What Are They Looking For In Singing Auditions?

Your sheet music should...

• be clean and easy to read and free from unnecessary marks
• be in the correct key and with cuts clearly marked (do NOT expect the accompanist to transpose for you!)
• attached at the edges or in a binder so that it is easy for the accompanist to use

Make sure you know...

• what the song is about
• what show it is from
• what character sings the song and why
• where and when the song is sung in the show
• all the words
• the whole song, not just the 16 bars you have chosen (they may ask you for more)
• how to work with an accompanist

The following is a rubric used by a highschool to score singing auditions:

 
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