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UNDERGRADUATE
MUSIC ADMISSION
GRADUATE MUSIC ADMISSION
AUDITIONS -
WHEN, WHERE, HOW TO PREPARE
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS & RETENTION OF SCHOLARSHIP
MUSIC
SCHOLARSHIPS
MUSIC
COMPETITIONS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
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Undergraduate Music Admission
First-Year Students
All incoming freshmen who are
eligible for admission to the University of West Georgia and
who are planning to major in music must audition before the
music faculty on their principal performing instrument or
voice for admission to the music major. A scholarship audition
may serve as a student's entrance audition. Students are
evaluated to indicate basic knowledge of music and to aid in
proper placement and advising.
Transfer Students
The music major entering the
Department of Music by transfer must submit an official
transcript of all previous college work to the Chair of the
Department of Music in addition to the transcript sent to the
UWG Office of Admissions. The applicant should be prepared to
validate achievements in the area of applied music, music
theory, aural skills, keyboard proficiency, and the history
and literature of music. Plans for the removal of any
deficiency must be initiated during the first registration
period. Transfer students must have completed the required
credits in lower-division applied study (MUSC 2600A-Q) and
pass the level-change examination in order to register for
upper-division applied study (MUSC 4600A-Q: Principal
Applied). For transfer students who have completed the
required credits in lower-division applied, the level-change
examination may take place during the entrance audition.
Otherwise it will occur during the applied jury examination in
the semester when the student is ready for advancement from
the lower-division to the upper-division level of study.
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Introduction
Each year the Department of Music
awards music scholarship awards to deserving students that
have been accepted for admission to the University of West
Georgia. Numerous music-major and non-music-major students are
served annually by these awards. The Music Scholarship
Committee considers many criteria before recommending a
candidate for a scholarship award. These criteria include the
candidate's anticipated contribution to departmental
ensembles, the needs within the department, the financial need
of the candidate, and the amount of award money available. For
continuing students, additional considerations include their
actual contributions to the department through solo
performances and ensemble participation, improvement and
growth in applied study, and academic standing.
A complete description of national
protocols for accepting talent-based financial aid are found
on the National Association of Schools of Music web site at:
http://nasm.arts-accredit.org/.
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AUDITIONS - when, where, and how to
prepare
Who should audition for the
music program?
- Students who plan to major or minor in
music at the University of West Georgia.
- Students who plan to participate as
non-music majors or music minors in the university choral
and vocal ensembles and/or bands.
Auditions are conducted to
determine:
- eligibility for admission to a music-major
or -minor curriculum
- the level of placement in applied music
study
- eligibility for a music scholarship award
How do I apply for the
music program?
- Complete and return the
music audition application form.
- Submit a letter of recommendation to the
Department of Music. A music teacher who is familiar with
your performance skills should write this letter.
- Apply for admission to UWG. You may
audition before you are admitted to the university. Music
scholarships offers and admission to the Department of Music
are determined after the student is admitted to the
University.
- Attend a scheduled audition day. If you
cannot appear for an audition on any of the designated
dates, please call (678) 839-6516 or email us at
musicdpt@westga.edu to arrange a special audition
appointment.
- After we receive your music Admission and
Scholarship Application form, we will notify you of your
audition time. Auditions are held in the Humanities building
in Cashen Hall or in one of the ensemble rooms.
What are Campus Preview
Days?
When a prospective student applies
for admission to the University of West Georgia he or she is
sent information about attending one of the scheduled Campus
Preview Days. These are special days when the prospective
student and parent(s) or guardian(s) attend a brief
informative program, hear one of our music ensembles perform,
tour the campus, and learn about financial aid. Music
Admission and Scholarship Auditions take place
at various times during the year. Here is the full
schedule:
Campus Preview Days:
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Sunday,
January 25, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Music Department Audition
Days:
Sunday,
November 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
(part of
Destination: Music
- a college music class &
ensembles sampler)
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009 (last date for Scholarship
consideration)
Sunday, April 26, 2009
(late auditions for admissions only)
Auditions are
also available by appointment
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What do I prepare for the
audition?
Voice - Perform
two contrasting solos of art music such as those required for
solo festival or for All-State Chorus auditions. Keyboard
accompaniments are preferred. You may bring your own
accompanist or one will be provided upon request.
