• Skills and repertoire should be in the range of an advanced "Level Three" as described in the
Rivers School Conservatory Curriculum Guides.
Classical Voice• Two contrasting pieces (ex: one in English and one in a foreign language), performed from memory. • Art songs and musical theater repertoire is preferred.
• Skills and repertoire should be in the range of an advanced "Level Three" as described in the
Rivers School Conservatory Curriculum Guides.
Jazz (Voice & Instruments)• Three tunes; two must feature improvised solos.
• One of the three must be a mid-tempo jazz standard.
• One of the remaining two must be in one of the following styles: ballad (required for vocalists), blues, be-bop, ragtime, stride, modal jazz, bossa nova, Afro-Cuban son/jazz, funk, fusion, or classical.
• Major and melodic (or harmonic) minor scales up to three sharps and flats (four sharps and flats for pianists) and minor blues scales starting on four different tonics.
Jazz (Drums)• Four unaccompanied grooves: a swing feel, a Bossa Nova (or Soca, Mambo, Mozambique, Bembe, Nanigo, or Guaguanco, etc.), a straight 8th feel, and a funk feel.
• A snare drum etude (optional).
Musical Theater
• Two contrasting songs (ex: one ballad and one up-tempo) from a musical or similar material.
• No sight reading will be required.
Composition• Two original compositions in manuscript form (one must be hand-written).