Audition information

 

Audition information

If you are planning to study Musical Arts at CPIT, you will be required to audition.

Audition requirements and dates are regularly posted on this page.

Upcoming dates:

2012 dates to be advised. Watch this space.

Christchurch
Auckland
Wellington 

Requirements

Theory/notation

You will be asked to complete a short written test immediately before you audition to establish your knowledge of:

  • Key signatures
  • Note names
  • Rhythmic notation
  • Chord spelling

Aural

You will be asked to:

  • Sing back a melody
  • Identify intervals
  • Identify major and minor chords
  • Clap back a rhythm

Instrumental skills

Tonal instrumentalists and vocalists will be asked to demonstrate:

  • Major or minor scales
  • Sight read a single line melody
  • Identify and/or arpegiate/play chords (gt, pno)

Drummers will be asked to demonstrate:

  • Single stroke rolls (slow to fast)
  • Double stroke rolls (slow to fast)
  • Single strokes subdivided into:
    • Triplets at MM=160
    • 16ths at MM=138
  • Flams
  • Flam accents
  • A range of feels
  • Chapin's 'Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer – Vol. 1, p 4-6' MM=112

Performance

You need to prepare:

  • A 12 bar blues to play/sing the melody and improvise on. You need to provide your own backing – either recorded or accompanying musicians. Piano, drums and amps will be provided.

And either:

  • A Jazz standard. Performed in a jazz style with the melody and 1 or 2 choruses of improvisation over the form of the tune.  Bassists should show the ability to play a walking line, and guitarists and pianists need to comp the chord changes over a chorus.

Or:

  • A pop or rock tune of your choice that demonstrates your technique and performance skills.

If you have any questions about the audition process, please get in touch with us.