Audition Information for Singers and Pianists
  Auditions are required to participate in the AIMS Summer Vocal and Piano Institute. AIMS has no age limits but suggests that students consider their readiness for the AIMS "Graz Experience" for it to be most beneficial. Professional-level students wishing to audition for agents from the German-speaking countries should audition in person in order to receive counseling from the AIMS Staff. Teachers attending AIMS to enrich their teaching ability are not required to audition. The AIMS "Graz Experience" is an intense learning, practicing, performing, competitive experience. Please discuss your readiness for AIMS with your teacher and with the AIMS staff at your audition. We want your AIMS Experience to be the best!

Personal Auditions are encouraged and offered in 35+ cities in North America for singers and pianists.

Recorded Auditions: Audio/Videotape and Compact Discs are accepted October 15 to March 15. Recorded auditions will be considered until May 1 if positions are still open in your category. Call the AIMS office.
  Audition Fee
The fee for a recorded or personal audition is $42.
 

Required Audition Repertoire
 
For Singers
Opera Studio 4 Operatic Arias in 3 different languages
(may include operetta; one Mozart aria suggested)
  1 Selection of your choice
Concert Studio (German Lied) 4 German Lieder from two or more composers
  1 Selection of your choice
For Pianists
Opera Studio 1 Solo Work < 5 minutes
(may be a movement from a sonata, a character piece, an etude)
  2 Operatic Arias*
Concert Studio 1 Solo Work < 5 minutes
(may be a movement from a sonata, a character piece, an etude)
  2 Lieder*
  *Select works by different composers in contrasting styles, tempi, etc.
You may bring your own singer.
  Optional: You may omit the solo work and prepare either three Operatic Arias (Opera Studio) or three Lieder (Concert Studio).
  If applying for a personal (live) audition, view Audition Cities and Dates for 2010.
These pages will be updated as new information becomes available.

Audition Registration
Click HERE to register for a Personal or a Recorded Audition.
After you register you will receive a Confirmatory email.
The cost of an audition is $42. You may pay for your audition by credit card through Paypal as you register, OR through the link to PayPal provided in your Confirmatory email OR through the link on the Make Payment page on this web site. Checks and money orders in U.S. dollars are accepted by mail at the AIMS Office. No other fees are due until AFTER your audition and you are officially accepted as an AIMS participant. Please read the Admission Guide page for a full explanation of the AIMS audition and admission procedures.
 
Singers and Pianists

After your audition registration has been confirmed by email and your payment has been received, your audition City, Date and Time will be assigned.
Click HERE to view detailed information for each audition site - building, time, room number, driving directions, campus maps, etc. These pages will be updated as new information becomes available. Watch for changes.

At a later date you will receive an email requesting additional information, the Audition Questionnaire and Report. Please fill out and bring this questionnaire to your audition. Do not mail it to the AIMS office. These are the instructions you will be given:
  1. OPEN and PRINT this 2-page document.
  2. FILL OUT the questionnaire, list your audition repertoire, attach a small photo and a one-page résumé. Your résumé should include competitions you have won/placed. Page 2 of the questionnaire will be used by the judge to record the results of your audition. Also print out your payment receipt from PayPal.
  3. BRING these items to your audition and give them to the AIMS Representative.
 
Recorded Auditions - Tape/CD
  • Recorded auditions must be performed in one take without stopping the recording.
  • Please mail your Recorded Audition Packet to the AIMS Administration Office and include the following:
    • Recording labeled with your name and email address
    • Your photo
    • A one-page résumé
    • Audition fee payment (if not paid thru PayPal)
    • Recommended: a brief letter of evaluation from your teacher and/or coach (where applicable)
    • Postage-paid envelope if you want the tape/CD returned.

Before your recorded audition can be evaluated, you must register (click on "Audition Registration" link above) and pay the Audition Fee.
 
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