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Jazz Voice admission requirements for IGP studies - BA Studies

Classical:

  • 2 classical, pre-classical or baroque songs
  • 1 romantique art song
  • 1 folk song
Recommended reading:
  • Kerényi: Énekiskola I., II., III.
  • Ádám: Masters of Songs I., II., III.
  • Bartók-Kodály: 20 Hungarian Folk Songs
  • Bartók: 8 Hungarian Folk Songs

Jazz

Performance of one Afro-American folklore piece – blues, spiritual, labour song, ballad – with own piano accompaniment

  • One song or an extract from a musical of free tempo, possibly with own piano accompaniment
  • Performance of three jazz standards of three different tempos – slow, medium and fast- and of differeny genre – ballad, Latin, swing, pair and impair metrum – in English language, with scat imporvisation after the theme. (The examination committee provides the candidate with piano accompanimnet, but the suitable score has to be brought by the candidate!).
  • Jazz repertoire: presentation of 10 jazz standards from memory – theme in original language. 1-2 standards could possibly be performed with own piano accompaniment. (The candidate must bring the scores).
  • Scat improvisation for harmony lines and patterns, possibly with own piano accompaniment.

Career aptitude test:

The teacher aptitude test is done only in oral form. Consists of two parts:

  1. Talk of the auditioning student career plans attached application has already been prepared by auditioning and selection, based on a letter of motivation for teacher career choices.
  2. Based on a short few lines of text interpretation of a specific educational theme educational situation and express an opinion.

The aptitude test requires no special preparation ( from the literature curriculum )!

  1. During the test the student’s communication skills, personal motivation, awareness of speech and culture committee investigating the entrance exam.

The duration of the test: maximum 15 minutes