Voice Juries

At the end of each semester, voice students must perform a jury. The jury is the final exam in applied voice. This performance is a closed performance for the voice faculty only.  The total value of the jury is 25% of the final applied voice grade.

Typically, the student chooses the first piece and the faculty choose the rest. All repertoire for a voice jury must be memorized.

Pianists: Your pianist will be provided for your jury for a small accompanying fee. (See “accompanying fees” link). No taped accompaniment of any kind is accepted.

Sign up sheet: Students sign up for a jury time. The sign up list will be posted on the bulletin board across from the School of Music office (Coulter Rm. 252) in a timely manner. Students should confirm with their pianist that the jury time is mutually convenient.

Sight Singing:  A short sight singing selection will be required at each jury.  This sight singing will be tonal and will be accompanied.

Literature: Specific literature for your juries is dependent upon 2 factors: which degree plan you are in and what level of voice study you are taking (see voice requirements matrix link). Your voice teacher will give you a variety of literature from the following musical periods, genres and languages: baroque, classical, romantic, modern, Italian, German, French and English. In addition, faculty may assign Spanish or Latin. For those Musical Theatre majors, literature is chosen from: Operetta/Gilbert and Sullvian, Golden Age of Broadway, Rock musical, and/or post 1960”s.

Grading: Grading for the jury is a numerical grade based upon a 100 point scale. The following areas are graded: tone, intonation, diction, vocal technique, preparation/memory and interpretation/expression. The grading document is placed in the student’s official file and serves to both document the progress of the student and the literature the student has studied.