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, such as Italian art songs or arias by Bononcini, Scarlatti, or Cacinni, an aria by Purcell, an art song by Schubert, Mozart, or Fauré. An accompanist will be provided if needed.
  
• Piano
  Students should prepare 7-10 minutes of memorized music. Two pieces of contrasting style or one longer selection are both appropriate. Possible pieces might include a Bach Invention, a movement from a classical Sonata, a Chopin waltz or Nocturne, or a short, 20th-Century work.
  
• Musical Theatre
  Students should prepare two songs from the musical theatre genre such as Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Rogers and Hammerstein. An accompanist will be provided is needed.
  

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