Auditions

Undergraduate Audition Information

There are two methods by which you can audition:

It is strongly suggested that all prospective students audition in person. No audition may be scheduled until you have applied to The University of Arizona and the School of Music.

  • • You will need to contact David McGuiggan to schedule a date and a time.
  • • Please confirm audition requirements with the professor. (See the bottom of this page.)
  • • Make a note in the audition section of the online admission portal.

If a prospective student lives further than 200 miles from The University of Arizona campus, they may opt to submit a CD/DVD/MP3/YouTube.

  • • This recording must include the performance of two or three contrasting works.
  • • Please confirm audition requirements with the professor. (See the bottom of this page.)
  • • Audition materials will not be returned.
  • • Please do not send the audition requirements directly to the professor. Please send audition material to the address below with a post-mark date no later than March 26, 2012:

The University of Arizona
School of Music
Office of Student Services
Undergraduate Audition Material
1017 N. Olive Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85721

Audition Dates

No audition may be scheduled until you have applied to The University of Arizona and the School of Music. To schedule an audition contact David McGuiggan.

  • Saturday, October 27, 2012
    (in conjunction with the UA Honor Festival)
    Voice only
  • Thursday, January 10, 2013
    (in conjunction with SW Honor Band)
    Brass, Percussion and Woodwinds only
  • Saturdays, February 16 and 23, 2013
    All instruments, voice and composition
  • Sunday, March 3, 2013 – IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
    All instruments and voice
  • Saturday, March 23, 2013 – LAST DATE FOR SCHOLARSHIP CONSIDERATION
    All instruments and voice

If you missed the scheduled audition dates above but would still like the opportunity to audition for admission, please email David McGuiggan.

Audition Repertoire and Requirements

For information about specific audition repertoire and requirements by instrument, please visit the Audition Repertoire and Requirements page.

Graduate Audition Information

There are two methods by which you can audition:

It is strongly suggested that any prospective student audition in person.

  • • You will need to contact the professor directly to schedule a date and a time. (See the bottom of this page.)
  • • Please confirm audition requirements with the professor. (See the bottom of this page.)

Some professors will accept an audition submission via CD/DVD/MP3/YouTube.

  • • This recording must include the performance of two or three contrasting works.
  • • Please confirm audition requirements with the professor.
  • • Audition materials will not be returned.
  • • Please do not send the audition requirements directly to the professor. Please send audition material to:

The University of Arizona
School of Music
Office of Student Services
Graduate Audition Material
P.O. Box 210004
Tucson, AZ 85721

AREA PROFESSOR PHONE EMAIL ADDRESS
Band (info) Jay Rees 520-621-1683 jrees@u.arizona.edu
Bassoon William Dietz 520-621-3088 wdietz@u.arizona.edu
Cello Mark Votapek 520-621-7012 mvotapek@email.arizona.edu
Choral (info) Bruce Chamberlain 520-621-9929 bbc@u.arizona.edu
Clarinet Jerry Kirkbride 520-621-2002 jerryk@u.arizona.edu
Conducting - Choral Bruce Chamberlain 520-621-9929 bbc@u.arizona.edu
Conducting - Orchestra Thomas Cockrell 520-621-7028 cockrell@u.arizona.edu
Conducting - Wind Gregg Hanson 520-621-7024 hansong@u.arizona.edu
Double Bass Jason Roederer 520-621-5822 roederer@email.arizona.edu
Euphonium Kelly Thomas 520-621-2057 kgthomas@email.arizona.edu
Ethnomusicology Janet Sturman 520-621-1255 sturman@email.arizona.edu
Flute (info) Brian Luce 520-621-7015 bluce@u.arizona.edu
Guitar Thomas Patterson 520-621-1157 rtp@u.arizona.edu
Harp Carrol McLaughlin 520-621-1592 cmclaugh@u.arizona.edu
Horn Daniel Katzen 520-621-1492 dkatzen@u.arizona.edu
Jazz (info) Moisés Paiewonsky 520-621-7021 mpaiewon@email.arizona.edu
Music Composition (info) Dan Asia 520-621-7020 asia@u.arizona.edu
Music Education Shelly Cooper 520-621-7470 sccooper@email.arizona.edu
Music History John Brobeck 520-621-5639 brobeck@u.arizona.edu
Music Theory Don Traut 520-621-7013 dgtraut@email.arizona.edu
Oboe Sara Fraker 520-626-2811 sarafraker@email.arizona.edu
Organ Pamela Decker 520-621-1389 pdecker@u.arizona.edu
Percussion Norm Weinberg 520-626-7055 nweinber@u.arizona.edu
Piano (info) John Milbauer 520-621-9928 milbauer@email.arizona.edu
Saxophone Kelland Thomas 520-621-3080 kelland@email.arizona.edu
Trombone (info) Moisés Paiewonsky 520-621-7021 mpaiewon@email.arizona.edu
Trumpet (info) Edward Reid 520-621-1348 ereid@u.arizona.edu
Tuba Kelly Thomas 520-621-2057 kgthomas@email.arizona.edu
Viola Hong-Mei Xiao 520-621-1410 hmx@u.arizona.edu
Violin Mark Rush 520-621-5942 rush@u.arizona.edu
Voice Charles Roe 520-621-9396 roec@u.arizona.edu