cpickering@nwmissouri.edu.
Scholarship money is also available for jazz piano, drums and bass players. Please call Dr. William Richardson 660.562.1316 or email at BILLR@nwmissouri.edu
When awarded a music scholarship, the recipient is required to participate in applied lessons and ensembles, maintaining a grade of “B” in all at the end of each semester. Students are also required to maintain a 2.0 Northwest GPA to retain their scholarship. Once awarded, students need not re-audition every year. Pending budgets and the fulfillment of requirements, awards will continue without a re-audition.
For more information about scholarships or to sit in on ensemble rehearsals and meet Music faculty/students, contact the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at fparts@nwmissouri.edu or 660.562.1326.
The music scholarship application form for 2023-24 closed on February 1st.
If you are interested in applying for a music scholarship starting in the Fall of 2023, we may still be able to process your request! Please contact us at fparts@nwmissouri.edu, or 660.562.1326 for more information. We look forward to hearing from you.
Use this form in addition to the Audition Sign-Up form, if needed.