CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF MUSIC

VIDEO AUDITION REQUIREMENTS Voice Performance

SCALES: Sing one octave of any major scale using the solfege syllables

“do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do” at any tempo.

SONG SELECTIONS: Perform two songs in any style. The first song should

be any popular or original song of your choice (be sure to state the artist and

song title in your video). The second song must be from the following list:

“Amazing Grace” (Traditional – Sing at least 2 verses)

“House Of The Rising Sun” (Traditional – Sing at least 2 verses)

“The Star-Spangled Banner” (The National Anthem)

“Over The Rainbow” (by Arlen & Harburg)

“What A Wonderful World” (by Thiele/Weiss)

“My Funny Valentine” (by Rodgers/Hart)

“Moon River” (by Mancini/Mercer)

“(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay” (by Redding/Cropper)

“Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” (by Crewe/Gaudio)

“Can’t Help Falling In Love With You” (by Peretti/Creatore/Weiss)

“Autumn Leaves” (by Kosma/Mercer)

“Misty” (by Garner/Burke)

“Imagine” (by John Lennon)

“Yesterday” (by Lennon/McCartney)

PLEASE NOTE: If possible, vocalists should be accompanied by a live instrumentalist,

or accompany themselves on piano, guitar, or another instrument. Auditions may

also be sung to pre-recorded backing tracks. Here is an example of an acceptable

karaoke-style backing track for House of the Rising Sun:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-tBdK2d0k

Do not apply any effects to your recording.

NO REVERB, ECHO, OR AUTO-TUNE OF ANY KIND IS ALLOWED.