| State Festival Summer Music Clinic Scholarships
Audition Components
Written and Verbal Audition Questions
At the 2002 State Music Festivals adjudicators will again be able to recommend exceptional solo performers for Wisconsin summer music clinic scholarship auditions. Students in grades 7-12 are eligible.
A limited number of $200.00 scholarships provided through the Wisconsin Foundation for School Music* will be awarded at each State Festival site. Students who have been selected for one of the 2002 WSMA State Honors groups and are also selected for a state festival scholarship, may use their scholarship for Honors Tuition.
*Funding for the 2002 WSMA State Festival Summer Music Clinic Scholarships is made possible in part by a grant from the Wisconsin State Journal Youth Services, Inc.
Winners will be notified as soon as possible following the State Festival.
State Festival Sites:
Scholarship recipients may use their award to attend any summer music clinic at or affiliated with one of the following sites:
- UW-Eau Claire (Indianhead Arts & Education Center)
- UW-Stevens Point
- UW-Green Bay
- UW-Platteville
- UW-Whitewater
- UW-Milwaukee
- UW-Parkside
- UW-Oshkosh
2001 Statistics:
At the 2001 State Music Festivals, 210 soloists were recommended for an audition by adjudicators at the eight state festival sites. Of these, 177 completed the audition process and 20 scholarships were awarded - five to the WSMA State Honors Project and 15 to other summer clinics at state festival sites.
For questions regarding the State Festival Summer Clinic Scholarship program, contact Jan Tweed at the WSMA office: (608) 249-4566, or jtweed@wmea.com.
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Audition Components:
The audition process for state summer camp scholarships involves two components: a written component followed by a performance component. | Written Component:
Candidate selects one question from the list below and writes a response. Responses should be at least one paragraph, but no more than one page. Candidates are given 15 minutes to complete the written portion of the audition.
Performance Component: In a separate room, candidates perform the following in front of the Scholarship Audition Team:
Performance of Festival Solo - a piano is available for vocal accompaniments ONLY. Taped accompaniments are allowed for vocal solos ONLY.
Aural Perception - candidate listens to a recorded pattern and plays/sings it back (ear training exercise).
Verbal Response - respond verbally to one of the questions from the list below (candidate chooses the question). Verbal responses should last approximately one minute. |
Written and Verbal Audition Questions:
Candidates select two of the following questions to respond to. One response is written, and the other is verbal. | 1. Where are the places in the piece that you feel are especially expressive or intense? What is it in the music that creates this effect?
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3. How does the composer create contrast or sustain interest?
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5. What aspects of the piece are typical or atypical of the composer and the style period?
6. Which of the elements of music is most significant in your piece? Melody, harmony, form, timbre, texture or rhythm? How has the composer used that element to create interest or intensity for the listener? |
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