Areas available for Performance Grants:
Voice, Piano, Musical Theatre.

Prospective students should contact Amity Bryson, (816) 501.3651 or amity.bryson@avila.edu, to arrange an audition.

If a student is interested in both Vocal Performance and Musical Theatre, they may present one art song selection along with a musical theatre selection.

• Voice:
  • Students should prepare two memorized songs of contrasting style. An accompanist will be provided if needed. Italian art songs or arias by Bononcini, Scarlatti, or Cacinni, an aria by Purcell, an art song by Schubert, Mozart, or Faire.
• Piano:
  • Students should prepare 7-10 minutes of memorized music. Two pieces of contrasting style or one longer selection are both appropriate. A Bach Invention, a movement from a Mozart Sonata, a Chopin waltz or Nocturne, a Debussy prelude.
• Musical Theatre:
  • Students should prepare two songs from the musical theatre genre. An accompanist will be provided is needed. Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Rogers and Hammerstein.

These are merely suggestions, not limitations.
Please choose quality pieces which allow you to demonstrate your talents.