Woodwind & Brass
- Perform a published solo or etude such as those
required for solo festival. Keyboard accompaniments are not
required. The applicant will also be asked to demonstrate
range and styles of articulation through the performance of
scales and arpeggios.
Percussion -
Perform a published solo or etude for snare drum, timpani, and
keyboard percussion. The applicant will also be asked to
perform scales and arpeggios, and rudiments.
Piano - Perform
solo works from two style periods.
Guitar - Perform a
published solo or etude written or transcribed for classical
guitar. The applicant may also be asked to demonstrate
technical competency through the performance of scales and
arpeggios.
Jazz - Improvise
using standard jazz chord progressions.
Audition Checklist
- Be sure that your materials have been
received by us. If anything is missing, it is noted on your
audition schedule sheet.
- Let us know immediately if you are unable
to attend, as your time is carefully scheduled to coordinate
with many others auditioning and accompanying on that day.
- Be sure that your repertoire is
appropriate, and meets the requirements in the application
brochure. Your music teacher should be able to help you
select appropriate repertoire. You are encouraged to contact
us at 678 839-6516 or musicdpt@westga.edu to discuss your
audition repertoire.
- Be sure your music is thoroughly prepared.
Vocalists should perform from memory. It is preferable that
pianists also perform from memory.
- Dress for success! Appropriate dress will
show that you are serious about your audition.
- If you are using one of our accompanists,
be sure to provide the music in good order. Illegible,
folded, or crumpled music, or copies with any part of the
music missing, will make it difficult for your accompanist
to support your performance. Good photocopies are
permissible to avoid turning pages, but should not be used
to avoid purchasing the music. If originals are provided,
please be sure the book is "broken in" so that the book will
stay open on the piano music rack.
- During the audition, concentrate on what is
right about your audition. We are not listening for
mistakes, but for what you do well. Forget about mistakes
and let us hear what you can do!
If you have any additional
questions about audition preparation or requirements, please
contact the Department of Music by phone at 678-839-6516 or by
email at
musicdpt@westga.edu.
For additional information on how
to prepare for the music major, please consult this link to
the National Association of Schools of Music at
http://nasm.arts-accredit.org/.
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National Protocols for
Accepting Music Scholarships
National Association of
Schools of Music
NATIONAL FINANCIAL AID PROTOCOLS:
Music Students Beginning A Degree Or Diploma Program
You are always free to seek
information about the programs of any institution at any time.
You are free to attend the institution of your choice.
However, good citizenship in the music community means using
these freedoms responsibly and ethically.
IF YOU ACCEPT ADMISSION WITH
TALENT-BASED FINANCIAL AID, PLEASE CONSIDER YOUR DECISION
CAREFULLY. YOU HAVE IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITIES TO YOURSELF, TO
OTHER MUSICIANS, AND TO ALL INSTITUTIONS THAT TEACH MUSIC
- Take time to consider all admission offers
carefully, and be sure about your final choice.
- Accept at only one institution. Agreeing to
attend more than one institution is not ethical. For
example, it harms other music students who are denied the
place reserved for you.
- Make your final choice no later than May 1
of the year that you plan to enroll in the fall.
- When you make a commitment to attend an
institution that grants you talent-based financial aid, you
are agreeing to:
- contribute your talent and effort to the
education and development of other musicians by
participating in ensembles, classes, productions, and so
forth.
- occupy a place and receive financial
support that could have been given to another musician
- If you make an official commitment to
attend and do not keep it,
- the education of other music students can
be adversely affected because you are not participating in
various aspects of the program and there is no one to
replace you.
- the scholarship funding you were promised
is not available to other students who sought it.
- the scholarship award reserved for you can
be transferred to a student in a field other than music,
thus harming the music school or department this year, and
possibly in the future.
PURSUE ADMISSION
RESPONSIBLY AND ETHICALLY;
REMEMBER AND ACT ON THE
FOLLOWING:
- Under the rules of the National Association
of Schools of Music (NASM) and the National Association for
College Admission Counseling (NACAC), you have the right to
wait to respond to an offer of admission and/or financial
aid until May 1. Any offer you accept before May 1 is not
binding before May 1.
