申请人 to the 艺术家文凭 program must perform with their own singer(s) for the ensemble selections. 如有需要,MSM会推荐合作者. Performing from memory is not required, including solo repertoire.
1. A prepared vocal repertoire recital with the applicant’s own singer(s), 片长45分钟, 展示不同的时期, 风格, 和语言. Performing from memory is not required, including solo repertoire.
2. Choose one of the following, all parts to be played 和 sung by the applicant. Applicant will play 和 sing all parts 和 will be judged on coordination ability, not on vocal quality or vocal technical accomplishment.
- Giacomo Puccini – La Bohème, Act III duet: Mimi/Marcello “Sa dirmi…scusi…” to end of duet
- Gaetano Donizetti – Lucia di Lammermoor duet: Lucia/ Enrico “Il pallor funesto…” complete to end of scene
- Jules Massenet – Manon, Recitative 和 Gavotte: Manon “Est-ce vrai?……”这是加沃特的结尾
- Leonard Bernstein – Trouble in Tahiti, Scene “What a movie!:黛娜和三重奏
- 理查德·施特劳斯——纳克索斯的阿里阿德涅, Composer’s Aria: Composer/ Music Master “Sein wir wieder gut…” complete to end of Prologue
3. One opera aria by WA Mozart with recitative from any vocal category, both recitative 和 aria to be played 和 sung at the same time by the applicant in the original language. Applicant will play 和 sing all parts 和 will be judged on coordination ability, not on vocal quality or vocal technical accomplishment.
4. A classical vocal work by an underrepresented composer to be played 和 sung at the same time by the applicant in the original language. Applicant will play 和 sing all parts 和 will be judged on coordination ability, not on vocal quality or vocal technical accomplishment.
5. Gaetano Donizetti – Cavatina: “Quel guardo il cavaliere” from Don Pasquale, first 10 measures only. All opera excerpts should demonstrate how well the applicant can bring all of the aspects of the orchestral score to the keyboard.
6. 一首前奏曲和赋格,J.S. Bach from either book of The Well-Tempered Clavier.
7. One solo piano piece of the applicant’s choice written in the 19th or 20th century. The composer you choose must be different from any of those chosen for the required recital or the list in requirement #2 above.
8. All major 和 melodic or harmonic minor scales: h和s one octave apart, 16的笔记, 最小四分音符=112, 平行运动的四个八度.
9. All major 和 minor arpeggios in root position: h和s one octave apart, 16的笔记, 最小四分音符=96, 平行运动的四个八度.
10. Sight-read selections from vocal 和 instrumental literature.