Graduate Audition Requirements: Music Therapy Program (MS)
1. Your Repertoire: Please be prepared to play two (2) pieces of contrasting style that demonstrate
your musicianship. Please let us know if you need an accompanist.
2. Song Performance: Please choose two to three songs from the list below to demonstrate functional
proficiency on voice, piano and guitar. You will need to sing and play together and be as
interactive with your music-making as possible.
3. Sight Reading: You may be asked to sight read a simple piece of music on either piano or guitar.
4. Writing Sample: After your audition, you will be asked to hand write an answer one essay
question regarding your interest in music therapy.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Children's Songs : Old MacDonald, Rubber Duckie, This Old Man, It's a Small World, Alphabet
Song, Ten Little Indians, Puff the Magic Dragon
Oldies: You Are My Sunshine, Hello Dolly, All of Me, Ain't She Sweet, Bicycle Built for Two,
Sidewalks of New York, In the Good Old Summertime, Good Night Ladies, When the Saints Go
Marchin’ In, Yellow Rose of Texas.
Folk Songs: Down in the Valley, Oh Susanna, If I Had a Hammer, Blowin in the Wind, You Are
My Sunshine, Home on the Range, On Top of Old Smokey, Red River Valley, This Land is Your
Land, Greensleeves;
Spirituals: Amazing Grace, Down by the Riverside, Nobody Knows the Trouble, Swing Low
Sweet Chariot, Go Tell it On the Mountain, He's Got the Whole World, Go Down Moses;
Jazz-Pop : Moondance, My Favorite Things, As Time Goes By, All the Things You Are, When I
Fall in Love, The Girl from Ipanema, Here's that Rainy Day, Over the Rainbow, When Sunny
Gets Blue, My Funny Valentine, Days of Wine and Roses
Blues: Steam Roller Blues, St. Louis Blues, The Thrill is Gone
Pop Hits: Wind Beneath My Wings, You Light Up My Life, Desperado, The Rose, Leaving on a
Jet Plane, The Way We Were, Time After Time, Blue Bayou, Somewhere Out There, You've Got
a Friend, I Can See Clearly Now
Show Tunes: Cabaret, Edelweiss, Tomorrow, What I Did for Love, Getting to Know You, A
Time for Us, People, Memories, Climb Every Mountain, Where is Love, Do Re Mi, Impossible
Dream, On a Clear Day.