- When you accept an offer from an NASM
member institution that includes talent-based financial aid,
you will be asked to sign a statement that includes the
following or similar language: In accepting this offer of
financial aid from ________(Institution)_______ , I
understand that there is a mutual commitment on the part of
myself and the institution. Therefore, I agree that after
May 1 of the calendar year of matriculation, I will not
consider any other offer from an institutional member of the
National Association of Schools of Music for the academic
year _______________except with the express written consent
of the music executive of the above named institution.
- Once you have made your decision, inform
the single institution that you have selected of your
acceptance. Inform all other institutions that have offered
you admission that you are rejecting their offer. Make these
notifications as soon as you have made a final decision
about the institution you wish to attend, but no later than
May 1.
- An institution may not ask you for a
deposit or a commitment to attend as a condition of placing
you on a wait list.
- It is not ethical for any institution or
any of its personnel to recruit you from an institution at
which you are enrolled, registered, or to which you have
submitted a tuition or matriculation deposit, especially
with an offer of financial aid.
- Remember, you may seek information about
the programs of any institution at any time, and the
institution may respond to your inquiry. You are free to
attend the institution of your choice at any time you are
accepted, as long as certain protocols associated with
talent-based financial aid are observed.
- Your considerations, choices, and
commitments are important to you and to the field of music.
Make them carefully and with full consideration of other
student musicians who will join you in shaping the field
during your lifetime. By following the steps outlined above,
you can achieve your own goals and help others achieve
theirs as well. Working together is natural to musicians,
and when applied to areas in addition to performance, it
strengthens the field to the benefit of all.
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To
obtain more information about NASM, please contact:
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOLS OF
MUSIC
11250 Roger Bacon Drive, Suite 21
Reston, VA
20190
Telephone: (703) 437-0700 Fax (703) 437-6312
E-mail: info@arts-accredit.org
Web Site:
http://nasm.arts-accredit.org/
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Retention of Music
Scholarships
The Music Scholarship Committee
considers many criteria before recommending a candidate for a
scholarship award. These criteria include the candidate's
anticipated contribution to departmental ensembles, the needs
within the department, the financial need of the candidate,
and the amount of award money available. For continuing
students, additional considerations include their actual
contributions to the department through solo performances and
ensemble participation, improvement and growth in applied
study, and academic standing.
To retain an award, the
student must:
- meet university academic standards for
Financial Aid
- enroll continuously, with exception of
summer, as a full-time music major (a minimum of
12-semester-credit hours per term)
- you participate fully each term in all
functions of the assigned performing ensemble
- meet all curricular requirements for a
music degree in good standing during each term
- do satisfactory work in the applied major
and make continuous progress in the development of
performance skills as evaluated each semester during such
activities as ensemble rehearsals and performances,
recitals, auditions, and juries.
Probationary Status
Failure to maintain scholarship
requirements, as determined by term evaluations of academic
and performance standards, will result in either probation or
termination of the scholarship as outlined below. A
scholarship may be placed in probationary status
- If a student does not enroll for a minimum
of 12 hours, or drops below 12 hours.
- If a student is deemed to be doing
unsatisfactory work in the appropriate ensemble, applied
major, or other curricular requirements, even though
passing.
A scholarship in probationary
status will revert to good standing if all scholarship
requirements are being met at the end of the subsequent
semester (excluding summer terms). If, at the end of the
subsequent semester, if any scholarship requirements are not
being satisfactorily met, the scholarship will be terminated.
Termination
A scholarship may be terminated
indefinitely:
- If a student fails to maintain university
academic standards for Financial Aid.
- If a student drops, does not enroll in, or
does not pass the appropriate ensemble and applied music
course.
- If a student drops or fails a required
music course.
- If a student fails to meet all scholarship
requirements during probationary status.
A student who successfully meets
all scholarship requirements for one complete semester after
termination of the scholarship may petition for reinstatement
of the scholarship, pending availability of scholarship funds.
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Special Music Scholarships
Kelley
Drake Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was
established in memory of UWG music student Kelley Drake, by
her family, teachers, and friends. This scholarship award is
presented by the sisters of the Eta Gamma chapter and the
music faculty to an SAI sister or pledge at junior standing or
above who has an cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 and an overall
GPA of at least 3.0 in music courses, and who participates in
at least one ensemble. The recipient must be eligible to
receive financial aid.
DeVonner Jean
Ingram Music Scholarship
The DeVonner Jean Ingram Music
Scholarship is awarded annually by the Department of Music to
a UWG minority student majoring in music who demonstrates
academic success and financial need. This scholarship was
established in September 2000 in memory of Mrs. Ingram by her
brother, Frederick E. O'Neal. Mrs. Ingram was very active in
her church choir and this fund serves to honor her love for
music.
Inge Manski Lundeen Opera
Scholarship
This award was established in 2002
by William Lundeen in memory of Inge Manski Lundeen, who
taught voice and opera at UWG from 1968 to 1988 after a career
with the Metropolitan Opera. A minimum of $500 will be awarded
to a singer enrolled in Opera Workshop who demonstrates
potential in the field of opera and financial need. The winner
is chosen by the Opera Workshop Director in cooperation with
the scholarship committee.
Mary Lou Munn Memorial
Scholarship in Piano
This scholarship will be awarded to
a promising student in piano performance. The award will
provide the recipient a full-tuition scholarship for four
academic years. This award will be made through a specific
piano competition.
Steve Zachariah Smith
Memorial Music Scholarship
The Steve Zachariah Smith Memorial
Music Scholarship is awarded annually by the Department of
Music to a student majoring in music with a minimum overall
grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 and who demonstrates academic
success and financial need. This scholarship was established
in March 2001 by an estate gift of Dr. James E. Boyd and
Elizabeth C. Boyd in memory of Steve Smith, a Cedartown native
who performed as a drummer, guitarist, and singer.
Sony Music Scholarship
The Sony Music Scholarship Fund was
established in July 2001 by Sony Disc Manufacturing. This
scholarship is awarded annually by the Department of Music to
a student majoring in music with a minimum overall grade point
average (GPA) of 3.0 and who demonstrates academic success and
financial need.
The Charles Wadsworth Music
Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 1990 by a citizens group
from Newnan, Georgia, to honor internationally renowned
musician and native son Charles Wadsworth who has been
instrumental in helping launch the performance careers of
numerous talented young artists. The scholarship is awarded
to an incoming University of West Georgia music major who
demonstrates artistic excellence and potential as an
instrumentalist or vocalist. This $2,000-per-year scholarship,
renewable by audition for up to four years, is awarded to the
winning instrumentalist or vocalist in a performance
competition.
The following competition rules are observed:
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Auditionees must be incoming pianists, organists, singers,
or wind, brass, or percussion instrumentalists.
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Auditionees must submit an
Audition Application Form two weeks prior to the audition.
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Piano and
voice contestants must have works memorized.
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Entrants
prepare three compositions contrasting in styles and
historical periods from the standard classical literature.
The MTNA High School Competition requirements may serve as a
guideline for appropriate literature. Singers or
instrumentalists with a particular interest in folk,
popular, or jazz literature may perform a composition in one
of these areas.
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All works
requiring an accompaniment must be performed with an
accompanist. Contestants needing a pianist are encouraged to
bring their own. A staff accompanist will be available for a
$40.00 fee if the accompaniments are received two weeks
prior to the competition. Recorded accompaniments are not
permitted.
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Contestants must provide one published score of each work to
be performed for use of the judging panel.
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The
decision of the judges is final. Judges have the prerogative
to declare no winner. All auditionees will be considered
for other Music Scholarships.
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Music Competitions, Honors, and
Awards
Carrollton Lit Mu Club Fine
Arts Award
The Carrollton Lit Mu Club
presents an annual award to a student showing outstanding
achievement in field of fine arts. This $300 cash award is
presented along with a certificate at the annual Honors
Recital.
Concerto Competition
Each year the department presents a
Choral/Orchestral Concert that features winners of the annual
Concerto Competition. Students are invited to perform an aria,
concerto movement, or other appropriate composition with
orchestra accompaniment. Auditions are held in January and the
concert is scheduled at the end of the spring semester.
Marching Band Leadership
Award
This
$300 award, established in 2005, will be given annually by an anonymous donor to a
member of the marching band who best exemplifies outstanding
leadership (demonstrated by serving in the capacity of a
section leader, staff member, field commander, or other
position of responsibility within the marching band),
outstanding performance ability (must have performed public
solos and have been feature in various ensembles including the
marching band), and service (must have performed duties beyond
those of a regular member including, but not limited to:
equipment maintenance, rehearsal preparation, and tour
management).
Mary Lou Munn Award
This award, presented annually to a student
majoring in Music Education, is in recognition of the
recipient's possession of qualities that will produce an
excellent school music teacher. The music faculty makes the
selection. The $100 award was established in the memory of
Mrs. Mary Lou Munn, a longtime music education teacher at the
university, by her family and friends.
Music Faculty Award
This $100 cash award is given annually by the
music faculty and presented at the annual Honors Day Recital
to the upper-division music major with the highest cumulative
grade-point average.
Music Teachers National
Association StAR Award
Each year the Music
Teachers National Association (MTNA) sponsors the Student
Achievement Recognition Award (StAR). This award is presented
to a graduating music-major student who intends to teach in an
independent or collegiate studio and who has demonstrated
academic excellence, outstanding musical achievement, teaching
experience and/or leadership ability. Selected by the music
faculty, the award winner receives a one-year active
membership in MTNA and an award certificate that is presented
at the annual Honors Recital.
Genevieve Reynolds Award
The Genevieve Reynolds Award for
Piano Pedagogy is made annually by the Professor of Piano
Pedagogy. The minimum amount of the award is $300.00. Recipients
are chosen based on outstanding piano pedagogy coursework
and/or the potential for making an excellent contribution to
the field of piano pedagogy. This fund was established in May
2000 by an anonymous donor and Mr. Ernest W. Reynolds, the
honoree's son. Mrs. Reynolds was described as a naturally
gifted teacher; she taught piano, organ, and music theory in
her home for more than 35 years and held studio classes and an
annual recital for her students. She started her career in
Ohio, where she taught her largest student body (45 students),
later moved to North Carolina, and ended her career in
Carrollton, teaching right up until her death in 1998.
Sigma Alpha Iota Honor
Award
This award goes to the Eta Gamma
chapter member of Sigma Alpha Iota who has demonstrated
outstanding qualities of musicianship and scholarship and who
has made the most noteworthy contribution to the Department of
Music and to the chapter. The award is presented by the
national office of Sigma Alpha Iota, an international music
fraternity for women. The presentation is made at the annual
Honors Recital.
Sigma Alpha Iota Scholastic
Award
Selection for this honor is by virtue
of having obtained the highest scholastic average of the
graduating seniors of the chapter. The award certificate is
presented by the Eta Gamma chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota, an
international music fraternity for women. The presentation is
made at the annual Honors Recital.
Larry Teal Saxophone Award
This $300 award, given for the first time in
2004 by an anonymous donor, is given to a graduate or
undergraduate applied music student in recognition of
excellent solo saxophone performance and contributions to the
department in terms of ensemble participation.
Larry Teal
was the Professor of Saxophone at the University of Michigan
from the 1940's through 1973. Considered the founding father
of collegiate level saxophone instruction in the U.S., Teal's
studio at the University of Michigan was the first in the
country to offer a doctoral degree in saxophone. His former
students hold major teaching positions throughout the United
States.
University Honors Day Recital
The Honors Recital provides an opportunity
for the exceptional student to perform in addition to the
regularly scheduled recitals. Participants on the Honors
Recital will (based on their performance record) be
recommended by their major applied instructor and approved by
the music faculty.
The Gordon Watson Awards
These awards are presented
annually, at the Honors Convocation, to the outstanding
students from various academic disciplines in the humanities.
Recipients must have a declared major in the field of the
award, superior academic achievement, a demonstrated
leadership ability, potential for development in the
respective academic discipline and active involvement in
extracurricular activities. The award was established in
memory of the late Bailey Gordon Watson, first head of the
English Department at West Georgia.
Wright Scholars Concert
Each year the Department of Music presents
the Wright Scholars Concert. The annual concert is presented
in appreciation of scholarships made possible by an endowment
given to the Music Department in 1976 in memory of Elizabeth
Gellerstedt Wright by the late Dr. J. Carter Wright and his
wife Betty Strickland Wright. The Wright Memorial is the
largest endowment given specifically to the UWG music
department, and has generated music scholarships for more than
a quarter of a century, a major contribution to the department
and to West Georgia students.
Students who performed in the 2007 Wright
Scholars Concert
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